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Iranian spies tried hacking US military personnel by posing as job recruiters on Facebook
Facebook said it took down the campaign from the hackers known as Tortoiseshell.
Pulse Secure VPN hacking also hit transportation, telecom firms, FireEye says
The U.S. government has also been affected.
Russian cybercrime forum XSS claims to ban ransomware following Colonial Pipeline hack
There's newfound pressure on ransomware operators.
Hackers exploit SonicWall email software in a banner week for zero-day flaws
“The adversary leveraged these vulnerabilities, with intimate knowledge of the SonicWall application," Mandiant said.
State-linked hackers hit American, European organizations with Pulse Secure exploits
Such VPN software has proven a popular foothold for spies over the years.
How (and why) cyber specialists hacked a North American utility's smart meter
Big hacks like the 2015 Ukraine power outage and the 2017 shutdown of a Saudi petrochemical plant still inspire red teams today.
