U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on DarkSide Ransomware Group

The U.S. government on Thursday announced a $10 million reward for information that may lead to the identification or location of key individuals who hold leadership positions in the DarkSide ransomware group or any of its rebrands. On top of that, the State Department is offering bounties of up ...

US offers $10m reward for decisive info on DarkSide ransomware gang

By Waqas The US is offering $10 million to anyone who can provide information to law enforcement authorities on the infamous DarkSide ransomware gang that may help in locating and arresting its operators. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US offers $10m reward for decisive...

US Blacklists NSO Group

The Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer -- and human rights violator, and probably war criminal -- NSO Group has been added to the US Department of Commerces trade blacklist. US companies and individuals cannot sell to them. Aside from the obvious difficulties this causes, itll make it harder...

US Sanctions Pegasus-maker NSO Group and 3 Others For Selling Spyware

The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday added four companies, including Israel-based spyware companies NSO Group and Candiru, to a list of entities engaging in "malicious cyber activities." The agency said the two companies were added to the list based on evidence that "these entities developed...

CVE-2021-27722

An issue was discovered in Nsasoft US LLC SpotAuditor 5.3.5. The program can be crashed by entering 300 bytes char data into the "Key" or "Name" field while registering...

CVE-2021-27722

CVE-2021-27722 affects Nsasoft US LLC SpotAuditor 5.3.5. The vulnerability is that entering 300 bytes of characters into the “Key” or “Name” field during registration can crash the program, yielding a denial of service. The available connected sources corroborate the crash/vulnerability existence...

An Apparent Ransomware Hack Puts the NRA in a Bind

The group behind the reported attack is under sanctions from the US Treasury, which means a payout could come with penalties for the victim...

Groove Calls for Cyberattacks on US as REvil Payback

UPDATE: Subsequent reporting and disclosures show “Groove” was a hoax intended to lure media outlets into reporting on fake potential threats against U.S. government interests. Threatpost regrets falling for a troll. Lesson learned and apologies to our readers. Following the recent international...

U.S. Government Bans Sale of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian Regimes

The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday announced new rules barring the sales of hacking software and equipment to authoritarian regimes and potentially facilitate human rights abuse for national security NS and anti-terrorism AT reasons. The mandate, which is set to go into effect in 90 days,...

REvil ransomware gang goes dark after its Tor sites are hacked

By Deeba Ahmed In July 2021 the REvil ransomware group vanished due to mounting US pressure after the Kaseya attack. However, the group was back in September 2021 by carrying out extortion-based DDoS attacks on ITSPs in the UK and Canada/America. The infamous REvil ransomware group has suddenly...

Feds Warn BlackMatter Ransomware Gang is Poised to Strike

Federal authorities are warning businesses to shore up cybersecurity defenses as it carefully monitors the reemergence of the DarkSide ransomware gang, believed responsible for the crippling Colonial Pipeline attack in May 2021. The ransomware-as-a-service gang has regrouped under the moniker...

TikTok Serves Up Fresh Gamer Targets

TikTok has made people do all sorts of wild things — eat frozen honey, work on their choreography and even fall for malicious malvertising campaigns. The latest TikTok attacks are getting served to gamers on the platform disguised as “free” or “hacked” versions of games like Among Us, free Steam...

Is Your Data Safe? Check Out Some Cybersecurity Master Classes

Since cybersecurity is definitely an issue that's here to stay, I've just checked out the recently released first episodes of Cato Networks Cybersecurity Master Class Series. According to Cato, the series aims to teach and demonstrate cybersecurity tools and best practices; provide research and...

Hackers Keep Targeting the US Water Supply

Plus: The biggest Twitch hack, an iOS zero day, and more of the week's top security news...

CISA – Ransomware targeted SCADA systems of 3 US water facilities

By Deeba Ahmed US has warned of more ransomware attacks on IT and OT networks of country's Water and Wastewater Systems WWS Sector facilities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CISA - Ransomware targeted SCADA systems of 3 US water facilities...

“Free Steam game” scams on TikTok are Among Us

TikTok has long since evolved beyond being thought of as "just" dance clips, also becoming a home for educational and informative content presented in a fun and casual way. There are accounts themed around pretty much any interest you can think of, and one of the biggest is gaming. Its not all...

New Bill to Require Cyber Attack Reporting in the US

The Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021 would also require CISA to launch a program that would notify organizations of various vectors that malicious actors exploit...

Office 365 Spy Campaign Targets US Military Defense

A new threat actor, dubbed DEV-0343, has been spotted attacking U.S. and Israeli defense technology companies, Persian Gulf ports of entry and global maritime transportation companies with ties to the Middle East. The threat actor’s goal is Microsoft Office 365 account takeovers. Microsoft, which...

Iran-linked hackers hit Israeli, US and EU defense tech firm

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft has warned that hackers linked to Iran are mainly targeting Office 365 clients in defense technology firms. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iran-linked hackers hit Israeli, US and EU defense tech firm...

ExpressVPN made a choice, and so did I: Lock and Code S02E19

On September 14, the US Department of Justice announced that it had resolved an earlier investigation into an international cyber hacking campaign coming from the United Arab Emirates that has reportedly impacted hundreds of journalists, activists, and human rights defenders in Yemen, Iran, Turke...