From a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) assess that cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155) are responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes…
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Russian military hackers linked to critical infrastructure attacks
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The United States and its allies have linked a group of Russian hackers (tracked as Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear) behind global critical infrastructure attacks to Unit 29155 of Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU). In a joint advisory published today, the Russian GRU military intelligence hackers,…
FTC Takes Action Against Security Camera Firm Verkada over Charges it Failed to Secure Videos, Other Personal Data and Violated CAN-SPAM Act
August 30, 2024 – The Federal Trade Commission will require security camera firm Verkada to develop and implement a comprehensive information security program to settle allegations the company failed to use appropriate information security practices, which allowed a hacker to access customers’ security cameras. Under a proposed order, which must be approved by a federal…
A new variant of Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi systems
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Cicada 3301 is a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that appeared in the threat landscape. The group appears to be very active and already listed 23 victims on its extortion portal since mid-June. The following image shows the list of victims published by the gang on its Dark Web leak site. […] The…
#StopRansomware: RansomHub Ransomware
Summary of Alert: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (hereafter referred to as the authoring organizations) are releasing this joint advisory to disseminate known RansomHub ransomware IOCs and TTPs. These have…
US agencies warn against ransomware group behind hundreds of attacks in recent months
Jonathan Greig reports: More than 210 organizations have dealt with ransomware attacks launched by the RansomHub group since February, according to an advisory from several U.S. cybersecurity agencies. The FBI joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in publishing an advisory on Thursday about RansomHub — which has…