North Korea IT worker scheme swells beyond US companies
North Korean nationals who conceal their identities to infiltrate businesses as employees or contractors continue to expand their presence beyond technology companies and America’s borders. …
Category: Cyberscoop
Oracle customers being bombarded with emails claiming widespread data theft
Attackers appearing to be aligned with the Clop ransomware group have sent emails to Oracle customers seeking extortion payments, claiming they stole data from the…
GOP senator confirms pending White House quantum push, touts legislative alternatives
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., endorsed an aggressive effort by U.S. policymakers to help governments and businesses adapt to a future where quantum computers can break…
Palo Alto Networks spots new China espionage group showcasing advanced skills
An elusive, persistent, newly confirmed China espionage group has hit almost 10 victims of geopolitical importance in the Middle East, Africa and Asia using specific…
DOJ, Georgia Tech affiliate company settle over alleged failure to meet DOD contract cyber requirements
A company affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology agreed to pay $875,000 to the U.S. government to settle a case involving allegations that it…
Watchdog: Cyber threat information-sharing program’s future uncertain with expected expiration of 2015 law
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency doesn’t have any plans in place for continuing a threat information-sharing program should a 2015 law that laid the…
Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown
The Department of Homeland Security estimated over the weekend that it would send home about two-thirds of employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…
Interpol operation disrupts romance scam and sextortion networks in Africa
Authorities arrested 260 cybercrime suspects during a two-week operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol announced Friday. The globally coordinated summertime crackdown dubbed “Operation Contender 3.0”…
UN seeks to build consensus on ‘safe, secure and trustworthy’ AI
The United Nations is making a push to more directly influence global policy on artificial intelligence, including the promotion of policymaking and technical standards around…
Worries mount over max-severity Fortra GoAnywhere defect
Threat intelligence professionals have a sense of foreboding about a maximum-severity vulnerability Forta disclosed last week in its file-transfer service GoAnywhere MFT, as they steel…
CISA says it observed nearly year-old activity tied to Cisco zero-day attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency acknowledged it’s yet to get a complete handle on the scope and impact of attacks involving Cisco zero-day vulnerabilities…
CISA alerts federal agencies of widespread attacks using Cisco zero-days
Federal cyber authorities sounded a rare alarm Thursday, issuing an emergency directive about an ongoing and widespread attack spree involving actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities affecting…