Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist

This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News   The Boston Public Library (BPL) announced on 27th August that its network was compromised on Wednesday, resulting in a system-wide technical outage. BPL stated that the current technical disruption was triggered by a cyberattack on its servers…

Cybercrime , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Supply Chain Attack Hits Development Environment Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 19, 2021     Hackers used Trojanized Xcode projects to install backdoors on developers’ devices as part of a supply chain attack, security firm Sentinel Labs reports. Xcode is Apple’s integrated development environment for macOS….

Lawmakers and Witnesses See Expanded Role for CISA Following Attack Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • February 26, 2021     (Clockwise from top left): Reps. James Comer, Bennie G. Thompson, John Katko and Carolyn Maloney led the joint committee hearing on Friday examining the supply chain attack that targeted SolarWinds. A pair of U.S. House committees…

Operation Dianxun Overview In a recent report the McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) Strategic Intelligence team disclosed an espionage campaign, targeting telecommunication companies, named Operation Diànxùn. The tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used in the attack are like those observed in earlier campaigns publicly attributed to the threat actors RedDelta and Mustang Panda. Most probably…

Three former US intelligence operatives who provided hacker-for-hire services to the United Arab Emirates are facing federal charges in the US for conspiring to violate export control, computer fraud and access device fraud laws. Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and a former U.S. citizen, Daniel Gericke, 40 are accused of helping the UAE government…

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management As ‘Trusted Telecom Portal’ Launched, Chinese Vendors May Be Excluded From Market Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 17, 2021     In a key move toward ensuring telecom companies only use technologies from trustworthy sources, the government of India has launched…