Teen arrested in UK was a core figure in Scattered Spider’s operations
The 19-year-old U.K. national who was arrested at his London residence last week was a highly prolific cybercriminal and a core member of the nebulous…
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Brickstorm malware powering ‘next-level’ Chinese cyberespionage campaign
Ambitious, suspected Chinese hackers with a slew of goals — stealing intellectual property, mining intelligence on national security and trade, developing avenues for future advanced…
Researchers say media outlet targeting Moldova is a Russian cutout
Researchers say a Russian group sanctioned by the European Union and wanted by the U.S. government is behind an influence operation targeting upcoming elections in…
What to do if your company discovers a North Korean worker in its ranks
Terminating their employment is the easy part. The rest is complicated. When enterprises discover they have inadvertently hired North Korean information technology workers, they face…
Secret Service says it dismantled extensive telecom threat in NYC area
The Secret Service said Tuesday that it disrupted a network of electronic devices in the New York City area that posed imminent telecommunications-based threats to…
Telecom exec: Salt Typhoon inspiring other hackers to use unconventional techniques
Hackers are increasingly adopting the techniques of the Chinese group that successfully infiltrated major telecommunications providers in attacks that made headlines last year by looking…
Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023 casino attacks
A teenage boy suspected of participating in cyberattacks on multiple Las Vegas casinos in late 2023 was arrested last week. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police…
Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal
Pessimism is mounting about the chances that Congress will reauthorize a cyber threat information-sharing law before it’s set to expire at the end of this…
Why federal IT leaders must act now to deliver NIST’s post-quantum cryptography transition
In August 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology published its first set of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, the culmination of over seven years…
Researchers raise alarm over maximum-severity defect in GoAnywhere file-transfer service
Researchers warned that a maximum-severity vulnerability affecting GoAnywhere MFT bears striking similarities with a widely exploited defect in the same file-transfer service two years ago.…
Trump administration planning expansion of U.S. quantum strategy
The Trump administration is signaling to industry and allies that it is considering a broader set of actions related to quantum computing, both to improve…
DOD official: We need to drop the cybersecurity talent hiring window to 25 days
The Department of Defense is seeking to address persistent shortages in its cyber workforce by reducing the time to fill vacant cybersecurity jobs to 25…