Russian Cyber Unit 29155 Exposed: Targeting NATO and Allied Nations

by | Sep 8, 2024 | CBI, critical infrastructure, Cybersecurity News, FBI, General Staff of the Armed Forces, Russian Cyber Unit 29155, The Cyber Express, The Cyber Express News, Unit 29155

The United States, along with its allies, has formally identified a group of Russian hackers, tracked under names like Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear, as being responsible for large-scale attacks on the US global critical infrastructure. These hackers are linked to...

NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

by | Sep 8, 2024 | A Little Sunshine, Atlas Data Privacy Corp., Data Breaches, FBI, HaveIBeenPwned.com, InfraGard, Instant Checkmate, Jerico Pictures, National Criminal Data LLC, National Public Data breach, PeopleConnect, recordscheck.net, Sal Verini, Salvatore Verini, Shadowglade LLC, SXUL, The Coming Storm, Trinity Entertainment, Troy Hunt, TruthFinder, Twisted History LLC, USDoD, VX-Underground

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. This post examines...

Surveillance through Push Notifications – Source: www.schneier.com

by | Mar 7, 2024 | Cyber Security News, FBI, identification, police, Privacy, rss-feed-post-generator-echo, Schneier on Security, SchneierOnSecurity, surveillance, Uncategorized

Source: www.schneier.com – Author: Bruce Schneier The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant. The...

BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

by | Mar 7, 2024 | A Little Sunshine, ALPHV Ransomware, blackcat ransomware, Cyber Security News, Data Breaches, Emsisoft, FBI, Krebs On Security, KrebsonSecurity, Lockbit, NCA, RAMP, Ransomware, Recorded Future, rss-feed-post-generator-echo

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV“) as the company struggles to bring services back...