Industry Spotlight
Google Uses Courts, Congress to Counter Massive Smishing Campaign
Google is suing the Smishing Triad group behind the Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service kit that has been used over the past two years to scam more than 1 million people around the world with ...
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Intel Sues Ex-Employee It Claims Stole 18,000 Company Files
Intel is suing a former employee who the chipmaker claims downloaded almost 18,000 corporate files days before leaving the company. The software engineer was told he was being let go effective July ...
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Jeffrey Burt | | cargo theft, cyber security for transportation, Hackers, Organized Crime, Proofpoint Emerging Threats, transportation and logistics industry
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to ...
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FCC Chair Carr Looks to Eliminate Telecom Cybersecurity Ruling
Jeffrey Burt | | Brendan Carr, Carriers, Federal Communications Commission, Salt Typhoon cyberattack, Telecom Cybersecurity
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the agency will look to eliminate a declaratory ruling made by his predecessor that aimed to give the government more power to force carriers to strengthen the ...
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US Defense Contractor Boss Sold Zero Days to Russia — Cops a Plea
Richi Jennings | | Apple Bug Bounty, Belgium, bounty, bug bounty, bug bounty program, bug bounty trends, bugbounty, dolphins, Doogie, five eyes, Five Eyes alliance, Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, L3Harris, LHX, mice, national security, national security risk, Peter Williams, Russia, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Trenchant
So long and thanks for all the fish: Peter Williams admits to selling unpatched iPhone bugs to a shady Russian broker ...
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Obsidian: SaaS Vendors Must Adopt Security Standards as Threats Grow
Obsidian Security says it is creating a working group of security leaders to pressure SaaS vendors to adopt standards like the SSCF to make their online applications safer as the cyber threats ...
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FCC Tightens the Squeeze on Banned Chinese Telecom Companies
Jeffrey Burt | | Brendan Carr, Chinese telecoms, Federal Communications Commission, Salt Typhoon, Volt Typhoon
The FCC has taken another step to keep Chinese telecom gear from being imported into the United States, voting 3-0 to block new approvals for products from those nine Chinese companies on ...
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House Democrats Push Back at Reassignments, Firings of CISA Employees
Democrats in Congress are continuing to target the Trump Administrations actions with CISA, with the latest effort being a letter from House Democrats arguing the firing some employees and moving others to ...
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Russia’s Coldriver Ramps Up Malware Development After LostKeys Exposure
Google threat researchers in May publicized the Russian-based threat group Coldriver's LostKeys credential-stealing malware. However, five days later, the bad actors launched three new malware families that they developed rapidly and used ...
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October Patch Tuesday Fails Hard — Windows Update Considered Harmful?
Richi Jennings | | CVE-2024-30098, DisableCapiOverrideForRSA, KB5066835, KB5070773, Microsoft patch tuesday, SB Blogwatch, Windows Update, Windows updates, WinRE
Satya fiddles while Redmond burns? Showstopper bugs with security certificates—plus failing USB keyboards and mice—cause QA questions ...
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