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Also, Lloyds Data Leak, Dutch Treasury Breach, Citrix Bug Exploit, Pay2Key ActivityThis week, Lloyds data leak hits 450K, Dutch treasury breach, Citrix flaw exploited, Iran-linked ransomware ops, TrueConf zero-day, Russian fraud ring sentenced, Romania targeted, patch gaps persist, and U.S. hospital breach affects 257K.
Also: Chinese Firms Indicted in Crypto-Linked Fentanyl Supply CaseThis week, charges filed in Uranium Finance hack, indictment of Chinese firms in fentanyl supply case, a class action lawsuit against Nvidia, Drift Protocol exploit, KuCoin operational barriers in the United States and a U.K. sanction filed against Xinbi.
Augmented Marauder's multipronged banking-Trojan cyber campaigns are targeting Spanish speakers, evading detection, and replicating rapidly.
Moves Reverse Biden-Era Changes; National Coordinator Returns to Health IT PolicyThe U.S. Department of Health and Services is reversing Biden-era changes, returning the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's focused role on external health IT policy and standards, while shifting department-wide cybersecurity, cloud, AI and data operations back to the Office of CIO.
A newly released study exclusively shared with Dark Reading details the unique circumstances that make up Latin America's labor pool, and why organizations may want to expand their talent search.
Cyber threats across Latin America are increasingly targeting government systems, from disruptive attacks in Puerto Rico to a surge of probes against Colombia’s health sector.
A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned Americans against using foreign-developed mobile applications, particularly those created by Chinese developers. [...]
The order is expected to be quickly challenged in court, where the Trump administration’s previous efforts have been struck down as unconstitutional. The post White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists appeared first on CyberScoop.
TrendAI reviews the White House National Cyber Strategy, outlining six pillars to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity—from deterrence and regulation to federal modernization, critical infrastructure protection, AI leadership, and workforce development.
Google is rolling out a new feature in the U.S. that allows users to change their @gmail address or create a new alias. [...]
Experts Cite Prepositioning Risk in Iranian Cyber Operations Amid Escalating WarWarnings from Iranian-linked hacking groups targeting U.S. water systems highlight a growing risk of prepositioned cyber access and rapid attack activation, analysts told ISMG, as federal defenders confront rising geopolitical tensions and operational strain across critical infrastructure sectors.
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with stealing more than $53 million after hacking the Uranium Finance crypto exchange twice and laundering the proceeds through a cryptocurrency mixer. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to patch their Citrix NetScaler appliances against an actively exploited vulnerability by Thursday. [...]
Experts Cite Prepositioning Risk in Iranian Cyber Operations Amid Escalating WarWarnings from Iranian-linked hacking groups targeting U.S. water systems highlight a growing risk of prepositioned cyber access and rapid attack activation, analysts told ISMG, as federal defenders confront rising geopolitical tensions and operational strain across critical infrastructure sectors.
CareCloud: Intruder Accessed Systems for 8 Hours, Still Assessing Extent of BreachElectronic health records vendor CareCloud has notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a cyber incident earlier this month that temporarily disrupted the software and accessed one of its EHR environments. The company is assessing whether patient data was accessed or stolen.
Officials Aim to Head Off Calls for New Cyber Force Using Existing CyberCom PowersFor the private sector, the cyber talent gap is an HR issue. But for the U.S. military, it's a looming strategic crisis, the Pentagon's top cyber official said this week. "We cannot afford to continue this way," said Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy Katherine Sutton.
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project.…