News in the Government category

Norway says Ivanti zero-day was used to hack govt IT systems

The Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) has confirmed that attackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Ivanti's Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) solution to breach a software platform used by 12 ministries in the country.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 25, 2023
- 02:42 AM
- 1
Norwegian government IT systems hacked using zero-day flaw

The Norwegian government is warning that its ICT platform used by 12 ministries has suffered a cyberattack after hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in third-party software.
- Bill Toulas
- July 24, 2023
- 11:14 AM
- 0
Microsoft to pay $20 million for XBOX children privacy violations

Microsoft has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and change data privacy procedures for children to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges over Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) violations.
- Bill Toulas
- June 06, 2023
- 11:51 AM
- 0
PornHub blocked in Utah over SB287 age-verification law

Adult media creation company MindGeek has blocked access to its websites in Utah, including PornHub, Brazzers, RedTube, YouPorn, and Reality Kings, in response to a new law requiring sites to verify if a visitor from the state is 18 or older.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 02, 2023
- 02:13 PM
- 4
Hackers use fake ‘Windows Update’ guides to target Ukrainian govt

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) says Russian hackers are targeting various government bodies in the country with malicious emails supposedly containing instructions on how to update Windows as a defense against cyber attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- April 30, 2023
- 10:07 AM
- 0
Australian woman arrested for email bombing a government office

The Australian Federal Police arrested a woman in Werrington, Sydney, for allegedly email bombing the office of a Federal Member of Parliament.
- Bill Toulas
- March 02, 2023
- 01:03 PM
- 1
Russia bans foreign messaging apps in government organizations

Russia's internet watchdog agency Roskomnadzor is warning that today is the first day that laws banning the use of many foreign private messaging applications in the country come into force.
- Bill Toulas
- March 01, 2023
- 11:27 AM
- 7
France fines Apple for targeted App Store ads without consent

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data for targeted advertising on the App Store without requesting or securing the user's consent.
- Bill Toulas
- January 05, 2023
- 01:52 PM
- 0
FCC proposes record-breaking $300 million fine against robocaller

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed today a record-breaking $300 million fine against an auto warranty robocall operation that made billions of calls to more than 550 million phones across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2022
- 03:07 PM
- 1
Ukraine arrests fraud ring members who made €200 million per year

Ukraine's cyber police and Europol have identified and arrested five key members of an international investment fraud ring estimated to have caused losses of over €200 million per year.
- Bill Toulas
- November 10, 2022
- 11:02 AM
- 0
U.S. unmasks hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from Silk Road

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today the conviction of James Zhong, a mysterious hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from the 'Silk Road' dark net marketplace.
- Bill Toulas
- November 07, 2022
- 03:23 PM
- 3
Z-Library eBook site domains seized by U.S. Dept of Justice

Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service.
- Bill Toulas
- November 04, 2022
- 01:53 PM
- 5
U.S. govt employees exposed to mobile attacks from outdated Android, iOS

Roughly half of all Android-based mobile phones used by state and local government employees are running outdated versions of the operating system, exposing them to hundreds of vulnerabilities threat actors can leverage to perform cyberattacks.
- Bill Toulas
- November 02, 2022
- 11:11 AM
- 3
INTERPOL arrests ‘Black Axe’ cybercrime syndicate members

INTERPOL has arrested over 70 suspected members of the 'Black Axe' cybercrime syndicate, with two believed to be responsible for $1.8 million in financial fraud.
- Bill Toulas
- October 14, 2022
- 11:50 AM
- 0
Russia labels Meta an 'extremist' org, sends legal threats to users

Rosfinmonitoring, Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service, has added Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, to its list of terrorists and extremists.
- Bill Toulas
- October 11, 2022
- 12:25 PM
- 2
New Iranian hacking group APT42 deploys custom Android spyware

A new Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as APT42 has been discovered using a custom Android malware to spy on targets of interest.
- Bill Toulas
- September 07, 2022
- 10:18 AM
- 0
US seizes WT1SHOP market selling credit cards, credentials, and IDs

An international law enforcement operation has seized the website and domains for WT1SHOP, a criminal marketplace that sold stolen credit cards, I.D. cards, and millions of login credentials.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 06, 2022
- 06:43 PM
- 0
IRS data leak exposes personal info of 120,000 taxpayers

The Internal Revenue Service has accidentally leaked confidential information for approximately 120,000 taxpayers who filed a form 990-T as part of their tax returns.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 03, 2022
- 04:39 PM
- 1
Windows zero-day exploited in US local govt phishing attacks

European governments and US local governments were the targets of a phishing campaign using malicious Rich Text Format (RTF) documents designed to exploit a critical Windows zero-day vulnerability known as Follina.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 06, 2022
- 12:09 PM
- 0
US Senate: Govt’s ransomware fight hindered by limited reporting

A report published today by U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, says law enforcement and regulatory agencies lack insight into ransomware attacks to fight against them effectively.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 24, 2022
- 01:34 PM
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