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PHP backdoor looks to be work of Chinese-linked APT group

Cyber Scoop December 16, 2024

PHP backdoor looks to be work of Chinese-linked APT...

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• Amnesty International
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• spyware
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Amnesty International exposes Serbian police’s use of spyware on journalists, activists

Cyber Scoop December 16, 2024

Amnesty International exposes Serbian police’s use of spyware on...

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• China
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• Department of Justice
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Court indicts 14 North Korean IT workers tied to $88 million in illicit gains

Cyber Scoop December 12, 2024

Court indicts 14 North Korean IT workers tied to...

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• atlantic council
• Ben Ray Lujan
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Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good start to preventing Salt Typhoon-style breaches

Cyber Scoop December 11, 2024

Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good...

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• Cybersecurity
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• Turla

Turla living off other cybercriminals’ tools in order to attack Ukrainian targets

Cyber Scoop December 11, 2024

Turla living off other cybercriminals’ tools in order to...

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• China
• Cybersecurity
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• Financial
• firewalls
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• Malware
• Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• State Department
• Treasury Department
• zero-days

Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber company, employee for 2020 global firewall attack

Cyber Scoop December 10, 2024

Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber company, employee for 2020 global...

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• Biden administration
• Brendan Carr
• CALEA
• China
• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
• Congress
• Cyber Safety Review Board
• FCC
• Federal Communications Commission
• Geopolitics
• Jessica Rosenworcel
• Policy
• regulation
• Salt Typhoon
• surveillance
• Telecommunications
• telecoms
• Threats
• Trump administration
• USTelecom

FCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to wiretapping law

Cyber Scoop December 5, 2024

FCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to...

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• Afghanistan
• Black Lotus Labs
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Government
• India
• Lumen Technologies
• Microsoft
• Research
• Secret Blizzard
• Threats
• Turla

Russian-linked Turla caught using Pakistani APT infrastructure for espionage

Cyber Scoop December 4, 2024

Russian-linked Turla caught using Pakistani APT infrastructure for espionage...

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• Australia
• Canada
• China
• CISA
• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Donald Trump
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
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• Jeff Greene
• National Security Agency
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• New Zealand
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• Salt Typhoon
• surveillance
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• Telecommunications
• telecoms
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U.S. government says Salt Typhoon is still in telecom networks

Cyber Scoop December 3, 2024

U.S. government says Salt Typhoon is still in telecom...

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• backdoor
• China
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• espionage
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• Government
• living off the land
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• Trend Micro

Malware linked to Salt Typhoon used to hack telcos around the world

Cyber Scoop November 25, 2024

Malware linked to Salt Typhoon used to hack telcos...

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