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Chinese hackers used Facebook to spy on Uighurs abroad, firm says | Cybercrime News
Facebook says hackers used the site to lure activists, journalists, dissidents to others containing links to malware. Facebook Inc says it has blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to fool Uighurs living abroad into clicking on links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance. The social media…
Overcoming Cyberthreat Intelligence-Sharing Hurdles
While some organizations are improving their ability to share cyberthreat intelligence with other entities within the same sector, cross-sector cyber intelligence collaboration is still difficult. But cyber fusion centers can help automate that process, according to Errol Weiss of the Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center and Anuj Goel of security firm Cyware. “To this…
CISA Expanding Mandatory Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Application Security , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime Security Agency Will Use Bugcrowd, EnDyna for Platform Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 8, 2021 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is preparing to expand its vulnerability research and disclosure program, which is now mandatory for nearly all executive branch agencies within the federal…
Lawmakers to hold cybersecurity hearing
How best to improve cybersecurity across the state will be the focus of a public hearing at the Massachusetts Statehouse this week. The Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity will hold the virtual hearing on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The hearing will be chaired by Sen. Barry Finegold of Andover and…
Hackers disrupt Iran’s rail system: report | Newcastle Herald | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack
news, world Iran’s rail system has come under cyberattack, a semi-official news agency reports, with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on display boards at stations across the country. The hackers posted messages such as “long delayed because of cyberattack” or “cancelled” on the boards. They also urged passengers to call for…
Belgium Interior Ministry Targeted in Cyber Attack
The Belgian interior ministry has found itself the target of “sophisticated” cyber espionage, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Federal Public Service Interior’s communications director, Olivier Maerens, insisted, however, that the ministry’s servers were well protected and that the hackers had not succeeded in getting hold of the most sensitive data. Federal…