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A 21-year-old U.S. Army soldier linked to last year's Snowflake attack spree allegedly tried to sell stolen data to a foreign intelligence service after searching for information about how to defect to Russia. Hat tip to @nixonnixoff.bsky.social @austinlarsen.me cyberscoop.com/army-soldier...

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Check out this deep dive on the ORIGINAL version of "CISA."

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#Crypto analysts stunned by Lazarus Group’s capabilities in $1.46B Bybit #theft. The amount stolen last week surpasses what the group was able to steal in all of 2024. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/bybit-lazaru...

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Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm said nearly 9 in 10 #cyberattacks it responded to last year involved disrupted business operations. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/cyberattacks...

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Black Basta’s internal chat logs, which were leaked earlier this month, are providing defenders with actionable intelligence on the #ransomware group’s operations, cybercrime experts told CyberScoop. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/black-basta-...

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#SaltTyphoon gained initial access to Cisco devices as part of the Chinese nation-state threat group’s sweeping attacks on U.S. telecom networks, the company confirmed Thursday in a #threat intelligence report. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/cisco-talos-...

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Russia-aligned threat groups dupe Ukrainian targets via #Signal. Google researchers say multiple #Russian state threat groups have conducted remote #phishing operations to target and compromise Signal accounts. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/russia-threa...

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Edge devices harboring zero-day and n-day vulnerabilities were linked to the most consequential attack campaigns last year, Darktrace said in an annual threat report released Wednesday. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/edge-device-...

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Suspected Russian nation-state threat groups have duped multiple victims into granting potentially persistent access to networks via authentication requests and valid tokens. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/russia-threa...

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Salt Typhoon remains active, hits more telecom networks via Cisco routers cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon...

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#Russian state #threat group shifts focus to US, UK targets. A subgroup of Seashell Blizzard exploited public #vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems, Microsoft researchers said. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/russian-stat...

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President Trump has selected Sean Cairncross — a former White House and Republican National Committee official and the former CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a federal foreign aid agency — to be his national cyber director. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/sean-cairncr...

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Microsoft fixes 63 vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-days. The company’s monthly Patch Tuesday update comes with more than two-thirds of the patches closing high-severity flaws. via @mattkapko.com cyberscoop.com/microsoft-pa...

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I joined CyberScoop as a reporter today. My beats include cybercrime, ransomware, software defects and vulnerability (mis)management. It is an honor to join this talented team. I am ready to get to work. Let's talk. I’m at [email protected] and matt.49 on Signal.

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Today marks my last day at Cybersecurity Dive. I am proud of the work I did during my time here — it was the best of my nearly 25-year career as a journalist. My instincts about what I’d gain professionally from this job were spot-on. I close this chapter of my career as a better journalist.

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Firewalls, VPNs and routers are a common and persistent intrusion point for cyberattacks. When malicious hackers exploit vulnerabilities in these network security tools, it’s not the vendors that get hit — it’s their customers. www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/network...

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Lax security controls played a significant role in allowing a China-government sponsored threat group to gain broad and full access to U.S. telecom networks, a senior White House official said. A ninth telecom company was among those hit by Salt Typhoon. www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/salt-ty...

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