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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

Krebs on Security

government on Wednesday announced the arrest and charging of two Sudanese brothers accused of running Anonymous Sudan (a.k.a. Image: FBI Active since at least January 2023, AnonSudan has been described in media reports as a “hacktivist” group motivated by ideological causes. A statement by the U.S.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti CSA Zero-Days in Attacks on French Government, Telecoms

The Hacker News

The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious campaign undertaken by a Chinese hacking group by weaponizing several zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) devices.

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The Independent Op-Ed: Australia’s social media ban won’t protect kids – it’ll put them more at risk

Joseph Steinberg

Australia recently enacted legislation to ban children under 16 from using social media a policy that the Australian government plans to enforce through the use of untested age-verification technology. One of my recent pieces appeared in the right-leaving Conservative Home , another appeared in the centrist Byline Times.

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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

Krebs on Security

Cybersecurity reporter Kim Zetter notes that DHS didn’t cite any specific justification for its ban in 2017, but media reports quoting anonymous government officials referenced two incidents. government for its hacking operations, CEO Eugene Kaspersky says he ordered workers to delete the code. Last year, the U.S.

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CISA’s 11-Month extension ensures continuity of MITRE’s CVE Program

Security Affairs

government funding for MITRE s CVE program , a key global cybersecurity resource for cataloging vulnerabilities, is set to expire Wednesday, risking disruption. The CVE program is supported by a network of CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs), which include major technology companies, research organizations, and government agencies.

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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

The feds then obtained records from Virgin Media, which showed the address was leased for several months to Tyler Buchanan , a 22-year-old from Dundee, Scotland. The Spanish police told local media that Buchanan, who allegedly went by the alias “ Tylerb ,” at one time possessed Bitcoins worth $27 million.