A joint operation by authorities from 10 countries led to the dismantling of VPNLab.net, a virtual private network (VPN) services infrastructure employed by various hacking groups, including ransomware operators. ThisRead More →
The US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force has identified the MuddyWater hacking group as an operation funded by the government of Iran, possibly under the Iranian Ministry of IntelligenceRead More →
Due to a ransomware attack, authorities at a prison in Albuquerque, New Mexico were unable to access footage recorded by their security cameras, plus the attack also affected automatic doorRead More →
In its latest report, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called on U.S. organizations to address the vulnerability known as Log4Shell, as those entities that do not apply the correspondingRead More →
This week the Australian and U.S. governments signed an agreement to make it easier for their justice departments to access phone numbers and email addresses related to judicial investigations. U.S.Read More →
In a statement, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the launching of “Hack DHS”, a new vulnerability bounty program that will allow the ethical hacking community to discoverRead More →
Alena Yarmosky, spokesperson for the government of Virginia, US, has confirmed that some systems within the state legislature have been affected by what appears to be a ransomware attack. YarmoskyRead More →
A recent report notes that Yevgeniy Polyanin, a well-known hacker identified as one of the main operators of the REvil ransomware, is hiding in Siberia without any local police corporationRead More →
In mid-2021, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Steve Daines presented a document titled “Study on Cyber-Attack Response Options Act”, as a way to request (or require) the Department of HomelandRead More →