Two Russians serving time for insider trading, computer hacking and credit card theft were released in a prisoner swap deal with Moscow.
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Alex Stamos Named CISO at SentinelOne
Longtime security executive Alex Stamos tapped by SentinelOne to manage its security engineering and operations teams.
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Mandiant Shines Spotlight on APT45 Behind North Korea’s Digital Military Machine
A fresh Mandiant report documents North Korea’s APT45 as a distinct hacking team conducting cyberespionage and ransomware operations.
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KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware
KnowBe4 chief executive Stu Sjouwerman: “We sent them their Mac workstation, and the moment it was received, it immediately started to load malware.”
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Judge Dismisses Major SEC Charges Against SolarWinds and CISO
Judge dismissed SEC lawsuit charging SolarWinds and CISO Timothy Brown with hiding security problems before and after the SUNBURST supply chain compromise.
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Chinese Hacking Group APT41 Infiltrates Global Shipping and Tech Sectors, Mandiant Warns
Chinese government-backed hacking team caught breaking into organizations in shipping, logistics and automotive sectors in Europe and Asia.
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Global Coalition Blames China’s APT40 for Hacking Government Networks
Seven nations are backing Australia in calling out a China-linked hacking group for compromising government networks.
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Microsoft Banning Android Phones for Staff in China
Starting in September, Microsoft will mandate the the use of Apple’s iPhones to authenticate identities when logging into work machines.
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Kaspersky Flags Cyberespionage APT ‘CloudSorcerer’ Targeting Russian Government
Kaspersky said the CloudSorcerer APT has been abusing public cloud services to exfiltrate data from Russian government entities.
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TeamViewer Hack Officially Attributed to Russian Cyberspies
TeamViewer has confirmed that the Russian cyberespionage group APT29 appears to be behind the recent hack.
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