Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2025

Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Tech for its involvement in attacks attributed to the Flax Typhoon group. Treasury sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm, Integrity Tech, for links to cyberattacks by Chinas state-backed Flax Typhoon APT group (also called Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett).

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 8, 2025

Compromising our telecommunications infrastructure is now little different from performing any other kind of computer intrusion or data breach, a well-known and endemic cybersecurity problem. The hacks reportedly may have resulted in the “vast collection of internet traffic”; from the telecom and internet giants.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2025

The US governments cybersecurity and law enforcement revealed that Chinese threat actors used at least two sophisticated exploit chains to compromise Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). is end-of-life and no longer receives security updates, for this reason, these instances are exposed to hack.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

China Hacks Canada too, Says CCCS appeared first on Security Boulevard. Plus brillants exploits: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security fingers Chinese state sponsored hackers. The post Ô!

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it has fined four companies $7 million for misleading statements about their cybersecurity incidents, particularly concerning the high-profile 2019 SolarWinds hack. Downplaying the extent of a material cybersecurity breach is a bad strategy," Tenreiro said.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2024

The investigation indicates they were initially targeting email accounts for information related to Midnight Blizzard itself.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

US CFPB warns employees to avoid work-related mobile calls and texts following China-linked Salt Typhoon hack over security concerns. The hacking campaign, called Salt Typhoon by investigators, hasn’t previously been publicly disclosed and is the latest in a series of incursions that U.S. and its allies for hacking activities in July.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2025

To confirm their findings, the researchers reached out to their friend and asked if they could hack her car. In 2022, some of the members of the above team of experts including the popular cybersecurity expert Sam Curry, discovered another set of vulnerabilities impacting over a dozen car makers. ” added Curry.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

The hacker has published 10,000 customer records, a file showing Oracle Cloud access, user credentials, and an internal video as proof of the hack. Cybersecurity firm Cloudsek also noted that a vulnerable Oracle Fusion Middleware version was running on the compromised server. Oracle has since taken the server offline. Oracle Corp.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As they do, they create more security vulnerabilities and inherent business, changing the nature of cybersecurity careers. Meanwhile, according to non-profit trade association CompTIA’s Cyberseek tool, nearly half a million cybersecurity jobs were open between May 2023 and April 2024 in the U.S., million workers.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The call metadate of a "large number" of Americans was stolen by Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon's hack of eight U.S. The post Metadata of Americans Stolen in Chinese Hack: U.S. telecoms and dozens more around the world, according to U.S. officials, who are scrambling to map out the scope of the attack.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The post Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2024

With expert commentary and in-depth analysis, this video is essential viewing for anyone interested in cybersecurity, tech news, or protecting their digital privacy. The post Video: Salt Typhoon Hacks Major Telecom Giants Using Malware appeared first on eSecurity Planet.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The newspaper described the breach as a deep embarrassment due to the efforts of the firm in the cybersecurity industry. Deloitte discovered the hack in March 2017, and according to The Guardian, the attackers may have had access to the company systems since October or November 2016. Deloitte has faced hacking claims twice recently.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

billion signals a significant shift in how global financial institutions are approaching cybersecurity. Thus, it's clear that even the traditional "big players" are paying attention to AI, its effect on cybersecurity, and the changing security landscape. MasterCard's September 2024 acquisition of Recorded Future for $2.65

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

While this might protect our mental bandwidth, and in some cases help us avoid hacking attempts via exhaustion tactics, it also has unintended consequenceswhen it comes to cybersecurity. This is essential for fostering critical thinking and collaboration during complex cybersecurity challenges.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

When you're breaking into cybersecurity, you want a career trajectory that feeds on itself—a process where each small win builds momentum for the next. Dive into core cybersecurity concepts like encryption, secure password practices, endpoint protection, and incident response. Cybersecurity is a social industry.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm and a Shanghai cyber actor for ties to Salt Typhoon and a federal agency breach. The US Treasurys OFAC also sanctionedYin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber actor who was involved with the recent hack of the Department of the Treasury’s network. critical infrastructure.”

