Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday. Judge Read More …

FBI: 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

In 2023, malicious cyber actors exploited more zero-day vulnerabilities to compromise enterprise networks compared to 2022, allowing them to conduct cyber operations against higher-priority targets. In 2023, the majority of the most frequently exploited vulnerabilities were initially exploited as a Read More …

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, has been jailed for 15 years for leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine and other military secrets. A federal judge in Boston, United States, on Tuesday sentenced the 22-year-old Read More …

FBI: Easy Access to Information for Conducting Fraudulent Emergency Data Requests Impacts US-Based Companies and Law Enforcement Agencies

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification to highlight a trend of compromised US and foreign government email addresses used to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US-based companies, exposing personally identifying information (PII). While Read More …

New Tradecraft of Iranian Cyber Group Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan aka Emennet Pasargad

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Treasury, and Israel National Cyber Directorate are releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn network defenders of new cyber tradecraft of the Iranian cyber group Emennet Pasargad, which has been operating Read More …

Scammers Exploit 2024 US General Election to Perpetrate Multiple Fraud Schemes

The FBI is warning the public about scammers exploiting the 2024 US General election to perpetrate multiple types of financial fraud schemes. These scams target victims across the United States and have previously exploited state and local elections for similar Read More …

100 million people hit in largest healthcare data breach in history – medical info, SSNs and more

More than 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the massive UnitedHealth ransomware attack earlier this year, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the country. After completing its investigation into February’s data breach, Read More …

Safe Software Deployment: How Software Manufacturers Can Ensure Reliability for Customers

Many software manufacturers and service providers deploy software and configuration updates as part of their service offerings. These updates may enhance features and/or address security vulnerabilities to provide benefits and security to customers. However, software and the systems that deploy Read More …

U.S. Investigating Intelligence Leak About Israel’s Plans for Attacking Iran

The U.S. is investigating the leak of top-secret American documents that show Israel military preparations for an expected strike on Iran, U.S. officials said Sunday. The two leaked reports were prepared last week by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which analyzes Read More …