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US shares tips to block hackers behind recent telecom breaches
2024-12-03 19:49

​CISA released guidance today to help network defenders harden their systems against attacks coordinated by the Salt Typhoon Chinese threat group that breached multiple major global...

US government, energy sector contractor hit by ransomware
2024-12-03 10:04

ENGlobal, a Texas-based engineering and automation contractor for companies in the energy sector, has had its data encrypted by attackers. “On November 25, 2024, ENGlobal Corporation (the...

Salt Typhoon's surge extends far beyond US telcos
2024-11-27 23:44

Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew's operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its...

T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: 'Other providers may be seeing different outcomes'
2024-11-27 20:59

Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers - possibly China's Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage crew - compromised an unnamed wireline provider's network and used...

Telco engineer who spied on US employer for Beijing gets four years in the clink
2024-11-27 05:30

Provides insight to how China gets inside US systems, perhaps at Verizon and Infosys A 59 year-old Florida telco engineer was sentenced to 48 months in prison after he served as a spy for China...

US senators propose law to require bare minimum security standards
2024-11-26 16:00

In case anyone forgot about Change Healthcare American hospitals and healthcare organizations would be required to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other minimum cybersecurity standards...

Faraway Russian hackers breached US organization via Wi-Fi
2024-11-25 16:50

Forest Blizzard, a threat group associated with Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, repeatedly breached a US-based organization via compromised computer systems of nearby firms, which they...

China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos
2024-11-25 13:15

Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China's recent attacks on the...

Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in 'Nearest Neighbor Attack'
2024-11-22 19:33

Russian state hackers APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard/Sofacy) breached a U.S. company through its enterprise WiFi network while being thousands of miles away, by leveraging a novel technique...

US charges five alleged members of Scattered Spider gang
2024-11-21 16:00

Law enforcement unsealed criminal charges against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, who allegedly targeted employees of companies nationwide with phishing text messages and then used the...

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