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Update: Boeing Confirms Attempted $200 Million Ransomware Extortion Attempt

Boeing confirmed to CyberScoop that it is the unnamed multinational aeronautical and defense corporation referenced in an indictment unsealed Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Krebs, Luber Added to Cyber Safety Review Board

The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has added four new members, including Chris Krebs, former Director of the CISA, and David Luber, head of the NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate.

Iranian Hackers Impersonate Journalists in Social Engineering Campaign

A hacking group linked to the intelligence wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps impersonated journalists and human rights activists as part of a social engineering campaign, according to research released Wednesday by Mandiant and Google Cloud.

Chinese Hackers Target Family Members to Surveil Hard Targets

According to the indictment, between 2015 and 2024, the APT31 group, linked to China’s Ministry of State Security, targeted thousands of U.S. and Western politicians, foreign policy experts, academics, journalists, and democracy activists.

Researchers Spot Updated Version of Malware That Hit Viasat

Wiper attacks have been a go-to for Russian attacks on Ukrainian government and private-sector targets in the past two years, and the latest version of the software used to target Viasat shows how Russian hacking groups are evolving their tools.

Update: ALPHV Website Goes Down Amid Growing Fallout From Change Healthcare Attack

The website used by the ransomware group responsible for breaching a major US healthcare payment processor went down, causing financial pressure on medical providers and difficulty for consumers to access medicine.

Biden Executive Order Seeks to Cut China off From Americans’ Sensitive Data

The new executive order targets the unregulated data broker industry and prohibits the sale of genomic, biometric, health, geolocation, and financial data to the identified countries.

Report: Manufacturing Bears the Brunt of Industrial Ransomware

The industrial sector, particularly manufacturing, has been heavily targeted by ransomware attacks, with over 900 incidents reported in the past year, according to a report by Dragos.

Atlassian Vulnerability at Fault in GAO Breach

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) suffered a data breach affecting thousands of current and former employees, which was carried out through a vulnerability in the Atlassian Confluence workforce collaboration tool.

Pentagon Investigating Theft of Sensitive Files by Ransomware Group

The Department of Defense is investigating claims by the ransomware group ALPHV that they have stolen sensitive data related to the U.S. military, including information from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.

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