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Kaspersky gives US customers six months of free updates as a parting gift
2024-07-17 18:20

Embattled Russian infosec shop Kaspersky is giving US customers six months of security updates for free as a parting gift as Uncle Sam kicks the antivirus maker out of the American market. In a farewell note to US users, the soon-to-be-banned biz thanked its customers for "Choosing and trusting Kaspersky throughout the years."

Kaspersky culls staff, closes doors in US amid Biden's ban
2024-07-15 21:32

Kaspersky has confirmed it will shutter its American operations and cut US-based jobs following President Biden's ban on the Russian business last month. "Starting from July 20 Kaspersky will gradually wind down its US operations and eliminate US-based positions," the rep told us.

CISA broke into a US federal agency, and no one noticed for a full 5 months
2024-07-12 18:01

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says a red team exercise at a certain unnamed federal agency in 2023 revealed a string of security failings that exposed its most critical assets. The agency's dedicated red team picks a federal civilian executive branch agency to probe and does so without prior notice - all the while trying to simulate the maneuvers of a long term hostile nation-state threat group.

US disrupts AI-powered bot farm pushing Russian propaganda on X
2024-07-09 21:16

Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in a joint international law enforcement...

July 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The end of an AV giant in the US
2024-07-08 04:30

Microsoft temporarily pulled and then re-released the Windows 11 preview update KB5039302, originally released on June 25th. The original preview was causing reboots on systems using virtualization, such as Azure Virtual Desktop and VMware. Per the announcement, all Kaspersky products must be removed by September 29th. Just as a reminder, last month Microsoft released the final updates for Windows 10 21H2 Education and Enterprise editions.

CISA director: US is 'not afraid' to shout about Big Tech's security failings
2024-07-01 09:35

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Former IT employee accessed data of over 1 million US patients
2024-06-27 23:17

Geisinger, a prominent healthcare system in Pennsylvania, has announced a data breach involving a former employee of Nuance, an IT services provider contracted by the organization. Geisinger is a non-profit organization that operates 134 care sites, ten hospitals, and the Geisinger Health Plan, serving a total of 1.2 million people.

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US lawmakers wave red flags over Chinese drone dominance
2024-06-27 13:44

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US offers $10 million for information on indicted WhisperGate malware suspect
2024-06-27 07:27

A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging a Russian citizen with conspiracy to hack into and destroy computer systems and data. According to court documents, in Jan. 2022, members of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation conspired to use a U.S.-based company's services to distribute malware known in the cybersecurity community as WhisperGate to dozens of Ukrainian government entities' computer systems and destroy those systems and related data in advance of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture
2024-06-27 00:33

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