Tag: government
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Legal Aid Agency Admits Major Breach of Applicant Data
The UK government says that hackers accessed a “large amount” of personal information in attack on Legal Aid Agency First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/legal-aid-agency-admits-major/
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Digitale Souveränität: Microsoft sperrt Zugriffe auf E-Mail/Cloud willkürlich (Ankläger Strafgerichtshof, chinesische Uni-Einrichtung)
Kurzer Beitrag der Art “Digitale Souveränität: Habt ihr nun den Schuss endlich gehört”. Microsoft hat das Mail-Konto des Chefanklägers des Internationalen Gerichtshofs blockiert Grund waren Sanktionen der US-Regierung unter Trump. Gleiches gilt für eine Genom-Firma im Umfeld einer chinesischen … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/05/19/digitale-souveraenitaet-microsoft-sperrt-zugriffe-auf-e-mail-cloud-willkuerlich-richter-chinesische-einrichtung/
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FBI Warns of AI Voice Scams Impersonating US Govt Officials
FBI has warned about a sophisticated vishing and smishing campaign using AI-generated voice memos to impersonate senior US… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fbi-warn-ai-voice-scams-impersonate-us-govt-officials/
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Fairfax County, Va., CISO Michael Dent on Leadership
What’s on the minds of top local government chief information security officers? In this interview, Michael Dent shares current security and technology priorities, career tips and more. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/fairfax-county-va-ciso-michael-dent-on-leadership/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 524 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. US Government officials targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials Shields up US…
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US Government officials targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials
FBI warns ex-officials are targeted with deepfake texts and AI voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials. The FBI warns that ex-government officials are being targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials. The FBI warns of a campaign using smishing and vishing with deepfake texts and AI voice messages impersonating senior…
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Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! to apply for this fake consulting gig
Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/attn_fired_us_govt_workers/
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Security tests reveal serious vulnerability in government’s One Login digital ID system
A ‘red teaming’ exercise to simulate cyber attacks on the government’s flagship digital identity system has found that One Login can be compromised without detection First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366623991/Security-tests-reveal-serious-vulnerability-in-governments-One-Login-digital-ID-system
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Government contractors scrambling to meet heightened CMMC requirements
Tags: governmentFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/government-contractors-scrambling-to-meet-heightened-cmmc-requirements
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SentinelOne, Horizon3.ai Receive FedRAMP Authorization, Broadening Government Access
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/sentinelone-horizon3-ai-security-products-get-fedramp-authorization
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Former U.S. Govt Employees Targeted by Chinese Intelligence
Report Uncovered Malicious Fake Job Network Operated by a Chinese Company. Recently laid off U.S. federal government officials are being targeted by Chinese intelligence through a network of front companies purporting to offer consulting work. Reports that foreign adversaries intended to recruit former officials began as soon as the administration intentions became apparent. First seen…
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Global government webmail servers targeted by Russian cyberespionage operation
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/global-government-webmail-servers-targeted-by-russian-cyberespionage-operation
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Palo Alto Networks Should See ‘Continued Solid Demand’ For Hardware Firewalls: Analyst
Tariffs and government efficiency measures appear to have had ‘no impact whatsoever’ on major cybersecurity vendors including Palo Alto Networks, according to TD Cowen’s Shaul Eyal. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/palo-alto-networks-should-see-continued-solid-demand-for-hardware-firewalls-analyst
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FBI Alerts Public to Malicious Campaign Impersonating US Government Officials
Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about an ongoing malicious messaging campaign targeting current and former senior US government officials and their contacts. Since April 2025, threat actors have been impersonating high-ranking US officials through text messages and AI-generated voice calls in an effort to gain access to personal accounts and potentially sensitive…
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Valarian Unveils Data Management Platform Designed for Government Use
The startup, which previously launched the Acra platform, aims to address data management issues by isolating and compartmentalizing access to reduce fallout from system compromises. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/valarian-data-management-platform-government
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Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI
They’re smishing, they’re vishing First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/fbi_deepfake_us_government_warning/
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After helping Russia on the ground North Korea targets Ukraine with cyberespionage
