China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers

Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.

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Japan Goes on Offense With New ‘Active Cyber Defense’ Bill

Japan is on a mission to catch up to the US standard of national cyber preparedness, and its new legislation is a measure intended to stop escalating Chinese cyber-espionage efforts, experts say.

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Massive 1.17TB Data Leak Exposes Billions of IoT Grow Light Records

Massive 1.17 TB data leak exposes billions of records from a Chinese IoT grow light company. Wi-Fi passwords,…

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Cybercrime evolving into national security threat: Google

“The vast cybercriminal ecosystem has acted as an accelerant for state-sponsored hacking, providing malware, vulnerabilities, and in some cases full-spectrum operations to states,” said Ben Read of Google Threat Intelligence Group.

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President Trump to Nominate Former RNC Official as National Cyber Director

Sean Cairncross will be one of the primary advisers to the administration on national cybersecurity matters.

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Ransomware attack disrupting Michigan’s Sault Tribe operations

The attack has impacted casinos, health services, tribal administration and credit card payments at stores in the area.

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws

February’s report on Microsoft patches includes 56 vulnerabilities, two of which are zero-day flaws that have been exploited.

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QuSecure Banks $28M Series A for Post-Quantum Cryptography Tech

QuSecure is pitching a software-based security architecture that overlays onto current networks to help businesses with PQC migration.

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Feds Sanction Russian Hosting Provider for Supporting LockBit Attacks

US, UK, and Australian law enforcement have targeted a company called Zservers (and two of its administrators) for providing bulletproof hosting services to the infamous ransomware gang.

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Italian Government Denies It spied on Journalists and Migrant Activists Using Paragon Spyware

The Italian government denied it hacked seven cellphones with military-grade surveillance technology from Paragon Solutions.

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