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Law enforcement agencies need standardized AI field testing, presidential advisers say | FedScoop Skip to main content
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When Steve Grammas, head of the Las Vegas police union, received a waiver from the National Football League earlier this month about security changes at Raiders football games, he assumed the tweaks would be minor.
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A Colorado man will make his initial appearance at the federal courthouse in Durango, Colorado, today on federal charges in connection with a series of online threats he made toward election officials in Colorado and Arizona, a Colorado state judge, and federal law enforcement agents.
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After peaking in late 2023, the ransomware industry is beginning to stabilize in productivity, with notable developments in ransomware targets, and industry dynamics, according to WithSecure.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of law enforcement agencies and national intelligence organizations, empowering them to combat crime and protect public safety. With the advent of more intuitive and sophisticated decision intelligence software, investigators and analysts can harness the power of data fusion and AI to analyze vast amounts of data swiftly…
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Financial agencies’ AI tests could get reprieve from enforcement | FedScoop Skip to main content
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Veteran cybercriminals involved in ransomware attacks are increasingly shying away from large ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms following a spate of law enforcement disruption operations, as well as the AlphV/BlackCat gang’s high-profile exit scam, according to officials and industry experts.
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A new report by Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) highlights that in 2023, law enforcement agencies delivered significant setbacks to the cybercriminal underground by arresting numerous ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) affiliates and operators, while also disrupting cybercriminal infrastructure. The disclosure comes as ransomware attacks, child sexual exploitation (CSE), and online fraud were recognized as the most…
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Two important arms of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to protect personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive law enforcement training curricula, potentially putting more than 37,000 DHS and other federal law enforcement officers’ names, social security numbers, dates of births, genders, ranks, titles, and biometric information at risk to being compromised and…
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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general released a blistering report Wednesday, slamming the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) for failing to protect sensitive data by flouting a direct order from DHS leadership to stop working with a “high risk” contractor.
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Cryptocurrency experts and law enforcement agencies across six countries worked together to shut down scam networks that made more than $1 billion from “approval phishing” scams — where hackers trick people into allowing them to spend tokens inside a victim’s crypto wallet.
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US Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond submitted an appeal to the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday. The appeal challenges a court order against a preliminary injunction that halts the controversial anti-illegal immigration House Bill 4156 in the state.
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Cobalt Strike is a penetration testing tool, but criminals have pirated the software for more than a decade to launch cyberattacks.
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MalBot July 4, 2024, 10:05am 1 The paper delves into the problems that Home Routing creates for law enforcement agencies in carrying out their duties, as well as presents possible avenues for safeguarding and maintaining law enforcement’s ability to protect citizens and investigate criminals. What is Home Routing?Home Routing makes it possible for a telecommunication…
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An international coalition of law enforcement agencies have taken action against hundreds of installations of the Cobalt Strike software, a penetration testing tool notoriously abused by both state-sponsored and criminal hackers involved in the ransomware ecosystem.
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In a coordinated takedown, law enforcement and cybersecurity firms joined forces to cripple cybercriminals’ misuse of a legitimate security tool – Cobalt Strike. The week-long operation, codenamed MORPHEUS and spearheaded by UK’s National Crime Agency, targeted unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike used to infiltrate victim networks.
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The Justice Department supported campus public safety and law enforcement leaders during the annual International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Conference (IACLEA) from June 24 through June 27, in New Orleans. The conference brought together police chiefs, public safety directors, and security personnel at higher education institutions who are responsible for protecting millions of…
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UK and US cops have reportedly joined forces to find and fight Qilin, the ransomware gang wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry.
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Earlier this month, the UK’s National Health Service was hit by a ransomware attack, delaying procedures for hundreds of patients. Meanwhile, this spring, it was revealed that healthcare data on roughly half of US citizens is being held hostage by ransomware actors, for whom 2023 was a record-breaking year in terms of revenue. These developments…
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Two Rhode Island men pleaded guilty to hacking into a confidential federal law enforcement database and using the sensitive information to threaten and extort a victim.