FBI investigating attempts to hack Biden-Harris and Trump campaigns

Federal investigators are looking into whether Iranian hackers targeted individuals associated with the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns, three people familiar with the investigation confirmed to CBS News. The FBI launched the probes in the early summer, after both presidential campaigns Read More …

Royal Ransomware Actors Rebrand as “BlackSuit”

The FBI and CISA recently published an update to the joint Cybersecurity Advisory “#StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware.” The updated advisory provides network defenders with recent and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with BlackSuit Read More …

FBI Warns of Scammers Impersonating Cryptocurrency Exchanges

The FBI warns of scammers impersonating cryptocurrency exchange employees to steal funds. How the scam works: The scammer contacts the victim via an unsolicited call or message and pretends to be a cryptocurrency exchange employee. The scammer conveys urgency and Read More …

Onyx Sleet uses array of malware to gather intelligence for North Korea

On July 25, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted an individual linked to the North Korean threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Onyx Sleet. Microsoft Threat Intelligence collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in tracking Read More …

FBI: Renewable energy systems vulnerable to cyber attacks

The FBI has issued an official alert to the public about the potential for malicious cyber actors to disrupt power generation, steal intellectual property, or hold critical information for ransom within the U.S. renewable energy sector. The warning comes as Read More …

Fictitious Law Firms Targeting Cryptocurrency Scam Victims Offering to Recover Funds

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing this announcement to inform the public of an emerging criminal tactic used to further defraud cryptocurrency scam victims. This PSA is an update to Alert Number I-081123-PSA, published on 08/11/2023, titled, “Increase Read More …

FBI urges LockBit ransomware victims to reach out after securing thousands of decryption keys

The FBI revealed it has thousands of decryption keys that can unlock data encrypted by the LockBit ransomware. The agency’s Assistant Director for the Cyber Division, Bryan Vorndran, confirmed the news during the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security, and Read More …

Scammers Defraud Individuals via Work-From-Home Scams

The FBI warns of scammers offering victims fake work-from-home jobs, typically involving a relatively simple task, such as rating restaurants or “optimizing” a service by repeatedly clicking a button. The scammers pose as a legitimate business, such as a staffing Read More …

‘People’s lives are at risk’: Ascension ransomware attack going on nearly three weeks

A ransomware attack on a major US hospital network that began three weeks ago is endangering patients’ health as nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records, nurses at two hospitals affected by the Read More …

Guidance on the 911 S5 Residential Proxy Service

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Defense Criminal Investigative Services (DCIS), and Department of Commerce (DOC) are publishing this announcement to notify the public of the dismantlement of the 911 S5 residential proxy service and to help individuals and businesses Read More …