DoJ Breaks Russian Military Botnet in Fancy Bear Takedown

The feds disrupted a Russian intelligence SOHO router botnet notable for being built with Moobot malware rather than custom code.

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Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited as a Zero-Day Bug

Microsoft has observed signs of active exploits targeting CVE-2024-2140.

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CISA HBOM Framework Doesn’t Go Far Enough

CISA’s recently introduced framework for hardware bill of materials is an important step in addressing semiconductor risks. But further tracking beyond manufacturing is critical to its usefulness.

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iOS, Android Malware Steals Faces to Defeat Biometrics With AI Swaps

Southeast Asia is learning the hard way that biometric scans are nearly as easy to bypass as other kinds of authentication data, thanks to a creative banking Trojan.

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Cyberattack Disrupts German Battery-Production Lines

It’s unclear what kind of cyberattack VARTA AG is facing, but it has shut down its systems until it can become operational again.

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FBI Dismantles Ubiquiti Router Botnet Controlled by Russian Cyberspies

The US government says it has neutralized a network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers under the control of the Russia’s APT28 hackers.

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Cyberattacks on Hospitals Are Likely to Increase, Putting Lives at Risk, Experts Warn

Hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a children’s hospital, and some say the government is doing too little prevent such breaches.

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