Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat

For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that’s left to do now is vote...

Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year

Following the February 21 attack on Change Healthcare, scores of people in the US have been living with the brutal, real-world effects of ransomware. Described by the American Hospital Association AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack as “the most significant and consequential incident of its kind...

TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular app. TikTok is an immensely popular social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover, short video clips. It...

LockBit Affiliate Sentenced to 4 Years in Canada, Faces Extradition

By Deeba Ahmed Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian-Canadian citizen faces four years in a Canadian prison and is likely to be extradited to the US after completing his sentence. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit Affiliate Sentenced to 4 Years in Canada, Faces Extradition...

A Necessary Digital Odyssey of RPA and AI/ML at HUD

Explore two RPA and AI/ML use cases at HUD during the operational challenges of the longest US Government shutdown, a rigid legacy IT environment, and complex federal regulations...

US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying

A closed-door presentation for House lawmakers late last year portrayed American anti-war protesters as having possible ties to Hamas in an effort to kill privacy reforms to a major US spy program...

Buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in identifier field of WSD probe request process of Small Office Multifunction Printers and Laser Printers which may allow an attacker on the network segment to trigger the affected product being unresponsive or to execute arbitrary code.:Satera MF740C Series/Satera MF640C...

CVE-2024-2184

Buffer overflow in identifier field of WSD probe request process of Small Office Multifunction Printers and Laser Printers which may allow an attacker on the network segment to trigger the affected product being unresponsive or to execute arbitrary code.:Satera MF740C Series/Satera MF640C...

ci.saline.mi.us Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3868863

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Hacker Claims Breaching US Federal Contractor Acuity, Selling ICE, USCIS Data

By Waqas The teasure trove of highly sentisive data is being sold for just $3,000 in Monero XMR cryptocurrency on Breach Forums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Claims Breaching US Federal Contractor Acuity, Selling ICE, USCIS Data...

Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over

Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data...

TA4903 Spoofing Government Entities and SMBs for Financial Gain

Summary: TA4903, a financially motivated threat actor, conducts high-volume email campaigns targeting U.S. organizations for credential phishing and business email compromise BEC. They spoof various U.S. government agencies and private businesses, employing tools like EvilProxy and incorporating ...

Predator spyware vendor banned in US

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned Predator spyware vendor Intellexa Consortium, and banned the company from doing business in the US. Predator can turn infected smartphones into surveillance devices. Intellexa is based in Greece but the Treasury Department imposed the sanctions because of...

Tycoon and Storm-1575 Linked to Phishing Attacks on US Schools

By Deeba Ahmed Tycoon and Storm-1575 threat actors launched targeted spear phishing attacks to bypass MFA protections, targeting officials at large US school districts. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tycoon and Storm-1575 Linked to Phishing Attacks on US Schools...

U.S. Cracks Down on Predatory Spyware Firm for Targeting Officials and Journalists

The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in "developing, operating, and distributing" commercial spyware designed to target government officials, journalists, and poli...

Pegasus spyware creator ordered to reveal code used to spy on WhatsApp users

A California federal judge has ordered spyware maker NSO Group to hand over the code for Pegasus and other spyware products that were used to spy on WhatsApp users. Meta-owned WhatsApp has been fighting NSO in court since 2019, after Pegasus was allegedly used against 1,400 WhatsApp users over th...

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak

The notorious LockBit gang promised a Georgia court leak "that could affect the upcoming US election.” It didn't materialize—but the story may not be over yet...

The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways

As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat...

Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It

Canada-based Sandvine has long sold its web-monitoring tech to authoritarian regimes. This week, the US sanctioned the company, severely limiting its ability to do business with American firms...

Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: BlackCat Hackers Quickly Returned After FBI Bust

Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies across the US...