During a red team engagement several years ago, the customer CEO was surprised to learn that we had compromised the videoconferencing system in their board meeting room and could watch and listen to …
FBI proposal outlines plans for large scale collection of social media data
A new report by the Wall Street Journal indicates that plans by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to increase its monitoring of social media platforms in order to better anticipate and …
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Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million People, Suspect Arrested
Capital One, the 10th largest bank in the United States, has suffered a massive data breach impacting 100 million people in the US and another 6 million in Canada. The exposed data includes sensitive …
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FBI Director Names China the Nation’s Most ‘Severe Counterintelligence Threat’
In a Tuesday testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that “there is no country that poses a more severe counterintelligence threat to this country right …
FBI Releases Master Decryption Keys for GandCrab Ransomware
The FBI has released the master decryption tools for the Gandcrab Ransomware versions 4, 5, 5.0.4, 5.1, and 5.2 "in order to facilitate the development of additional decryption tools," the agency …
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FBI Releases Warning on Sextortion Scams Targeting Teenagers
Cyber scammers are increasingly targeting teenagers in sextortion campaigns, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned earlier this week. The agency is urging people not to send explicit …
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Ransomware Hits Georgia Courts As Municipal Attacks Spread
The Administrative Office of the Georgia Courts has become the latest government entity to suffer a ransomware attack. The attack was discovered on Saturday, prompting the office to shut down its …
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FBI warning: Foreign spies using social media to target government contractors
In April of this year, the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) warned government contractors that their employees are being targeted on social media by foreign intelligence services, with the …
FBI Issues Warning on ‘Secure’ Websites Used For Phishing
The FBI has issued a warning about the use of TLS-secured websites in phishing campaigns. In the context of phishing awareness training, users are usually told to avoid websites that do not use HTTPS …
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FBI has seized Deep Dot Web and arrested its administrators
The FBI has seized Deep Dot Web, a website that facilitated access to market places on the dark web used for the exchange of illicit goods and services. Authorities in Israel, France, Germany, the …
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