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U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Beijing Cybersecurity Company for State-Sponsored Hacking Activities
January 4, 2025
U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Beijing Cybersecurity Company for State-Sponsored Hacking Activities
In a major move on Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated, for its part in plotting a…
Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, U.S. Treasury says
December 30, 2024
Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, U.S. Treasury says
The U.S. Treasury Department revealed on Monday that Chinese hackers had gained access to unclassified documents on multiple of its workstations. The compromise of BeyondTrust, a third-party software service provider,…
Brazilian Hacker Faces Charges for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin Following Breach of 300,000 Accounts
December 26, 2024
Brazilian Hacker Faces Charges for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin Following Breach of 300,000 Accounts
A Brazilian national is officially charged in the United States with allegedly threatening to spread information stolen through a digital hack into a business system in March 2020.Junior Barros De…
NGate Android Malware Steals NFC Data and Clones No-Contact Payment Cards
August 25, 2024
NGate Android Malware Steals NFC Data and Clones No-Contact Payment Cards
Experts in cybersecurity have discovered a new type of Android malware that can fraudulently transfer contactless payment information from actual credit and debit cards to a device under the control…
Hardware Backdoor Found in RFID Cards Used in Offices and Hotels All Over the World
August 22, 2024
Hardware Backdoor Found in RFID Cards Used in Offices and Hotels All Over the World
A hardware backdoor that could allow unauthorized access to hotel rooms, office doors, and other secure areas has been found in a particular model of MIFARE Classic contactless cards by…
Ex-NSA Employee gets 22 Years in Prison for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia
May 1, 2024
Ex-NSA Employee gets 22 Years in Prison for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia
An ex-NSA employee was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to send classified documents to Russia, sending a clear message to those who protect sensitive data.FBI Director…
Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of More Than 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users
April 25, 2024
Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of More Than 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users
Due to a serious security flaw, almost one billion users of cloud-based pinyin keyboard applications have had their keystrokes compromised. An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Toronto called…
Ukrainian Officials Arrest Author of World’s Biggest Phishing Service U-Admin
February 9, 2021
Ukrainian Officials Arrest Author of World’s Biggest Phishing Service U-Admin
Last week law enforcement officers in Ukraine, in cooperation with officials from the United States and Australia shut down one of the biggest phishing providers in the world that had…
Florida Teenager Accused Of Cyberattacking Schools in Miami-Dade County
September 3, 2020
Florida Teenager Accused Of Cyberattacking Schools in Miami-Dade County
(The AEGIS Alliance) – A teenage student, age 16, was arrested for orchestrating a number of cyberattacks and network outages that happened in Florida’s largest county during the first week…
Wikileaks Publishes “Spy Files Russia” Expose Russia’s Mass Surveillance Program
September 24, 2017
Wikileaks Publishes “Spy Files Russia” Expose Russia’s Mass Surveillance Program
(The AEGIS Alliance) – WikiLeaks just recently released a lot of documentation below the heading “Spy Files Russia.” The documents recommend that Moscow utilizes a sophisticated state surveillance program to spy on Russian sites and cellphone…
