FBI Cyber Strategy

This Strategy sets the course for FBI Cyber Division to defend the American people and the nation’s critical infrastructure in cyberspace. It defines our priorities, objectives, and framework for countering malicious cyber activity directed at the United States. It guides Read More …

OpenAI hid AI agent hijacking of German wiki forum for weeks

OpenAI recently disclosed the details of how one of its AI models escaped a sandboxed environment and attacked Hugging Face during an evaluation – and as part of the incident, the models created a messaging board to communicate with each other and Read More …

Hackers breached DHS after alarms were twice ruled ‘false positives’

Hackers managed to find their way into the US Department of Homeland Security’s primary information sharing platform, gaining unfettered access to the HSIN network that hosts unclassified information that multiple US agencies and international rely on. The hack allowed the Read More …

Hackers breached DHS information-sharing network

A key Department of Homeland Security information-sharing database was accessed by an unknown threat actor in recent weeks, potentially exposing sensitive data exchanged between federal, state, local and industry partners, according to two people familiar with the matter. DHS investigators Read More …

Beyond Compliance: How Financial Institutions Can Meet New Fraud-Sharing Mandates While Respecting Privacy

Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud is one of the most damaging forms of digital deception. The pattern repeats itself thousands of times each year: an email from the bank’s security team warning of suspicious activity. A phone call that follows Read More …

Major data leak forum dismantled in global action against cybercrime forum

A major online forum for stolen data has been dismantled following an international operation coordinated by Europol. The forum, known as LeakBase, had established itself as a central hub in the cybercrime ecosystem, specialising in the trade of leaked databases Read More …

Threat intelligence supply chain is full of weak links, researchers find

Researchers from Georgia Tech have found that the supply chain for threat intelligence data is susceptible to adversarial action, and proposed a method to improve data sharing that they think will make it stronger. Brenden Kuerbis, a research scientist at Read More …

Pakistan, China to boost liaison in intelligence sharing, cybercrime prevention

Pakistan and China on Thursday agreed to enhance cooperation in intelligence sharing and cybercrime prevention. The understanding was reached during a meeting between Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Jiang Zaidong. Upon his arrival at the Read More …

Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say

Spyware maker Intellexa had remote access to some of its government customers’ surveillance systems, giving company staffers the ability to see the personal data of people whose phones had been hacked with its Predator spyware, according to new evidence published Read More …

Organised crime online: How Europol disrupts cybercrime

How does Europol target cybercrime networks? Investigate phishing-as-a-service platforms? Or help tackle child sexual exploitation? This publication, presented at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Ordinary (LIBE), provides a general overview on how Europol disrupts cybercrime, taking Read More …