Activities at U.S. Cyber Command in April 2021. (Josef Cole / U.S. Cyber Command) U.S. Cyber Command shares new samples of suspected Iranian hacking software The release marks the U.S. government's first attribution of the group's activity to the Iranian government. Jan 12, 2022
An observer from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is seen at a demonstration in Odessa, Ukraine, on May 2. An OSCE employee is among the recent possible hacking targets of suspected Russian spies. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images) Ex-US ambassador, anti-corruption activists in Ukraine were targets of suspected Russian phishing “We are pretty aware of such kinds of threats, and we have training all the time and the protocols to deal with them,” said Ukrainian anti-corruption activist… Jun 1, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
Taiwan’s state-owned energy company suffers ransomware attack In energy-import-dependent Taiwan, the CPC Corp. is a high-value target. May 5, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva. (REUTERS / Denis Balibouse) Why did Cyber Command back off its recent plans to call out North Korean hacking? U.S. Cyber Command was set to post another Lazarus Group-linked malware sample to VirusTotal in September, but ultimately decided against it. Why? Oct 22, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
Pyongyang, North Korea (Pixabay) North Korean government hackers sanctioned by U.S. Treasury The U.S. Treasury Department is sanctioning three North Korean hacking groups it says are backed by Kim Jong-un’s regime. Sep 13, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Reuters) Cyber Command’s biggest VirusTotal upload looks to expose North Korean-linked malware Cyber Command looks to have uploaded its biggest cache of malware on a North Korean holiday. Sep 8, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
Kim Il-Sung Square, Pyongyang North Korea U.S. Cyber Command warns of North Korea-linked Lazarus Group malware It's the second time in as many months Cyber Command has added malware details to VirusTotal. Aug 15, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, speaks at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (National Defense University / Flickr) Cyber Command’s latest VirusTotal upload has been linked to an active attack The malware has been linked with APT28, the same hacking group that breached the DNC during the 2016 election cycle. May 21, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Pixabay) VirusTotal launches Monitor tool to fight false positives VirusTotal says Monitor is a win for both antivirus vendors and software developers alike. Jun 19, 2018 By Mark Satter
Atos is responsible for the 2018 Winter Olympics IT infrastructure. (Atos) Atos, IT provider for Winter Olympics, hacked months before Opening Ceremony cyberattack Hackers appear to have compromised the main IT service provider for the Winter Olympic Games months before last week's highly publicized cyberattack. Feb 14, 2018 By Chris Bing