FBI
Surveillance through Push Notifications
The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant ...
LockBit Ransomware Group Returns After Law Enforcement Operation
The LockBit ransomware group is swinging back days after U.S. and UK law enforcement agencies announced they had disrupted the operations of the prolific cybercrime gang ...
State Department Puts Up $10 Million for Info on LockBit Leaders
A day after U.S. and international law enforcement agencies disrupted the operations of notorious ransomware group LockBit, the State Department is offering up to $15 million in rewards for information about the ...
Volt Typhoon Malware: US Critical Infrastructure Breached
In a recent revelation, the U.S. government disclosed that the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, Volt Typhoon has surreptitiously infiltrated critical infrastructure networks within the country for a staggering five-year period. This embedded ...
Feds Disrupt Botnet Used by Russian APT28 Hackers
Federal law enforcement kicked Russian state hackers off a botnet comprising at least hundreds of home office and small office routers that had been pulled together by a cybercriminal group and co-opted ...
US Offers $10 Million Reward for Info About Hive Ransomware Leaders
The U.S. government appears eager to finish off what’s left of the notorious Hive ransomware group, offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to the identification and location of any ...
CISA, FBI, EPA Offer Cybersecurity Guide for Water System Operators
After some stops and starts, U.S. federal agencies have issued guidance to help water and wastewater system operators better respond to cyberattacks, an important step as threat actors are increasingly targeting the ...
Bitzlato Founder Money Laundering Cryptocurrency Scandal
In a significant development, Anatoly Legkodymov, the Russian founder of the now-defunct Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has recently pleaded guilty to charges related to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The implications of this ...
DOJ Seizes Ransomware Site as BlackCat Threatens More Attacks
U.S. law enforcement agencies said they shut down the online operations of the notorious Russia-linked BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group and developed a decryption tool that will help more than 500 victims regain ...
Play Ransomware Has Hit 300 Entities Worldwide: FBI
The Play ransomware group, which was behind such high-profile attacks as those on the city of Oakland, California, and Dallas County, Texas, is behind at least 300 similar cyber-incidents since June 2022, ...