Kaspersky Lab’s headquarters in Moscow. (Getty Images) New APT group TajMahal operates as a ‘full-blown spying network,’ Kaspersky says Researchers have only identified a diplomatic entity from a country in Central Asia as the victim, though its likely others exist. Apr 10, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Pixabay) FireEye is responding to a second intrusion from group behind Trisis FireEye released details on new customized tools the company’s incident responders had found at the unnamed critical infrastructure facility. Apr 10, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty) Get those Verizon Fios routers patched, Tenable says The research highlights the extent to which routers can be a gateway for hackers into networked homes. Apr 9, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) New Space ISAC plans to elevate the industry’s awareness of cyberthreats The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (S-ISAC) will be housed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, within the National Cybersecurity Center. Apr 9, 2019 By Joe Warminsky
(Pexels/remixed in PhotoMosh) Nation-state hacking kit ‘Flame’ had a second life, researchers say The discovery shows how good source code dies hard, and that tracking its evolution can be a very long game for researchers. Apr 9, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Craig Newmark speaks during the 2019 Knight Foundation Media Forum in Miami. (Photo by Patrick Farrell/Knight Foundation) Craigslist founder’s organization gifts $1 million for election security The gift will be given to the Global Cyber Alliance, who will use it for media and election security Apr 9, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Cyberattack at med-tech conglomerate Hoya slowed production at Thai factory by 60 percent Roughly 100 computers were infected with malicious software that stole user credentials, then tried to install a program that would co-opt those machines into mining for cryptocurrency. Apr 8, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Emails made to look like legitimate Paychex notes were discovered in March. (Ian T. McFarland/Flickr) Tax scammers impersonating ADP, Paychex with aim to steal financial information Those messages are laced with TrickBot, a malicious software strain that typically infects victims through a malicious Microsoft Excel attachment. Apr 8, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Kirstjen Nielsen (U.S. CPB / Glenn Fawcett / Flickr) Kirstjen Nielsen, a cyber-minded DHS chief, resigns In her resignation letter, Nielsen said she was proud that “we have replaced complacency with consequences in cyberspace.” Apr 7, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Chris Krebs speaks April 4, 2019, at the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum presented by Forcepoint and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (CyberScoop) DHS official sounds alarm on authoritarian states ‘operationalizing their tech sectors’ The problem lies with foreign tech companies that are subject to government demands in opaque legal environments, he said. Apr 5, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas