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Alleged Scattered Spider hacker extradited to the United States

2Jul

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Alleged Scattered Spider hacker extradited to the United States

A dual citizen of the United States and Estonia has been extradited to the United States to answer to accusations that he belonged to the hacking collective Scattered Spider. Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old who went by the online names "Bouquet," "Spencer," and "Jordan," was detained in Finland on April 10 while trying to board a trip to Japan at the airport in Helsinki. He is charged with helping extort millions of dollars from several prominent firms across the globe. Stokes was implicated in at least four Scattered Spider breaches, including a hack of an online communication platform in March 2023 when he was sixteen years old, according to court filings. As a result, victim companies were demanded to pay millions of dollars in ransom. An unidentified multibillion-dollar "luxury i...

U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals

15Jun

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U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals

The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its most sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for foreign nationals, both inside and outside the country, citing national security concerns. Anthropic announced on Friday that it will "abruptly disable" these models for all users. The AI business reported that at 5:21 p.m. ET, it obtained an order directing it to prevent any foreign nationals from accessing the models. It stated that it thought there was a "misunderstanding" and that it is attempting to quickly reinstate access to the models. The export control requirement won't impact access to other models. According to what we understand, the government thinks it has discovered a way to "jailbreak" Fable 5. We looked at an exa...

US indicts leader of Qakbot botnet linked to ransomware attacks

23May

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US indicts leader of Qakbot botnet linked to ransomware attacks

Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, a Russian national, has been charged by the U.S. authorities with being the mastermind of the Qakbot botnet malware operation, which infected over 700,000 computers and made ransomware attacks possible. According to court filings, Gallyamov began working on Qakbot (also referred to as Pinkslipbot and Qbot) in 2008 and used it to infect thousands of computers. Over time, a group of coders came together around Qakbot, but according to the indictment, Gallyamov was also in charge of creating other viruses. For over ten years, Gallyamov employed Qakbot as a banking trojan that could record keystrokes and function as a worm, malware dropper, or backdoor. Beginning in 2019, a number of ransomware assaults by notorious gangs, including Conti, ProLock, Egreg...

TikTok is back up in the US after Trump says he will extend deadline

21Jan

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TikTok is back up in the US after Trump says he will extend deadline

Following Trump's announcement today that he would extend the company's 90-day deadline to find a U.S. buyer, TikTok is back up in the United States. Late Saturday night, TikTok shut off access in the United States after the Supreme Court unanimously decided to uphold a prohibition. Trump declared today that he would sign an executive order tomorrow that would exempt firms from accountability for granting access to the app and extend the time frame for TikTok to find a U.S. buyer read more about TikTok is back up in the US after Trump says he will extend deadline. Get up to date on the latest cybersecurity news and enhance your knowledge of cybersecurity with our thorough coverage of the dangers, breaches, and solutions.

Kaspersky Exits U.S., Automatically Replaces Software With UltraAV, Raising Concerns

25Sep

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Kaspersky Exits U.S., Automatically Replaces Software With UltraAV, Raising Concerns

Before legally leaving the market at the end of the month, antivirus provider Kaspersky has started to formally reduce its products in the United States. Current users will be migrated to UltraAV, beginning September 19, 2024. Customers of Kaspersky antivirus software now have an easier time switching to UltraAV thanks to a software update, the business announced in a post on September 21. This upgrade made sure that when Kaspersky left the market, consumers wouldn't be left without security. The Russian corporation claimed to have "worked closely" with UltraAV to guarantee that security and privacy requirements were upheld during the transfer read more about Kaspersky Exits U.S. Automatically Replaces Software With UltraAV Raising Concerns. Get up to date on the latest cybers...

Ex-Engineer Charged in Missouri for Failed $750,000 Bitcoin Extortion Attempt

3Sep

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Ex-Engineer Charged in Missouri for Failed $750,000 Bitcoin Extortion Attempt

A 57-year-old man from Missouri, in the United States, has been taken into custody in relation to an unsuccessful data extortion scheme that was directed towards his previous employer. One case of intentional damage to a protected computer, one count of extortion related to a threat to cause harm to a protected computer, and one count of wire fraud have been brought against Daniel Rhyne of Kansas City, Missouri. On August 27, 2024, he was taken into custody in the state after attempting to extract money from an unidentified industrial corporation with its headquarters located in Somerset County, New Jersey, where he worked as a core infrastructure engineer. The company's employees allegedly received an extortion email, according to court documents, threatening to shut down 40 mor...

CISA Flags Critical Apache OFBiz Flaw Amid Active Exploitation Reports

28Aug

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CISA Flags Critical Apache OFBiz Flaw Amid Active Exploitation Reports

Citing evidence of active exploitation in the field, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a significant security hole affecting the open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, Apache OFBiz, to its list of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) on Tuesday. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38856, has a critical severity CVSS score of 9.8. According to CISA, Apache OFBiz has an improper permission vulnerability that could enable remote code execution by an unauthorized attacker using a Groovy payload within the OFBiz user process. Earlier this month, SonicWall revealed details of the vulnerability, describing it as a patch bypass for another issue, CVE-2024-36104, that allows remote code execution through specially crafted request...

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges

14Aug

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Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges

A Belarussian and Ukrainian dual national who is thought to be connected to Russian-speaking cybercrime gangs has been apprehended and extradited thanks to a partnership of law enforcement agencies led by the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom. The 38-year-old Maksim Silnikau, also known as Maksym Silnikov, used the internet identities lansky, xxx, and J.P. Morgan. On August 9, 2024, he was extradited from Poland to the United States to stand trial on allegations of global computer hacking and wire fraud. According to a statement from the NCA, J.P. Morgan and his associates are elite cybercriminals who used high levels of operational and online security to evade discovery by law authorities read more about Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware ...

2Aug

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U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange

In an unprecedented prisoner swap involving Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States, two Russian individuals serving sentences related to cybercrime have been released and returned to their home nation. This includes Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Valerevich Seleznev, two of the eight individuals who were transferred back to Russia in exchange for the release of 16 individuals who were detained; these individuals included four Americans, five Germans, and seven citizens of Russia who were detained as political prisoners. A "feat of diplomacy," according to US President Joe Biden, who also mentioned that "some of these women and men have been unjustly held for years." Poland and Turkey were two more countries involved in the transfer read more about U.S. Relea...

Kaspersky Exits U.S. Market Following Commerce Department Ban

16Jul

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Kaspersky Exits U.S. Market Following Commerce Department Ban

Just over a month after the Commerce Department declared that its software could no longer be sold in the United States due to a national security concern, Russian security firm Kaspersky has announced that it is leaving the American market. Reporter Kim Zetter was the first to report on the shutdown. The business is anticipated to cease operations in the United States on July 20, 2024, the day the prohibition takes effect. Less than 50 employee layoffs are anticipated in the United States as well. The company stated in a statement that it had reached this sad and difficult choice because commercial opportunities in the United States are no longer sustainable after thoroughly examining and evaluating the impact of the country's legal requirements read more about Kaspersky Exits U.S....