ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the US. Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization of radio amateurs. ARRL numbers within its ranks the vast majority of active radio amateurs in the nation and has a proud history of achievement as the standard-bearer in amateur affairs. ARRL’s…
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Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats
Thomas Claburn reports: Software designed to address legitimate business concerns about cyber security and compliance treats employees as threats, normalizing intrusive surveillance in the workplace, according to a report by Cracked Labs. The report, titled “Employees as Risks” – released today by the Vienna-based non-profit – explores software from Microsoft and formerly from Forcepoint – specifically…
Hacker known as “USDoD” who stole 3 billion US data records: doxxed and Brazilian
The following is a Google machine translation of an article by TecMundo: The top cybersecurity news story in the United States in August involved the leak of 2.7 billion Social Security numbers , similar to social security numbers. The cybercriminal group that claimed responsibility for the attack is USDoD , which is also known for hacking into companies around…
Alleged member of Karakurt extradited and charged in Ohio
Let’s start with the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio: CINCINNATI – A member of a Russian cybercrime group has been charged federally and appeared in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati today. A federal grand jury indicted Deniss Zolotarjovs, 33, of Moscow, Russia, charging him with conspiring to…
CFIUS Fines T-Mobile $60 Million Over Unauthorized Data Access and Breach Response
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 14, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) disclosed that it had assessed a $60 million penalty against T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) in connection with unauthorized data access incidents following T-Mobile’s 2020 merger (the “Merger”) with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”). CFIUS is a U.S. government interagency…
Ransom campaign hits cloud servers
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A threat actor is hacking and extorting companies that have misconfigured their cloud server infrastructure. The data extortion campaign has been taking place since earlier this year and involves a large-scale scan of the internet for companies that have exposed their environment variable files. Also known as .ENV, these files act as…