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White House Ousts Key FBI and CISA Cyber Leaders, Raising Security ConcernsPresident Donald Trump’s federal workforce purge and sweeping firings have forced out senior FBI cyber officials while sidelining election security experts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, raising significant security concerns.
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UN officials warned on Tuesday that the US suspension of foreign aid programs could lead to millions of women and girls facing life-threatening risks. Pio Smith, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, said the UNFPA will suspend services funded by US aid in South Asia. As a result, in Afghanistan,…
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Following reports that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives accessed the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) D.C. headquarters, American citizens’ data and classified spaces, Senate Democrats are demanding answers.The big picture: The lawmakers said in a statement on their letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday they’re concerned the DOGE reps’ possible unauthorized…
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A regional jet carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said, citing preliminary reports. The big picture: D.C. Fire and EMS Department said on X a small aircraft was “down in Potomac River” in the vicinity of the D.C.-area airport…
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Four former officials from North Macedonia’s ruling party VMRO-DPMNE on Thursday were released by a court after being convicted for organizing a violent attack on the Parliament in 2017. Trajko Veljanovksi, a former parliamentary speaker, along with Spiro Ristovski and Mile Janakieski, both former cabinet ministers, and Vladimir Atanasovski, a former head of national security,…
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Danielle Goodman reports: Personal data from current and former students in Boone and Kenton County school districts may have been accessed and copied in cyber attacks earlier this month, according to school district announcements. School district officials said the data breaches appear to have stemmed from phishing schemes, where cybercriminals trick users into providing sensitive…
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Danielle Goodman reports: Personal data from current and former students in Boone and Kenton County school districts may have been accessed and copied in cyber attacks earlier this month, according to school district announcements. School district officials said the data breaches appear to have stemmed from phishing schemes, where cybercriminals trick users into providing sensitive……
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Dec 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: Shaun Golden, the sheriff of Monmouth County, N.J., wants feds to get to the bottom of recent mysterious drone activity in his state. Local officials, including Golden, are urging Gov. Phil Murphy (D) to declare a state of emergency. “We continue to urge our governor to…
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Summary DLL side-loading is a popular technique used by threat actors to execute malicious payloads under the umbrella of a benign, usually legitimate, executable. This allows the threat actor to exploit whitelists in security products that exclude trusted executables from detection. Among others, this technique has been leveraged by APT41 to deploy DUSTTRAP and Daggerfly…
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SIMI VALLEY, California—No one knows whether defense spending will grow or shrink in the next administration, whose publicly stated goals include rebuilding arsenals, curbing government expenditure, cutting taxes, and shrinking federal headcount. But defense officials who oversee investment in dual-use technologies and companies say they’re optimistic about their corner of the Pentagon budget.
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A consortium of global law enforcement agencies led by Britain’s National Crime Agency announced a takedown operation this week against two major Russian money-laundering networks that process billions of dollars each year in more than 30 locations around the world. WIRED had exclusive access to the investigation, which uncovered new and troubling laundering techniques, particularly…
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In the wake of an unparalleled cyberattack targeting major U.S. telecommunications providers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, federal officials have urged Americans to protect their communications by using encrypted messaging apps.
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An anonymous reader shared this report from NBC News: Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers… In the call Tuesday, two officials — a senior FBI official who asked not to…
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MalBot December 3, 2024, 8:10pm 1 The U.S. has been investigating the Salt Typhoon hackers since late spring and early summer this year, a senior FBI official said.
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The five-metre-high (16-foot) metal barrier along the border built in 2022 has been reinforced with metal bars and another layer of barbed wire – Copyright AFP Wojtek RADWANSKI
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Arizona Man Sentenced for Making Online Threats Against Public Servants Including Federal Officials
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Michael Lee Tomasi, 38, of Rio Verde, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release for making online threats against public servants, including federal officials. Tomasi also was ordered to forfeit an assault rifle, handgun, shotgun, gun magazines, and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Tomasi pleaded guilty to…
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Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime
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Chinese-backed hackers continue to burrow into the IT networks of critical infrastructure in an ongoing campaign to steal data and position themselves in case of a conflict between the United States and China.