The Department of Health and Human Services needs to improve collaboration among several of its internal entities, as well as with external partners, in order to bolster cybersecurity threat intelligence sharing in the healthcare and public health sector, says a watchdog agency report.
The U.S. Secret Service has published a Most Wanted Fugitives list featuring 10 suspects wanted in connection with financial cybercrimes The agency is offering rewards of up to $1 million for information on two Ukrainian suspects who allegedly targeted the SEC in 2016.
A newly identified threat group is using a repurposed version of REvil ransomware to wage attacks, according to security company Secureworks’ Counter Threat Unit.
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, a South Korean organization, confirms it was recently hacked, apparently by a North Korean group that exploited a VPN vulnerability.
Malware hosting domain Cyberium has spread multiple Mirai variants, including one that targeted vulnerable Tenda routers as part of a botnet campaign, AT&T Alien Labs reports.
SolarMarker malware operators are using "SEO poisoning" techniques to deploy the remote access Trojan to steal sensitive information, Microsoft reports.
With the RSA Conference virtual this year, ISMG replaced its two live on-site studios with a suite of home studios and produced a diverse group of interviews on timely topics with thought leaders who will be solving cybersecurity's most urgent problems.
President Joe Biden's nominees for White House cyber director and CISA director faced questions from senators during their confirmation hearing Thursday, including how the federal government should respond to a recent spate of ransomware attacks and other cyberthreats.
The ransomware attack that disrupted operations at meat processing giant JBS has exposed cybersecurity shortcomings in the U.S. agricultural sector and food supply chain. Experts say the industry demands the level of security scrutiny given to the electrical grid and other critical infrastructure.
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has seized two domains that were used during a recent phishing campaign that targeted a marketing firm used by the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - to send malicious messages to thousands of potential victims.
A Russian group that was behind the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack has returned with a fresh phishing campaign, according to Microsoft. This new campaign compromised a marketing firm used by the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - to send malicious messages to thousands.
Advanced persistent threat groups are continuing to exploit unpatched flaws in Fortinet products, the FBI warns in a flash alert. For example, an APT group apparently recently exploited a Fortigate appliance to access a web server hosting the domain for a U.S. municipal government, the bureau says.
Belgium's interior ministry, Federal Public Service Interior, is investigating an attack against its network that appears to have the hallmarks of a cyberespionage campaign.
Network intrusion displaced phishing as the leading hack-attack tactic last year, while ransomware continued to surge as the pandemic complicated incident response efforts, says BakerHostetler's Craig A. Hoffman, who describes trends from the 1,250 incidents his firm helped manage.
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