Security News

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Over Treasury Hack Tied to Salt Typhoon
2025-01-18 06:06

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against a Chinese cybersecurity company and a Shanghai-based cyber actor for their alleged links to the...

US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks
2025-01-17 16:57

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based hacker for his role in the recent Treasury breach and a company...

FCC orders telecoms to secure their networks after Salt Tyhpoon hacks
2025-01-17 16:05

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered U.S. telecommunications carriers to secure their networks following last year's Salt Typhoon security breaches. [...]

Stolen Path of Exile 2 admin account used to hack player accounts
2025-01-13 20:33

Path of Exile 2 developers confirmed that a hacked admin account allowed a threat actor to change the password and access at least 66 accounts, finally explaining how PoE 2 accounts have been...

US Treasury hack linked to Silk Typhoon Chinese state hackers
2025-01-09 16:49

​Chinese state-backed hackers, tracked as Silk Typhoon, have been linked to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) hack in early December. [...]

PowerSchool hack exposes student, teacher data from K-12 districts
2025-01-08 04:26

Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts...

CISA says recent government hack limited to US Treasury
2025-01-06 20:58

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that the Treasury Department breach disclosed last week did not impact other federal agencies. [...]

China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department
2025-01-02 19:45

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year.

US court finds spyware maker NSO liable for WhatsApp hacks
2024-12-23 16:37

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices. [...]

CISA urges switch to Signal-like encrypted messaging apps after telecom hacks
2024-12-18 18:19

Today, CISA urged senior government and political officials to switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal following a wave of telecom breaches across dozens of countries, including...