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A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, U.S. and British authorities said on Thursday.
The Cybersecurity 202: DOJ's future is in disrupting hackers, not just indicting them - The
The Justice Department is increasingly aiming to disrupt adversaries' hacking activity rather than just call it out in indictments.
That's the message from John Demers, the recently departed assistant attorney general for Justice's national security division. Demers, the highest-ranking holdover from the Trump administration, left his post last week after three years on the job.
Chinese hackers suspected of using Dropbox to snoop on Afghan officials - CyberScoop
Based on the malware used by hackers, though, researchers believe with medium to high confidence that the attack was executed by a Chinese-speaking hacking group sometimes referred to as “IndigoZebra.
Notably, the hackers used Dropbox folders as the system to communicate between their system and the infected computer. Since the traffic appeared as coming from Dropbox, a legitimate file-sharing service, it didn’t set off any red flags.
Why paying hacker bitcoin ransom is often the only choice for business
When Colonial Pipeline revealed it had paid a $5 million ransom in bitcoin to DarkSide ransomware hackers, its CEO said the company made the right choice for the nation.
Ransomware attacks highlighted by the Colonial and subsequent JBS hack, which targeted key providers of energy and food in the U.S.
How hackers poison your code - SD Times
Hackers are always looking for new ways to compromise applications. As languages, tools and architectures evolve, so do application exploits. And the latest target is developers.
Traditionally, software supply chain exploits, such as the Struts incident at Equifax, depended on an organization’s failure to patch a known vulnerability.
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Advisory warns Russia-linked hackers targeting hundreds of U.S.
Hackers from Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, are engaged in a global campaign to target "hundreds" of predominantly American and European entities, including government and military organizations, energy companies, think tanks and media companies, according to a new joint
"DoubleVPN" service used by hackers seized and shut down | Reuters
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A man poses inside a server room at an IT company in this June 19, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Illustration
AMSTERDAM, June 30 (Reuters) - Europol, the European police coordinating agency, said on Wednesday that police in Europe, the United States and Canada had seized the domains and servers of "DoubleVPN", a network used by criminals to hide their identity during cyber attacks.
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Russian hacker group conducted a cyber attack on critical German infrastructure, Bild newspaper reports https://t.co/ynm3r7YnAq business (from New York and the World) Wed Jun 30 10:48:03 +0000 2021
NEW: NSA, CISA, FBI & NCSC attribute hacking campaign against hundreds of U.S. & foreign organizations to Russian s… https://t.co/AwLtzuo2L9 TonyaJoRiley (from District of Columbia) Thu Jul 01 15:01:37 +0000 2021
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