U.S. Government Warns of Data Wipers Used in Iranian Cyberattacks
According to a statement by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an increase in cyberattacks utilizing destructive wiper tools has been detected targeting U.S. industries and government agencies by Iranian actors or proxies. […]
US Officially Bans Kaspersky Products From Government Systems
In a Binding Operational Directive published today by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US government has banned the use of Kaspersky Lab security software on government computers. The decision comes after a Senate Intelligence Committee accused the Russian antivirus vendor of having secret ties to the Russian government. Senate meetings were held on […]
Bitcoin Price Takes a Tumble Amid Rumors of China Banning Cryptocurrency Trading
Bitcoin price took a huge fall on Friday after Caixin, a Chinese financial magazine, reported that Chinese Central Bank officials are working on rules to ban the trading of Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies on Chinese exchanges. The decision will apply only to online trading and not to over-the-counter transactions. Owning Bitcoin and other virtual […]
Man Who Refused to Decrypt Hard Drives Still in Prison After Two Years
Francis Rawls, a former Philadelphia cop, will remain in jail for refusing to decrypt a hard drive federal investigators found in his home two years ago during a child abuse investigation. A judge ordered the man to prison almost two years ago after the suspect claimed he forgot the password of an encrypted Apple FileVault […]
Radio Hacker Interrupts Police Chase in Australia
A pirate broadcaster posing as a police officer interfered in a police chase this week in Australia, forcing officers to call off the pursuit of two suspected armed robbers. The incident took place on Tuesday when officers from Victoria Police were called to intervene in alleged armed robbery that took place in the town of […]
Chinese Agency Linked to Cyber-Espionage Operations Will Review Source Code of Foreign Firms
According to a new law voted in 2016 and which came into effect starting June 1, 2017, foreign companies activating in China could be forced to provide access to their source code to a state agency that has been recently linked to China’s nation-state cyber-espionage campaigns. China’s new cyber-security law (CSL) gives the China Information […]
CIA Developed Windows Malware That Alters Boot Sector to Load More Malware
WikiLeaks published today documentation on the CIA Angelfire project, a malware framework developed to infect Windows computers. According to a leaked CIA manual, Angelfire is made up of five components, each with its own purpose: ↦ Solartime – Malware that modifies the boot sector to load Wolfcreek.↦ Wolfcreek – Self-loading driver that can load other […]
IRS Warns of Emails Spreading Ransomware
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning US citizens of a new phishing scheme that poses as official IRS communications in the hopes that victims access a link, download a file, and hopefully get infected with ransomware. The email, pictured above, tries to convince users they need to download a questionnaire, print it, fill it […]