Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme
The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine…
Microsoft: APT28 hackers exploit Windows flaw reported by NSA
Microsoft warns that the Russian APT28 threat group exploits a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability to escalate privileges and steal credentials…
Russian Sandworm hackers targeted 20 critical orgs in Ukraine
Russian hacker group Sandworm aimed to disrupt operations at around 20 critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, according to a report…
Chinese hackers preparing to ‘physically wreak havoc’ on US critical infrastructure: FBI director
Chinese hackers who have gained access to critical American infrastructure systems plan to "wreak havoc" on them with the intention…
The Week in Ransomware – April 19th 2024 – Attacks Ramp Up
While ransomware attacks decreased after the LockBit and BlackCat disruptions, they have once again started to ramp up with other…
CISO Corner: Breaking Staff Burnout, GPT-4 Exploits, Rebalancing NIST
SecOps highlights this week include the executive role in "cyber readiness;" Cisco's Hypershield promise; and Middle East cyber ops heat…
FBI Director Wray Issues Dire Warning on China’s Cybersecurity Threat
Chinese actors are ready and poised to do "devastating" damage to key US infrastructure services if needed, he said.
MITRE says state hackers breached its network via Ivanti zero-days
The MITRE Corporation says a state-backed hacking group breached its systems in January 2024 by chaining two Ivanti VPN zero-days.…
FBI: Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims
According to a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands' National Cyber Security…
Hackers hijack OpenMetadata apps in Kubernetes cryptomining attacks
In an ongoing Kubernetes cryptomining campaign, attackers target OpenMetadata workloads using critical remote code execution and authentication vulnerabilities. [...]