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US plans to hunt down North Korean hackers who attacked healthcare, defence networks
4 months, 4 weeks ago

US plans to hunt down North Korean hackers who attacked healthcare, defence networks

Firstpost  

The FBI has been collecting evidence against a hacking group called Andariel, which is considered a part of the larger North Korean Lazarus group. These hackers have been using US-based tech infrastructure to carry out their attacks The US is ramping up efforts to track down North Korean hackers responsible for attacking healthcare and defence networks. An email address found …

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

The Hindu  

U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including grave ransomware attacks. Qakbot's ransomware victims included an Illinois-based engineering firm, financial services organisations in Alabama and Kansas, along with a Maryland defence manufacturer and …

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

The Independent  

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. “Nearly ever sector of the economy has been victimized by Qakbot,” Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, …

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

LA Times  

The FBI announced that it and European partners, including Europol, whose Cybercrime Center is shown, had infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit crippling ransomware attacks and other crimes. U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major malware …

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Musk’s 3,000 rocket designs may land on grey market for highest bidders as hackers attack SpaceX
1 year, 9 months ago

Musk’s 3,000 rocket designs may land on grey market for highest bidders as hackers attack SpaceX

Firstpost  

LockBit, a prolific ransomware group claims to have hacked into SpaceX and have stolen 3,000 SpaceX rocket blueprints and is threatening to sell them to Elon Musk’s competitors, if their demands aren’t met. In what appears as a scene straight out of a Hollywood flick, a ransomware gang attacked Elon Musk’s SpaceX only to make good with almost 3,000 rocket …

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Hacking the hackers: How the FBI and hacktivists infiltrated ransomware gang Hive and recovered millions
1 year, 10 months ago

Hacking the hackers: How the FBI and hacktivists infiltrated ransomware gang Hive and recovered millions

Firstpost  

In a rather interesting FBI operation that would make a great Hollywood flick, the FBI’s cybersecurity division and a few international hacktivist groups came together to go after one of the most notorious ransomware gangs in the world, Hive, shut down a significant portion of their operations, and recovered about $130 million from them. Attorney General Merrick Garland and other …

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US disrupts North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals
2 years, 5 months ago

US disrupts North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was Monaco revealed new details of the attacks during a speech in which she encouraged organizations hit by ransomware to report the crime to law enforcement, both so that officials can investigate and so that they can help victim companies try to get …

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Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital
2 years, 6 months ago

Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers Wray told a Boston College cybersecurity conference that his agents learned of the planned digital attack from an unspecified intelligence partner and got Boston Children’s Hospital the information it needed last summer to block what would have …

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Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime
2 years, 8 months ago

Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped from $299.77 to $1.4 million overnight. “The scammers are extremely well organized and law enforcement is not,” said Sherry Williams, a director of a San Francisco nonprofit recently hit by a BEC scam. A Secret Service agent said in an affidavit …

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Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime
2 years, 8 months ago

Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — It’s a crime that siphons untold billions from the economy — but many people have never heard of it. Although they get far less attention than the massive ransomware attacks that have triggered a powerful government response, BEC scams have been by far the costliest type of cybercrime in the U.S. for years, according to the FBI. …

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‘I can fight with a keyboard’: How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang
2 years, 8 months ago

‘I can fight with a keyboard’: How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang

CNN  

Washington CNN — As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best way he knew how – by sabotaging one of the most formidable ransomware gangs in Russia. I was monitoring them.” For years, Danylo said, he quietly lurked on the hackers’ computer servers and would pass along …

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Hacked US companies to face new reporting requirements
2 years, 9 months ago

Hacked US companies to face new reporting requirements

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress. It requires any entity that’s considered part of the nation’s critical infrastructure, which includes the finance, transportation and energy sectors, to report any “substantial cyber incident” to the government within three days and …

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Howard University cancels classes after ransomware attack
3 years, 3 months ago

Howard University cancels classes after ransomware attack

The Independent  

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$10 million rewards bolster White House anti-ransomware bid
3 years, 5 months ago

