Peter Strzok Has a Warning About Russia—and Trump

In an interview with WIRED and in his new book, the former FBI agent details the threats the US faces as the 2020 election looms...

CEOs Could Be Held Personally Liable for Cyberattacks that Kill

A full 75 percent of top brass at companies will be personally on the hook for cyber-physical security CSP incidents by 2024 – especially those that involve fatalities. That’s according to the Gartner research firm, which predicted this week that CEOs soon will no longer be able to hide behind...

The FBI Intrusion Notification Program

The FBI intrusion notification program is one of the most important developments in cyber security during the last 15 years. This program achieved mainstream recognition on 24 March 2014 when Ellen Nakashima reported on it for the Washington Post in her story U.S. notified 3,000 companies in 2013...

The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time

Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims...

FBI: Ring Smart Doorbells Could Sabotage Cops

The FBI is worried that Ring doorbell owners can use footage collected from their smart devices to keep tabs on police, newly uncovered documents show. The documents – a 2019 Technical Analysis Bulletin from the FBI – was spotted by The Intercept in the BlueLeaks database, a trove of 270 gigabyte...

UCLA researcher charged with destroying hard drive amid FBI probe

By Zara Khan The culprit is a Chinese national on a J-1 nonimmigrant visa working as a researcher for UCLA. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UCLA researcher charged with destroying hard drive amid FBI probe...

North Korea ATM Hack

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide: This joint advisory is the result of analytic efforts among the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc...

Elon Musk Confirms, Tesla Factory A Target of Foiled Cyberattack

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has confirmed reports that the Tesla Gigafactory Nevada was a target of a cyberattack earlier in August, which was subsequently thwarted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Tesla Gigafactory Nevada is a lithium-ion battery and electric vehicle factory near...

Russian Arrested After Offering $1 Million to U.S. Company Employee for Planting Malware

Hackers always find a way in, even if there's no software vulnerability to exploit. The FBI has arrested a Russian national who recently traveled to the United States and offered $1 million in bribe to an employee of a targeted company for his help in installing malware into the company's compute...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity: FASTCash

The Cybersecurity Security and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. Cyber Command have released a joint Technical Alert and three Malware Analysis Reports MARs on the North Korean government’s ATM cash-out scheme—referr...

FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or "vishing" attacks targeting companies. The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity publishe...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have identified a malware variant—referred to as BLINDINGCAN—used by North Korean actors. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10295134-1.v1 and CISA’s...

The NSA and FBI Expose Fancy Bear's Sneaky Hacking Tool

Plus: TikTok tracking, Russian SIMs, and more of this week's top security news...

FBI and NSA expose Russian State hacking tool for Linux systems

By Sudais Asif Dubbed Drovorub by the agencies; the malware hacking tool is capable of spying on Linux systems. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI and NSA expose Russian State hacking tool for Linux systems...

Drovorub Malware

The NSA and FBI have jointly disclosed Drovorub, a Russian malware suite that targets Linux. Detailed advisory. Fact sheet. News articles. Reddit thread...

CVE-2019-5591

A Default Configuration vulnerability in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet to intercept sensitive information by impersonating the LDAP server. Recent assessments: ccondon-r7 at April 05, 2021 2:16pm UTC reported: One of three vulnerabilities CISA and the FBI have...

NSA, FBI Warn of Linux Malware Used in Espionage Attacks

UPDATE The U.S. government is warning of new malware, dubbed Drovorub, that targets Linux systems. It also claims the malware was developed for a Russian military unit in order to carry out cyber-espionage operations. The malware, Drovorub, comes with a multitude of espionage capabilities,...

Joint NSA and FBI Cybersecurity Advisory Discloses Russian Malware Drovorub

The National Security Agency NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a cybersecurity advisory introducing previously undisclosed Russian malware. NSA and the FBI attributed the malware, dubbed Drovorub, to Russian advanced persistent threat APT actors. The Cybersecurity and...

FBI Reports Increase in Online Shopping Scams

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert on a recent increase in online shopping scams. The scams direct victims to fraudulent websites via ads on social media platforms and popular online search engines’ shopping pages. The Cybersecurity a...

NetWalker Ransomware Rakes in $29M Since March

The NetWalker ransomware has been around for about a year, but it has really made a name for itself in 2020, racking up around $29 million in extortion gains just since March. First detected in August 2019, NetWalker lingered around before surging in use in March through June, according to an...