Counter-Terrorism Intelligence
Former Trenchant exec pleads guilty to selling cyber exploits to Russian broker
The former executive sold the trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker that “publicly advertises itself as a reseller of cyber exp...
New names surface for NSA director, other top jobs at spy agency
Officers from the Army and Air Force are under consideration to lead the NSA, and moves could be happening soon for other top jobs at t...
More than 10 million impacted by breach of government contractor Conduent
The government contractor Conduent informed multiple states this week that a cybersecurity incident in January exposed the information ...
Cloud Atlas hackers target Russian agriculture sector ahead of industry forum
The attack, which is the second time the group has hit Russia’s agro industrial firms in recent months, coincided with preparations for...
Character.AI to prevent minors from accessing its chatbots
Following scrutiny over the safety of the technology for kids and teenagers, Character.AI on Wednesday said that as of next month peopl...
Former Meta lobbyist’s appointment to Irish data commission ‘conflict of interest,’ complaint alleges
An Irish human rights group submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission alleging that Ireland’s appointment of a former Met...
‘Living off the land’ allowed Russia-linked group to breach Ukrainian entities this summer
In two separate incidents this summer, hackers appearing to work from Russia used available assets to steal data from a large Ukrainian...
FCC adopts new rule targeting robocalls
The agency’s decision to approve a proposal released on October 7 means the FCC will broaden the definition of “caller identity informa...
Researchers warn of Qilin ransomware gang after group hit hundreds of orgs this year
In October alone, the suspected Russia-based group added more than 185 victims to its leak site — claiming to be behind recent cybersec...
New Android malware mimics human typing to evade detection, steal money
New Android malware tries to “humanize” the actions attackers perform during remote control.