People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection

Summary The United States and international cybersecurity authorities are issuing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to highlight a recently discovered cluster of activity of interest associated with a People’s Republic of China PRC state-sponsored cyber actor, also known as Volt Typhoon...

A TikTok ‘Car Theft’ Challenge Is Costing Hyundai $200 Million

Plus: The FBI gets busted abusing a spy tool, an ex-Apple engineer is charged with corporate espionage, and collection of airborne DNA raises new privacy risks...

FBI, GCHQ Unite To Foil Russian Malware Hacking Tool

By Owais Sultan A joint advisory from the National Cyber Security Centre has detailed how the UK and its allies have cracked Snake, a Russian malware used by the FSB. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI, GCHQ Unite To Foil Russian Malware Hacking Tool...

Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware

A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today. U.S. prosecutors say Mikhail Pavolovich Matveev, a.k.a. "Wazawaka" and "Boriselcin" worked with...

#StopRansomware: BianLian Ransomware Group

Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from BianLian ransomware and data extortion: 1. Strictly limit the use of RDP and other remote desktop services. 2. Disable command-line and scripting activities and permissions. 3. Restrict usage of PowerShell and update Windows PowerShell or...

Toyota Leaked Vehicle Data of 2 Million Customers

The FBI disables notorious Russia-linked malware, the EU edges toward a facial recognition ban, and security firm Dragos has an intrusion of its own...

Bl00dy Ransomware Gang Strikes Education Sector with Critical PaperCut Vulnerability

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of attacks carried out by a threat actor known as the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang that attempt to exploit vulnerable PaperCut servers against the education facilities sector in the country. The attacks took place in early May 2023, the Federal...

Malicious Actors Exploit CVE-2023-27350 in PaperCut MF and NG

SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to the active exploitation of CVE-2023-27350. This vulnerability occurs in certain versions of PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF and...

FBI Disables Russian Malware

Reuters is reporting that the FBI "had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russias FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped would deal a death blow to one of Russias leading cyber spying programs." The headline says that the FBI "sabotaged...

U.S. Government Neutralizes Russia's Most Sophisticated Snake Cyber Espionage Tool

The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the court-authorized disruption of a global network compromised by an advanced malware strain known as Snake wielded by Russia's Federal Security Service FSB. Snake, dubbed the "most sophisticated cyber espionage tool," is the handiwork of a Russian...

Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI this week seized 13 domain names connected to "booter" services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Ten of the domains are reincarnations of DDoS-for-hire services the FBI seized in December 2022, when...

The Team of Sleuths Quietly Hunting Cyberattack-for-Hire Services

For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the internet...

Seized: 9 Crypto Laundering Sites Used by Ransomware Gangs

By Deeba Ahmed International cooperation between the Ukrainian Cyber and National Police, the FBI, and the Department of Justice has led to the seizure of cybercriminals' cryptocurrency laundering websites. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Seized: 9 Crypto Laundering Sites...

Operation SpecTor: $53.4 Million Seized, 288 Vendors Arrested in Dark Web Drug Bust

An international law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 288 vendors who are believed to be involved in drug trafficking on the dark web, adding to a long list of criminal enterprises that have been shuttered in recent years. The effort, codenamed Operation SpecTor, also saw the...

Imperva Continues to Innovate With New Features for Online Fraud Prevention

Last year, Imperva embarked on a mission to help organizations combat the growing threat of digital fraud. We introduced a new solution and a range of innovative features to help detect and prevent online fraud at its earliest stages. Imperva Online Fraud Prevention stops fraud ranging from...

Would-be hitman busted after being fooled by parody website

A member of the Air National Guard is facing federal charges after applying for a job online as an assassin. According to a Justice Department press release, Josiah Ernesto Garcia from Hermitage, Tennessee, was arrested by an undercover federal agent at a park on April 12, 2023. The FBI affidavit...

APT28 Exploits Known Vulnerability to Carry Out Reconnaissance and Deploy Malware on Cisco Routers

APT28 accesses poorly maintained Cisco routers and deploys malware on unpatched devices using CVE-2017-6742. Overview and Context The UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC, the US National Security Agency NSA, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and US Federal Bureau of...

Why is ‘Juice Jacking’ Suddenly Back in the News?

KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Federal Communications Commission FCC about "juice jacking," a term first coined here in 2011 to describe a potential threat of data theft when one plugs their mobile...

Sextortion "assistance" scammers con victims further

The FBI is warning of a particular aspect of sextortion scams: Supposed organisations that offer "help" to remove stolen images, often at a significant financial cost and no guarantee of success. Sextortion, the act of blackmailing individuals for cash in return for not leaking sensitive imagery...

FBI Advising People to Avoid Public Charging Stations

The FBI is warning people against using public phone-charging stations, worrying that the combination power-data port can be used to inject malware onto the devices: Avoid using free charging stations in airports, hotels, or shopping centers. Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB por...