Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was reportedly used to fuel a series of text messages andRead More »Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security
61M Verizon customers may be at risk of having their data sold.
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning of potential cyber-attacks from Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors. “Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events,” the agencies said. “TheseRead More »U.S. Agencies Warn of Rising Iranian Cyberattacks on Defense, OT Networks, and Critical Infrastructure
Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million ($540 million) from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The operation, the agency said, was carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil, along with support from law enforcement authorities from Estonia, France, andRead More »Europol Dismantles $540 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Network, Arrests Five Suspects
Apple and Google app stores are offering private browsing apps owned by Chinese companies.
NASA needs to perform an agency-wide cybersecurity risk assessment and to complete important cybersecurity tasks for each of its projects. The post NASA Needs Agency-Wide Cybersecurity Risk Assessment: GAO appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66. Trustwave SpiderLabs, in a report published last week, said it was able to make this connection by pivoting from Proton66-linked digital assets, leading to the discovery ofRead More »Blind Eagle Uses Proton66 Hosting for Phishing, RAT Deployment on Colombian Banks
Rachel Tobac is a cyber social engineer. She is skilled at persuading people to do what she wants, rather than what they know they ought to do. The post Hacker Conversations: Rachel Tobac and the Art of Social Engineering appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Casie Antalis is the new executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency after the departure of Bridget Bean. The post Casie Antalis Named Executive Director of CISA appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Vulnerabilities in Airoha Bluetooth SoCs expose headphone and earbud products from multiple vendors to takeover attacks. The post Airoha Chip Vulnerabilities Expose Headphones to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.
