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Golden Corral restaurant chain data breach impacts 183,000 people

The Golden Corral American restaurant chain disclosed a data breach after attackers behind an August cyberattack stole the personal information of over 180,000 people.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 29, 2024
- 05:14 PM
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New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 03:50 PM
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Ransomware gang claims they stole 6TB of Change Healthcare data

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has officially claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), which led to an ongoing outage affecting the Change Healthcare platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 02:33 PM
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UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum hack linked to BlackCat ransomware

A cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum that led to an ongoing outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform was linked to the BlackCat ransomware group by sources familiar with the investigation.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 07:13 PM
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White House urges devs to switch to memory-safe programming languages

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) urged tech companies today to switch to memory-safe programming languages, such as Rust, to improve software security by reducing the number of memory safety vulnerabilities.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 04:34 PM
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Russian hackers shift to cloud attacks, US and allies warn

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers are now switching to attacks targeting their victims' cloud services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 12:31 PM
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Microsoft expands free logging capabilities after May breach

Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities for all Purview Audit standard customers, including U.S. federal agencies, six months after disclosing that Chinese hackers stole U.S. government emails undetected in an Exchange Online breach between May and June 2023.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 21, 2024
- 05:31 PM
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US govt shares cyberattack defense tips for water utilities

CISA, the FBI, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shared a list of defense measures U.S. water utilities should implement to better defend their systems against cyberattacks
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 21, 2024
- 01:39 PM
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US offers $15 million bounty for info on LockBit ransomware gang

The U.S. State Department is now also offering rewards of up to $15 million to anyone who can provide information about LockBit ransomware gang members and their associates.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 21, 2024
- 11:22 AM
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US offers up to $15 million for tips on ALPHV ransomware gang

The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang leaders.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 15, 2024
- 01:57 PM
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FCC orders telecom carriers to report PII data breaches within 30 days

Starting March 13th, telecommunications companies must report data breaches impacting customers' personally identifiable information within 30 days, as required by FCC's updated data breach reporting requirements.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 12, 2024
- 04:50 PM
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Americans lost record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, FTC warns

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Americans lost over $10 billion to scammers in 2023, marking a 14% increase in reported losses compared to the previous year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 09, 2024
- 10:21 AM
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US offers $10 million for tips on Hive ransomware leadership

The U.S. State Department offers rewards of up to $10 million for information that could help locate, identify, or arrest members of the Hive ransomware gang.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 08, 2024
- 12:59 PM
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Chinese hackers hid in US infrastructure network for 5 years

The Chinese Volt Typhoon cyber-espionage group infiltrated a critical infrastructure network in the United States and remained undetected for at least five years before being discovered, according to a joint advisory from CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and partner Five Eyes agencies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 07, 2024
- 03:08 PM
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US announces visa ban on those linked to commercial spyware

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced today a new visa restriction policy that will enable the Department of State to ban those linked to commercial spyware from entering the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 05, 2024
- 03:26 PM
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FBI disrupts Chinese botnet by wiping malware from infected routers

The FBI has disrupted the KV-botnet used by Chinese Volt Typhoon state hackers to evade detection during attacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 31, 2024
- 12:43 PM
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US charges two more suspects with DraftKing account hacks

The U.S. Department of Justice arrested and charged two more suspects for their involvement in the hacking of almost 68,000 DraftKings accounts in a November 2022 credential stuffing attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 30, 2024
- 04:28 PM
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Water services giant Veolia North America hit by ransomware attack

Veolia North America, a subsidiary of transnational conglomerate Veolia, disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted systems part of its Municipal Water division and disrupted its bill payment systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 23, 2024
- 04:52 PM
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FTC orders Intuit to stop pushing "free" software that isn't really free

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Intuit to stop promoting its software products and services as "free" unless they're actually free for all consumers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 22, 2024
- 04:37 PM
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CISA emergency directive: Mitigate Ivanti zero-days immediately

CISA issued this year's first emergency directive ordering Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to immediately mitigate two Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure zero-day flaws in response to widespread and active exploitation by multiple threat actors.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 19, 2024
- 02:25 PM
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