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A campaign official for former President Donald Trump said on Saturday that "foreign sources" stole sensitive documents including reports created to vet Trump's vice presidential nominees. The campaign blamed it on election interference by Iranian hackers but provided no evidence for the claim.
Iranian operatives stepped up influence and hacking operations against U.S. targets as presidential election ramps up for its final months, Microsoft warned on Thursday. Iran is one of a handful of authoritarian countries that use hacking and disinformation to undermine American democracy.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors explore evolving ransomware threats, including rising attacks in healthcare and other critical sectors, a shift from cybercrime groups such as LockBit to lone-wolf operators, and why Russian ransomware gangs are dominating the global stage.
U.S. federal prosecutors charged a Tennessee man with abetting North Korea in an ongoing effort to obtain remote IT work for its nationals as a way of generating hard currency. "North Korean IT workers are widespread in Fortune 500 companies," said a threat analyst.
Prominent North Korean hacker groups Kimsuky and Andariel have been targeting South Korea's construction and machinery sectors since January to steal classified information to help the country modernize its cities and factories, South Korean government agencies warned on Monday.
A state hacking group that's been linked to Chinese cyberespionage infected an internet service provider to redirect software update connections to an attacker server that downloaded Macma malware, says Volexity. Google first spotted Macma in 2021.
United States, British and South Korean government agencies blamed a North Korean espionage group for targeting their defense, aerospace and energy sectors to steal Western nuclear and military technologies to advance Kim Jong Un regime's military and nuclear ambitions.
The U.S. is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of suspected North Korean hacker Rim Jong Hyok after authorities indicted him for involvement in the regime's Andariel hacking group. Hyok is charged with conspiracy to commit computer hacking and money laundering.
A North Korean hacking group notorious for carrying out large-scale cyberattacks against government institutions and critical infrastructure and developing ransomware, is expanding operations to target the healthcare, energy and financial sectors, warn threat intelligence researchers at Mandiant.
Security researchers say they've traced a spate of backdoor attacks during 2021 against pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to a Chinese cyberespionage group that has recently retooled its arsenal. The group is tracked by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team as Daggerfly.
This week, North Korean hackers targeted macOS users, Bassett Furniture suffered a ransomware attack, Interpol arrested 300 and seized $3 million, new details emerged about Designed Receivable Solutions, Repligen reported a cyber incident, and MarineMax reported a data breach.
A judge Thursday dismissed most of the claims federal regulators made against SolarWinds related to allegedly misleading investors about the company's cybersecurity practices and risks. The SEC can proceed only with claims related to the security statement issued by SolarWinds before the 2020 hack.
Hackers with links to Iranian intelligence agencies are deploying a new malware backdoor that has advanced evasion capabilities to target Middle Eastern organizations, Checkpoint research says. Attackers are deploying BugSleep in phishing emails targeting Israeli towns, airlines and journalists.
As the investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Trump unfolds, authorities and cybersecurity experts advise individuals and organizations to beware of online threats in the forms of physical violence, nation-state disinformation and cybercrime campaigns.
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