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entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.
#reuters#EN#2024#disinformation#US#CHina#pandemic#Philippines#campaign#Covid-19#antivax
·reuters.com·
entagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
Crooks threaten to leak 2.9B records of personal info
Crooks threaten to leak 2.9B records of personal info
Billions of records detailing people's personal information may soon be dumped online after being allegedly obtained from a Florida firm that handles background checks and other requests for folks' private info. A criminal gang that goes by the handle USDoD put the database up for sale for $3.5 million on an underworld forum in April, and rather incredibly claimed the trove included 2.9 billion records on all US, Canadian, and British citizens. It's believed one or more miscreants using the handle SXUL was responsible for the alleged exfiltration, who passed it onto USDoD, which is acting as a broker.
#theregister#EN#2024#USDoD#database#US#Florida#leak
·theregister.com·
Crooks threaten to leak 2.9B records of personal info
Operators of 911 S5 residential proxy service subjected to US sanctions
Operators of 911 S5 residential proxy service subjected to US sanctions
Chinese nationals Yunhe Wang, Jingping Liu, and Yanni Zheng have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for operating the residential proxy service 911 S5, which was a botnet comprised of over 19 million residential IP addresses that had been used to support various cybercrime groups' COVID-19 relief scams and bomb threats, Ars Technica reports.
#scmagazine#EN#2024#911#S5#residential-proxy#botnet#US#China#Operators#arrested
·scmagazine.com·
Operators of 911 S5 residential proxy service subjected to US sanctions
Office of Public Affairs | 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation | United States Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs | 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation | United States Department of Justice
A court-authorized international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department disrupted a botnet used to commit cyber attacks, large-scale fraud, child exploitation, harassment, bomb threats, and export violations.
#justice.gov#EN#2024#911#S5#Botnet#Dismantled#press-release#US
·justice.gov·
Office of Public Affairs | 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation | United States Department of Justice
CVE-2024-4978: Backdoored Justice AV Solutions Viewer Software Used in Apparent Supply Chain Attack | Rapid7 Blog
CVE-2024-4978: Backdoored Justice AV Solutions Viewer Software Used in Apparent Supply Chain Attack | Rapid7 Blog
Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) is a U.S.-based company specializing in digital audio-visual recording solutions for courtroom environments. According to the vendor’s website, JAVS technologies are used in courtrooms, chambers and jury rooms, jail and prison facilities, and council, hearing, and lecture rooms. Their company website cites over 10,000 installations of their technologies worldwide.
#rapid7#EN#2024#Backdoored#JusticeAV#US#CVE-2024-4978
·rapid7.com·
CVE-2024-4978: Backdoored Justice AV Solutions Viewer Software Used in Apparent Supply Chain Attack | Rapid7 Blog
US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the "Blackcat" ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments across America. "The ALPHV Blackcat ransomware-as-a-service group compromised computer networks of critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and worldwide," the department said in a statement announcing the reward offer.
#reuters#EN#2024#US#bounty#ALPHV#Blackcat
·reuters.com·
US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
As Threats in Space Mount, U.S. Lags in Protecting Key Services
As Threats in Space Mount, U.S. Lags in Protecting Key Services
The United States and China are locked in a new race, in space and on Earth, over a fundamental resource: time itself. And the United States is losing. Global positioning satellites serve as clocks in the sky, and their signals have become fundamental to the global economy — as essential for telecommunications, 911 services and financial exchanges as they are for drivers and lost pedestrians.
#nytimes#EN#2024#threat#satellites#US#China#space
·nytimes.com·
As Threats in Space Mount, U.S. Lags in Protecting Key Services
Seven Hackers Associated with Chinese Government Charged with Computer Intrusions Targeting Perceived Critics of China and U.S. Businesses and Politicians
Seven Hackers Associated with Chinese Government Charged with Computer Intrusions Targeting Perceived Critics of China and U.S. Businesses and Politicians
Defendants Operated as Part of the APT31 Hacking Group in Support of China’s Ministry of State Security’s Transnational Repression, Economic Espionage and Foreign Intelligence Objectives
#justice.gov#EN#2024#APT31#China#US#Charged#Espionage
·justice.gov·
Seven Hackers Associated with Chinese Government Charged with Computer Intrusions Targeting Perceived Critics of China and U.S. Businesses and Politicians
U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for offering services used to evade economic restrictions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. This includes Bitpapa IC FZC LLC, Crypto Explorer DMCC (AWEX), and Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Tsentr Obrabotki Elektronnykh Platezhey (TOEP).
#thehackernews#EN#2024#sanctions#US#cryptocurrency#Russia#exchanges#Bitpapa
·thehackernews.com·
U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
Change Healthcare ransomware attack disrupting industry nationwide
Change Healthcare ransomware attack disrupting industry nationwide
The reports keep coming in from across the country on how the Change Healthcare ransomware attack that first came to light on Feb. 21 has been impacting the healthcare sector. The case has been called the most severe cyberattack on the healthcare sector in history and has had a great impact since Change Healthcare, owned by UnitedHealth Group, processes 15 billion healthcare transactions annually, affecting 1 in 3 patient records.
#scmagazine#EN#2024#ransomware#healthcare#Change-Healthcare#US
·scmagazine.com·
Change Healthcare ransomware attack disrupting industry nationwide
Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks
Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks
This joint guide, Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks, addresses the specific needs and challenges faced by organizations in defending against DDoS attacks. The guidance now includes detailed insight into three different types of DDoS techniques: Volumetric, attacks aiming to consume available bandwidth. Protocol, attacks which exploit vulnerabilities in network protocols. * Application, attacks targeting vulnerabilities in specific applications or running services.
#CISA#EN#2024#DDoS#guidance#US#Denial-Of-Service#Attacks
·cisa.gov·
Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks
Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the threat actors have adopted to deploy the file-encrypting malware. "Structured as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, Phobos ransomware actors have targeted entities including municipal and county governments, emergency services, education, public healthcare, and critical infrastructure to successfully ransom several million in U.S. dollars," the government said.
#thehackernews#EN#2024#Phobos#Ransomware#CISA#US#Critical-infrastructure
·thehackernews.com·
Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
U.S. and U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant | United States Department of Justice
U.S. and U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant | United States Department of Justice
The Department of Justice joined the United Kingdom and international law enforcement partners in London today to announce the disruption of the LockBit ransomware group, one of the most active ransomware groups in the world that has targeted over 2,000 victims, received more than $120 million in ransom payments, and made ransom demands totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
#justice.gov#EN#2024#lockbit#Disrupt#press-release#US
·justice.gov·
U.S. and U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant | United States Department of Justice