FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut , a sprawling residential proxy service operated by the publicly-traded Israeli company Alarum TechnologiesNASDAQ: ALAR. The action comes roughly two weeks after...

FBI Extracts Deleted Signal Messages from iPhone Notification Database

404 Media reports alternate site: The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device’s push notification database…. The news shows how forensic...

FBI Recovers Deleted Signal Messages Through iPhone Notifications

Signal messages may persist in iPhone notification data, enabling FBI access even after deletion, a court case reveals...

Operation Masquerade: FBI Disrupts Russian Router Hacking Campaign

Operation Masquerade: The FBI and DoJ disrupted a Russian GRU campaign that hijacked routers via DNS attacks to spy on users and steal credentials...

Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

Plus: Apple makes big claims about the effectiveness of its Lockdown Mode anti-spyware feature, Russia moves to implement homegrown encryption for 5G, and more...

The security implementation gap: Why Microsoft is supporting Operation Winter SHIELD

Every conversation I have with information security leaders tends to land in the same place. People understand what matters. They know the frameworks, the controls, and the guidance. They can explain why identity security, patching, and access control are critical. And yet incidents keep happenin...

FBI Seizes Fake ID Template Domains Operating from Bangladesh

US authorities have charged Zahid Hasan with running TechTreek, a $2.9 million online marketplace selling fake ID templates. The investigation, involving the FBI and Bangladesh police, uncovered a global scheme selling fraudulent passports and social security cards to over 1,400 customers...

Holiday shoppers targeted as Amazon and FBI warn of surge in account takeover attacks

The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning about a surge in account takeover ATO fraud, and the timing lines up with a major alert Amazon has just sent to its 300 million customers about brand impersonation scams. How ATO fraud works Account takeover fraud is just what it says:...

US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers

Plus: The SEC lets SolarWinds off the hook, Microsoft stops a historic DDoS attack, and FBI documents reveal the agency spied on an immigration activist Signal group in New York City...

Who Coordinates U.S. Cyber Defense? A Co-Authorship Network Analysis of Joint Cybersecurity Advisories (2024--2025)

Cyber threats increasingly demand joint responses, yet the organizational dynamics behind multi-agency cybersecurity collaboration remain poorly understood. Understanding who leads, who bridges, and how agencies coordinate is critical for strengthening both U.S. homeland security and allied defen...

Hackers Dox ICE, DHS, DOJ, and FBI Officials

Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more...

Cybercrime gets a few punches on the nose

It’s not often that we get to share good news, so we wanted to grab this opportunity and showcase some progress made by law enforcement actions against cybercrime with you. Europol notified us about the take-down of two of the largest cybercrime forums in the world. With over 10 million users,...

Cyber Threats Targeting the US Government During the Democratic National Convention

Cyber Threats Targeting the US Government During the Democratic National Convention By Anne An · October 2, 2024 Introduction Trellix global sensors detected increased threat activities during the days that the Democratic National Convention DNC was held in August 2024, culminating into a massive...

Scattered Spider ransomware gang falls under government agency scrutiny

As you may have read in our November Ransomware Review, Scattered Spider is a relatively new, albeit dangerous, ransomware gang who made headlines in September for attacking MGM Resorts and Caesar Entertainment. For small security teams, one of the most important findings about the group is their...

U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnets online infrastructure, and...

CISA and Partners Update the #StopRansomware Guide, Developed through the Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF)

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the National Security Agency NSA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC published an updated version of the StopRansomware Guide, as ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since its initia...

Pompompurin Unmasked: Infamous BreachForums Mastermind Arrested in New York

U.S. law enforcement authorities have arrested a 21-year-old New York man in connection with running the infamous BreachForums hacking forum under the online alias "Pompompurin." The development, first reported by Bloomberg Law, comes after News 12 Westchester, earlier this week, said that federa...

SA44574 - 2020-08: Out-of-Cycle Advisory: FBI and NSA Expose New Linux Malware Drovorub

Ivanti 4th of March 2024 - This isn't an active SA and any new edits are part of an article maintenance project. The United States National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a Cybersecurity Advisory regarding the Drovorub malware. Drovorub is Linux malware that...

Compromise of U.S. Water Treatment Facility

Summary On February 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access to the supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA system at a U.S. drinking water treatment facility. The unidentified actors used the SCADA system’s software to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide, also...

Law Enforcement Seizes Joker's Stash — Stolen Credit Card Marketplace

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and Interpol have allegedly seized proxy servers used in connection with Blockchain-based domains belonging to Joker's Stash, a notorious fraud bazaar known for selling compromised payment card data in underground forums. The takedown happened last week ...