StopRansomware.gov is designed to be a one-stop hub for ransomware resources. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ)—along with other federal partners—have launched a new website as part of the US government’s fight against ransomware: StopRansomware.gov. StopRansomware.gov is said to be a one-stop hub for ransomware resources for…
The Wi-Fi network name bug that was found to completely disable an iPhone’s networking functionality had remote code execution capabilities and was silently fixed by Apple earlier this year, according to new research. The denial-of-service vulnerability, which came to light last month, stemmed from the way iOS handled string formats associated with the SSID input,…
Spyware produce by the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group has been abused by governments to target dissenting journalists, activists, lawyers and more, an investigation by human rights groups and media organizations has found. The Pegasus spyware was produced with the intention of targeting terrorists and other criminals, but an investigation into a huge data leak…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and accused Beijing of working with criminal hackers in ransomware attacks and other cyber operations. The announcements, though not accompanied by sanctions against the Chinese government, were intended as a forceful…
The two-count indictment, which was returned in May and kept under seal until now, charges Ding Xiaoyang, Cheng Qingmin, and Zhu Yunmin were officers with the Hainan State Security Department, a provincial branch of China’s Ministry of State Security, or MSS. A fourth charged individual, Wu Shurong, was charged as a computer hacker who created…
A sharp rise in Covid Delta variant cases in Israel shows the need for caution when ending restrictions, says Dr Asher Salmon, deputy director general of the country’s Ministry of Health. Israel had led the way with its vaccine programme, and was able to lift many restrictions, but there is now a surge in new…
Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists | IT Security News 19. July 2021 This article has been indexed from Security Affairs Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation…
Security researchers recently spotted a cyberweapon, which is a Windows spyware that develops and sells by an Isreal based commercial spyware maker “Candiru” to attack Windows users around the globe. Candiru is also known as Sourgum is a private firm from Isreal that selling “untraceable” spyware exclusively to governments to attack and monitor iPhones, Androids,…
Quick Hits: July 19, 2021 *** The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security on Friday restricted trade with four Russian IT and cybersecurity firms due to to concerns that those organizations work with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, support malicious cyber activity or otherwise pose a threat to U.S. national security. Aktsionernoe Obschchestvo Pasit,…
Application Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security ‘Zero Click’ Exploits Suspected in NSO Group Pegasus Spyware Attacks, Amnesty Says Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • July 19, 2021 A new exposé tracking how spyware has been used to target journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents suggests attackers have been exploiting zero-day flaws…
