FCC Adds Kaspersky and Chinese Telecom Firms to National Security Threat List

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday moved to add Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab to the “Covered List” of companies that pose an “unacceptable risk to the national security” of …

U.S. Charges 4 Russian Govt. Employees Over Hacking Critical Infrastructure Worldwide

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The U.S. government on Thursday released a cybersecurity advisory outlining multiple intrusion campaigns conducted by state-sponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 that targeted the energy sector in the …

Google Issues Urgent Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

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Google on Friday shipped an out-of-band security update to address a high severity vulnerability in its Chrome browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-1096, …

Chinese APT Hackers Targeting Betting Companies in Southeast Asia

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A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) has been linked to a new campaign targeting gambling-related companies in South East Asia, particularly Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Cybersecurity firm Avast …

North Korean Hackers Exploited Chrome Zero-Day to Target Fintech, IT, and Media Firms

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Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday disclosed that it acted to mitigate threats from two distinct government-backed attacker groups based in North Korea that exploited a recently-uncovered remote code …

Experts Uncover Campaign Stealing Cryptocurrency from Android and iPhone Users

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Researchers have blown the lid off a sophisticated malicious scheme primarily targeting Chinese users via copycat apps on Android and iOS that mimic legitimate digital wallet services to siphon cryptocurrency …