Tags: credentials, cyber, cyberespionage, email, government, hacker, identity, intelligence, korea, microsoft, north-korea, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, ukraineCredential harvesting: Before the phishing emails, the same Ukrainian government entities were targeted with email alerts impersonating Microsoft and claiming unusual sign-in activity was detected on their accounts. The victims were asked to perform identity verification by clicking on a button, which took them to credential harvesting pages.The Proofpoint researchers didn’t manage to obtain any…
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FBI warns of ongoing scam that uses deepfake audio to impersonate government officials
Warning comes as the use of deepfakes in the wild are rising. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/fbi-warns-of-ongoing-scam-that-uses-deepfake-audio-to-impersonate-government-officials/
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International Crime Rings Defraud US Gov’t Out of Billions
Fraudsters worldwide apply for money from the US government using stolen and forged identities, making off with hundreds of billions of dollars annually. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/international-crime-rings-defraud-us-govt-billions
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FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior U.S. officials
Texts or deepfaked audio messages impersonate high-level government officials and were sent to current or former senior federal or state government officials and their contacts, the bureau says. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/fbi-warns-of-ai-deepfake-phishing-impersonating-government-officials/
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Government webmail hacked via XSS bugs in global spy campaign
Hackers are running a worldwide cyberespionage campaign dubbed ‘RoundPress,’ leveraging zero-day and n-day flaws in webmail servers to steal email from high-value government organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/government-webmail-hacked-via-xss-bugs-in-global-spy-campaign/
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Kremlin-linked hackers target webmail servers of Eastern European government agencies
Russia-linked hackers known as APT28 mainly targeted entities in Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania, but governments in Africa, South America and other parts of Europe were also affected. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/kremlin-linked-hackers-target-webmail-eastern-europe-governments
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Government starts private sector engagement on digital ID and Gov.uk Wallet
Following concerns from the digital identity industry that Gov.uk Wallet would dominate the market, the government has offered private sector providers a ‘critical role’ in its future, as it revealed further details on the wallet First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366623927/Government-starts-private-sector-engagement-on-digital-ID-and-Govuk-Wallet
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Coinbase data breach exposes customer info and government IDs
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange with over 100 million customers, has disclosed that cybercriminals working with rogue support agents stole customer data and demanded a $20 million ransom not to publish the stolen information. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinbase-discloses-breach-faces-up-to-400-million-in-losses/
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Stealth RAT uses a PowerShell loader for fileless attacks
Threat actors have been spotted using a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to stealthily deploy Remcos RAT, a popular espionage-ready tool in line with a broader shift toward fileless techniques.As discovered by Qualys, the campaign executes a number of steps to phish an obfuscated .HTA (HTML Application) file that runs layered PowerShell scripts entirely in memory.”The attackers…
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European Vulnerability Database is Live: What This ‘Essential Tool’ Offers Security Experts
The announcement comes after concerns that the US government would stop funding the operations of MITRE, the nonprofit behind the CVE database. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-european-vulnerability-database/
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Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers
A Russia-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber espionage operation targeting webmail servers such as Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, including a then-zero-day in MDaemon, according to new findings from ESET.The activity, which commenced in 2023, has been codenamed Operation RoundPress by the Slovak cybersecurity company. It has…
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UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data
Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366623863/UK-government-outlines-plan-to-surveil-migrants-with-eVisa-data
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TA406 Hackers Target Government Entities to Steal Login Credentials
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, government, hacker, intelligence, login, malware, north-korea, phishing, russia, threat, ukraineThe North Korean state-sponsored threat actor TA406, also tracked as Opal Sleet and Konni, has set its sights on Ukrainian government entities. Proofpoint researchers have uncovered a dual-pronged offensive involving both credential harvesting and malware deployment through highly targeted phishing campaigns. The likely objective of these attacks is to gather strategic intelligence on the Russian…
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Alabama state government says cyber incident’s effects are limited, but response continues
The state’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) said it has called in two incident response teams for around-the-clock mitigation following a “cybersecurity event” discovered last week. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/alabama-state-government-cyber-incident