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Well-known crypto researcher ZachXBT reached the same conclusion as Elliptic, sharing his analysis on X: Lazarus Group just connected the Bybit hack to the Phemex hack directly on-chain commingling funds from the intial theft address for both incidents. Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 8, 2025

The post Green Bay Packers Retail Site Hacked, Data of 8,500 Customers Exposed appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

billion in cryptocurrency from the Bybit exchange in what is being called the largest hack in the controversial market's history. The post North Koreas Lazarus Group Hacks Bybit, Steals $1.5 North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group reportedly stole $1.5 Billion in Crypto appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2025

A 25-year-old California man will plead guilty to hacking into a Disney's personal computer and using stolen credentials to break into thousands of Disney Slack channels. The post California Man Will Plead Guilty to Last Years Disney Hack appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

But amidst all these flashy, futuristic threats, the biggest cybersecurity risk remains the same as it's always beenhumans. Cybersecurity Through Human Behaviour just confirmed what most of us in the field already know: Cybersecurity isn't just a tech problemit's a behavior problem. it's WAY easier to hack minds than networks.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This made the need for strengthening cybersecurity so apparent to everyone that U.S. The best approach one can adopt is always having cybersecurity at the forefront of their mind whichever aspect of their business they approach. The intersection of localization and cybersecurity Now, how does localization affect cybersecurity?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If you want a digital presence that will be around for the next ten years, scalability, growth, and digitization need to be tempered with a healthy dose of credential-centered cybersecurity. Zero Trust is a comprehensive security framework that fundamentally changes how organizations approach cybersecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently laid down the hammer charging and fining four prominent cybersecurity vendors for making misleading claims in connection with the SolarWinds hack. Joe Nicastro , Field CTO, Legit Security Nicastro Transparency in cybersecurity remains a complex balancing act.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Without robust IT budgets or fully staffed cybersecurity departments, small businesses often rely on their own small stable of workers (including sole proprietors with effectively zero employees) to stay safe online. That means that what worries these businesses most in cybersecurity is what is most likely to work against them.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

For consumers, this means applying more layer of protection in the form of regular updates, security software , and cybersecurity awareness. We dont just report on phone securitywe provide it Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Never open links, files, or videos from someone you don’t know.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 14, 2025

Wordfence Security Wordfence Security is one of the most popular cybersecurity plugins for WordPress. If your site ever gets hacked, Sucuri provides help to clean it up. This is useful because recovering from a hack can be difficult without expert support.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Meanwhile, while business logic hacks, supply chain holes, and cyber extortion continue to loom large. Alkove Jim Alkove , CEO, Oleria Identity is cybersecurity’s biggest challenge. Attackers arent hacking in theyre logging in. The drivers are intensifying.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm and a Shanghai cyber actor for ties to Salt Typhoon and a federal agency breach. The US Treasurys OFAC also sanctionedYin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber actor who was involved with the recent hack of the Department of the Treasury’s network. critical infrastructure.”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But there’s an even broader category of election interference that is of particular interest to this podcast, and that’s cybersecurity. License [link] Outro Music: “Good God” by Wowa (unminus.com) Listen up—Malwarebytes doesn’t just talk cybersecurity, we provide it.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

INE Security , a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring the critical role of continuous education in safeguarding digital assets. INE Security emphasizes the importance of regular training forall employees.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The SEC fined Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast for misleading disclosures about the impact of the SolarWinds Orion hack. The four companies agreed to stop future violations, pay penalties, and improve cybersecurity controls without admitting guilt. ” reads the press release published by SEC.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Intrinsec said its analysis showed Prospero frequently hosts malware operations such as SocGholish and GootLoader , which are spread primarily via fake browser updates on hacked websites and often lay the groundwork for more serious cyber intrusions — including ransomware. A fake browser update page pushing mobile malware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

funded CVE program, a core cybersecurity tool for tracking vulnerabilities, faces funding expiry Wednesday, risking disruption to global security. government funding for MITRE s CVE program , a key global cybersecurity resource for cataloging vulnerabilities, is set to expire Wednesday, risking disruption. MITREs U.S.-funded

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

Cybersecurity experts were able to exploit misconfiguration in vulnerable web-app used by ransomware operators to publish victims data – leading to clearnet IP addresses disclosure related to their network infrastructure behind TOR hidden services (hosting them) and additional service information acquired from server-side.

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