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US Cyber Defense Agency Slammed by Shutdown, Personnel Cuts and Resource CrisisFacing major turnover, partisan upheaval and a government shutdown, the U.S. cyber defense agency is now operating at a fraction of its strength, leaving states and other entities without federal cyber support or coordination, experts tell Information Security Media Group.

2 Firms Hit by Separate 2024 Attacks to Pay Total of $6.5M in Class Action ClaimsA Nebraska-based revenue cycle management firm and a Swiss-based blood products manufacturer with plasma collection centers in the United States are the latest healthcare sector companies agreeing to pay multimillion dollar lawsuit settlements for two separate 2024 hacks affecting scores of patients.

US Cyber Defense Agency Slammed by Shutdown, Personnel Cuts and Resource CrisisFacing major turnover, partisan upheaval and a government shutdown, the U.S. cyber defense agency is now operating at a fraction of its strength, leaving states and other entities without federal cyber support or coordination, experts tell Information Security Media Group.

2 Firms Hit by Separate 2024 Attacks to Pay Total of $6.5M in Class Action ClaimsA Nebraska-based revenue cycle management firm and a Swiss-based blood products manufacturer with plasma collection centers in the United States are the latest healthcare sector companies agreeing to pay multimillion dollar lawsuit settlements for two separate 2024 hacks affecting scores of patients.

Also: Shutdown's Ripple Effects on Healthcare, Mounting Threats to Aging OT SystemsIn this week's update, four ISMG editors discussed the fallout from the U.S. federal shutdown and the impact on state and regional cyber offices, the knock-on effects for healthcare, and the growing cyberthreats facing aging operational technology environments.

The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to limit collateral damage from the botnet's attacks, which shattered previous records this week with a brief traffic flood that clocked in at nearly 30 trillion bits of data per second.

A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts

Williams & Connolly Hit in Zero-Day Campaign Impacting Client EmailsA zero-day vulnerability was used to breach email accounts at the elite D.C. law firm Williams & Connolly, with officials reportedly suspecting the hack is part of a China-linked campaign targeting the U.S. legal sector to support espionage, steal intelligence and establish long-term access routes.

A cybercrime gang tracked as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees in the United States to hijack salary payments in "pirate payroll" attacks since March 2025. [...]

A China-aligned threat actor codenamed UTA0388 has been attributed to a series of spear-phishing campaigns targeting North America, Asia, and Europe that are designed to deliver a Go-based implant known as GOVERSHELL

Dollar-Pegged Tokens Trade Volatility for Convenience But Are Easier to TrackFraudsters are routing more proceeds through stablecoins tied to U.S. dollars for liquidity. Forensics teams are gaining more visibility from issuer controls, but banks and regulators face a fast, interoperable ecosystem that needs better monitoring and coordinated enforcement.