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Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russia-linked nation-state actor known as APT28, drawing condemnation from the European Union (E.U.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.K., and the U.S
The U.S. government on Thursday published a new cybersecurity advisory warning of North Korean threat actors' attempts to send emails in a manner that makes them appear like they are from legitimate and trusted parties
Security Memo Update Opts Not to Include Space as Critical Infrastructure SectorSpace industry executives say they're feeling left out of a push to better national cybersecurity, calling a White House update on Tuesday to a memo organizing critical infrastructure efforts a missed opportunity. Experts said the exclusion could leave the U.S. space sector vulnerable to attacks.
Cloud storage services provider Dropbox on Wednesday disclosed that Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) was breached by unidentified threat actors, who accessed emails, usernames, and general account settings associated with all users of the digital signature product
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical flaw impacting GitLab to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, owing to active exploitation in the wild
Cyber Authorities Warn Pro-Russian Hacktivists Targeting Small-Scale OT SystemsU.S. and international cyber authorities issued a warning Wednesday that pro-Russian hacktivists are increasingly targeting small-scale operational technology systems throughout North America and Europe that have been left vulnerable to attacks due to internet-exposed industrial control systems.
US CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Apply January PatchThe U.S. federal government's cybersecurity agency warned that hackers are exploiting a vulnerability in DevOps platform GitLab that was patched in January. The vulnerability allows hackers to use the "forgot your password" function to send a reset link to an attacker-controlled inbox.
A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia
New Report Says Global Threat Actors May Use AI to Enhance Physical Attacks on USThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that known limitations for nuclear and chemical security regulations in the United States could lead to global threat actors taking advantage of artificial intelligence tools to launch catastrophic attacks against the country.
Modern Treasury's Ani Narayan on Why RFP on New Rails Won't Replace ACH Just YetAs ACH continues to dominate U.S. transactions, newer payment rails, including FedNow, are working to make their platforms more secure. One of the ways they are doing this is by implementing a request for payment or RFP. Ani Narayan at Modern Treasury discussed the implications of this move.
The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats
Some of America’s biggest wireless carriers illegally sold customer location, says FCC
Commission Approves Long-Anticipated Fines for Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and SprintThe Federal Communications Commission announced Monday that it is slapping the leading U.S. cellular providers with nearly $200 million in fines for selling customers' location data to third parties without their consent, following years of warnings from lawmakers about the apparent privacy abuses.
How to Navigate New SEC RulesThe new SEC rules, which took effect in late 2023, introduce mandatory cyber-incident reporting requirements for all U.S.-listed companies.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers -- including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon -- for illegally sharing access to customers' location information without consent.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers almost $200 million for sharing their customers' real-time location data without their consent. [...]
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network. [...]
Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service (USPS) saw that the traffic to the fake domains is typically similar to what the legitimate site records and it is even higher during holidays. [...]