‘Crafty Camel’ APT Targets Aviation, OT With Polygot Files
The Iran-linked nation-state group made its debut with a stealthy, sophisticated, and laser-focused cyber-espionage attack on targets in UAE.
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Bogus ‘BianLian’ Gang Sends Snail-Mail Extortion Letters
The letters mimic typical ransom notes and threaten to delete or leak compromised data if payments aren’t made, though none of the organizations that received them had active ransomware attacks.
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Organizations Still Not Patching OT Due to Disruption Concerns: Survey
Cyber-physical systems security company TXOne Networks has published its 2024 Annual OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report.
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Apple Taking Legal Action Against UK Over Backdoor Demands
Apple told TechRepublic it is “gravely disappointed” to remove Advanced Data Protection in the U.K., as it fights government demands for an iCloud backdoor.
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Former NSA official says federal worker cuts will have ‘devastating impact’ on cyber and national security
Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce told lawmakers on Wednesday that cuts to federal probationary employees will have a “devastating impact” on U.S. national security. Joyce, who was the director of cybersecurity for the National Security Agency until retiring in 2024, was providing testimony to the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, […]
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Chinese Silk Typhoon Group Targets IT Tools for Network Breaches
Microsoft warns that Chinese espionage group Silk Typhoon now exploits IT tools like remote management apps and cloud services to breach networks.
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SpecterOps Scores $75M Series B to Scale BloodHound Enterprise Platform
SpecterOps has raised an unusually large $75 million Series B funding round to accelerate the growth of its BloodHound Enterprise platform.
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Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach
The individuals are accused of hacking over 100 U.S. organizations over the course of a decade
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Why Security Leaders Are Opting for Consulting Gigs
Many CISOs are weighing the benefits of going virtual as a consultant. Can the pendulum swing in the other direction?
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China-Linked Silk Typhoon Expands Cyber Attacks to IT Supply Chains for Initial Access
The China-lined threat actor behind the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Microsoft Exchange servers in January 2021 has shifted its tactics to target the information technology (IT) supply chain as a means to obtain initial access to corporate networks.
That’s according to new findings from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which said the Silk Typhoon (formerly Hafnium) hacking
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