$10 million rewards bolster White House anti-ransomware bid

Associated Press  

BOSTON — The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of anyone engaged in foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity, including ransomware attacks, against critical U.S. infrastructure. The administration official would not comment on whether the U.S. government had a hand in Tuesday’s online disappearance of REvil, the Russian-linked gang responsible for a …

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Explained | Kaseya and the massive cyberattack affecting 1,500 businesses globally
3 years, 5 months ago

Explained | Kaseya and the massive cyberattack affecting 1,500 businesses globally

The Hindu  

On July 2, Kaseya, a Miami-based software provider to over 40,000 organisations, announced that it was investigating a potential cyberattack. In an interview to Reuters, he noted that the precise impact of the attack could not be estimated since businesses impacted were customers of Kaseya’s customers. The Florida-based company’s impact can be understood from the fact that more than 40,000 …

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Opinion: Biden’s historic opportunity with Putin
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Biden’s historic opportunity with Putin

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Rep. Jim Langevin, a Democrat from Rhode Island, is a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Rep. Jim Langevin office of rep. langevin Rep. Michael T. McCaul Office of Rep. McCaul This was a wake-up call for many Americans – if our gas stations and grocery stores aren’t safe from international cybergangs, what else is vulnerable? As such, …

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Wray: FBI frowns on ransomware payments despite recent trend
3 years, 6 months ago

Wray: FBI frowns on ransomware payments despite recent trend

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI’s director told lawmakers Thursday that the bureau discourages ransomware payments to hacking groups even as major companies in the past month have participated in multimillion-dollar transactions aimed at getting their systems back online. “It is our policy, it is our guidance, from the FBI, that companies should not pay the ransom for a number of reasons,” …

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How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back
3 years, 6 months ago

How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back

NPR  

How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP The Department of Justice on Monday touted the recovery of $2.3 million — about half — of the ransom that was collected by hackers in the Colonial Pipeline attack last month. Sponsor Message A new task …

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U.S. Has Recovered Some Of The Millions Paid In Ransom To Colonial Pipeline Hackers
3 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Has Recovered Some Of The Millions Paid In Ransom To Colonial Pipeline Hackers

NPR  

U.S. Has Recovered Some Of The Millions Paid In Ransom To Colonial Pipeline Hackers Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Carlson/AP Chris Carlson/AP The government has recovered a "majority" of the millions of dollars paid in ransom to hackers behind the cyberattack that prompted last month's shutdown of Colonial Pipeline, officials announced Monday. "The Department of Justice has found and …

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Opinion: A favor from Russian ransomware hackers
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: A favor from Russian ransomware hackers

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. CNN — When President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month, he will undoubtedly bring up – as he should – the matter of repeated ransomware attacks against US targets by Russian-based hackers. Given the strained relationship between both countries, one …

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Meat-Packer JBS Expects To Operate At Near Full Capacity After Ransomware Attack
3 years, 6 months ago

Meat-Packer JBS Expects To Operate At Near Full Capacity After Ransomware Attack

NPR  

Meat-Packer JBS Expects To Operate At Near Full Capacity After Ransomware Attack NOEL KING, HOST: JBS, the biggest meat packing company in the world, says it expects operations to be back near full capacity today. The company's recovering from a ransomware attack that the FBI blames on a group based in Russia. And now, as you noted, the company anticipates …

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REvil, A Notorious Ransomware Gang, Was Behind JBS Cyberattack, The FBI Says
3 years, 6 months ago

REvil, A Notorious Ransomware Gang, Was Behind JBS Cyberattack, The FBI Says

NPR  

REvil, A Notorious Ransomware Gang, Was Behind JBS Cyberattack, The FBI Says Enlarge this image toggle caption David Zalubowski/AP David Zalubowski/AP DETROIT — The world's largest meat processing company has resumed most production after a weekend cyberattack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday …

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FBI investigating JBS cyber attack that disrupted Australian meat and livestock industry
3 years, 6 months ago

FBI investigating JBS cyber attack that disrupted Australian meat and livestock industry

ABC  

The FBI is investigating a ransomware attack against Brazil's JBS that has disrupted meat production in Australia and North America. Key points: JBS is the largest meat and food processing company in Australia Thousands of Australian workers have been affected The company's local operations are expected to remain out of action until the computer systems are restored JBS, the world's …

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