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The US government's Computer Emergency Response Team has posted a new report on the latest exploits of North Korea's Hidden Cobra hacking crews. The updated advisory details how the hacking groups believed to operate on behalf of the isolated government, have carried out various hacking operations in recent years in an effort to drum up cash for the sanctions-hit regime.
Fraud related to the coronavirus has cost Americans $13m and so far counting, according to the US government. While authorities have been warning for weeks of various scams and fraud operations based on the coronavirus pandemic, the FTC's report is one of the few to put a dollar amount on the damage being done by criminals.
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The United States threatened Thursday to cut off Beijing-controlled China Telecom from serving the US market because of legal and security risks, the Justice Department announced Thursday. The agencies making the recommendation - which also included the Justice Department, the Commerce Department, and the US Trade Representative - said China Telecom is vulnerable to "Exploitation, influence and control" by the Chinese government.
Secure messaging app developer Signal says its US operation hangs in the balance due to a proposed law in America. "Some large tech behemoths could hypothetically shoulder the enormous financial burden of handling hundreds of new lawsuits if they suddenly became responsible for the random things their users say, but it would not be possible for a small nonprofit like Signal to continue to operate within the United States," Signal's Joshua Lund said.
US and British cybersecurity agencies warned Wednesday that foreign government-backed hacking groups are using coronavirus themes to ply their way into computers and networks. Some use email and SMS subject lines like "2020 Coronavirus updates" or "Coronavirus outbreak in your city(Emergency)", while others might offer an attached file with purported updates on national policies to deal with the pandemic, said an alert jointly issued by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency and Britain's national Cyber Security Center.
Marriott International has experienced their second data breach
Dan Patterson speaks to cybersecurity expert Robert Lee about the capabilities of Russian hackers as well as the risks IoT and industrial IoT pose to smart cities. CNET and CBS News Senior Producer Dan Patterson spoke with cybersecurity company Dragos, Inc., Founder and CEO Robert Lee about the risks emerging technologies like IoT pose to smart cities and their infrastructures as well as Russia's involvement with hacking US elections.
Dragos, Inc., Founder & CEO Robert Lee talks to Dan Patterson about the risks of IoT as well as the capabilities of Russian hackers.
Founder & CEO of Dragos, Inc., speaks with Dan Patterson about the US hacking other countries and its policies when responding to cybersecurity threats.