Iranian hackers broke into to a system used by a local government to support its election night operations but were kicked out before any attack could be launched, according to U.S. military and cybersecurity officials.
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Former Peloton CISO Adrian Stone has been tapped to steer the security ship at pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant Moderna.
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The North Korean hacking group behind the supply chain attack that hit 3CX also broke into two critical infrastructure organizations in the energy sector.
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Microsoft catches an Iranian government-backed APT launching destructive Azure wiper attacks disguised as ransomware.
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Mandiant flags APT43 as a “moderately-sophisticated cyber operator that supports the interests of the North Korean regime.”
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Microsoft says it has evidence that Russian APT actors were exploiting a nasty Outlook zero-day as far back as April 2022, upping the stakes on organizations to start hunting for signs of compromise.
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Microsoft blames a “Russian-based threat actor” for in-the-wild attacks hitting its flagship Microsoft Outlook and has released a detection script to help defenders.
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The U.S. government is set to green-light a more aggressive ‘hack-back’ approach to dealing with foreign adversaries and mandatory regulation of critical infrastructure vendors.
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Top state election and cybersecurity officials warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections
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ENISA and CERT-EU warn of Chinese threat actors targeting businesses and government organizations in the European Union.
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