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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for a string of data theft and extortion attacks
Announcement Provokes Skepticism in Cyber CommunityA band of adolescent hackers behind attacks against airliners, insurers and casinos in the United Kingdom and the United States on Friday said they are shutting down their operations. Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters posted a semi-coherent screed announcing a decision to "go dark."
82 Longstanding Recommendations on Data Protection, Security Still Not Acted UponThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has still not implemented 82 recommendations made in recent years involving "high risk" cybersecurity and IT management issues, said the Government Accountability Office in a new report directed at HHS' CIO and its various agency CIOs.
Recent advisories from U.S. federal authorities on vulnerabilities in certain operational technology devices underscore the potential security risks that many healthcare providers frequently underestimate, said Sila Özeren, a security research engineer at Picus Security.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw in DELMIA Apriso, a manufacturing operations management (MOM) and execution (MES) solution from French company Dassault Systèmes. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation
Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security After years of being dominated by outsiders, the computer surveillance software industry is booming in the United States as investors rush into the ethically dodgy but highly lucrative field.…
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage affecting customers throughout North America, blocking their access to emails. [...]
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. [...]
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe Microsoft and hold it responsible for what he called "gross cybersecurity negligence" that enabled ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, including against healthcare networks
Ron Wyden urges FTC to probe failure to secure Windows after attackers used Kerberoasting to cripple Ascension Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping "dangerous, insecure software" that helped cybercrooks cripple one of America's largest hospital networks.…
BioCatch Says Crime Groups Have Industrialized Operations With Stablecoin TransfersOrganized crime groups have industrialized digital banking fraud operations in the United States, with money mule networks surging 168% in the first half of 2025. Money mules are being recruited at unprecedented scale, and they're using stablecoins to transfer funds to crypto exchanges.
The House Select Committee on China has formally issued an advisory warning of an "ongoing" series of highly targeted cyber espionage campaigns linked to the People's Republic of China (PRC) amid contentious U.S.–China trade talks
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned several large networks of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia, which stole over $10 billion from Americans last year. [...]
State Department Offers Up to $10M for Tips on Volodymyr TymoshchukA hacker who federal prosecutors say was behind the LockerGoga and MegaCortex ransomware strains faces a seven count criminal indictment in U.S. federal court, prosecutors said Tuesday. Ukrainian national Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, 28, was administrator of the two ransomware operations, prosecutors say.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk for his role as the administrator of the LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ransomware operations. [...]
American furniture brand Lovesac is warning that it suffered a data breach impacting an undisclosed number of individuals, stating their personal data was exposed in a cybersecurity incident. [...]