The US DOJ has seized web3adspanels[.]org, a website that served as a backend database for collecting phished credentials. The site primarily stored banking logins collected through phishing pages promoted via malicious search ads

Justice Department Announces Seizure of Stolen-Password Database Used in Bank Account Takeover Fraud

The Justice Department today announced the seizure of a web domain and database used in furtherance of a scheme to target and defraud Americans thr...

The South Korean government is running a trial and has mandated that all individuals undergo a mandatory facial recognition scan before receiving a new mobile phone number

Korea begins trial of mandatory face recognition for new mobile numbers

Korea on Tuesday launched a trial period for a new policy requiring people to undergo real-time face recognition when registering a new mobile phon...

The White House has formally nominated Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd as the next head of Cyber Command and the US National Security Agency. Gen. Rudd is currently serving as deputy chief of US Indo-Pacific Command

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Trump formally taps Joshua Rudd to lead NSA, Cyber Command

The nomination marks a turning point for the electronic surveillance and hacking teams that have been without a permanent leader for eight months.

The EU and the UK have renewed a deal to allow free data transfers between the EU bloc and the UK for six more years

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Commission renews decisions to allow for the free and safe flow of personal data with the UK

Today, the Commission renewed the two 2021 adequacy decisions for the free flow of personal data with the United Kingdom.

Russia is looking to ban Call of Duty

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A ransomware attack has hit the GIS servers of Romania's water management agency

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Apele Române, după atacul cibernetic: Construcţiile hidrotehnice sunt în siguranţă. DIICOT a deschis un dosar penal

Administrația Națională „Apele Române (ANAR) și zece administrații bazinale de apă din țară au fost vizate de un atac cibernetic de tip ...

Russia is responsible for destructive and disruptive cyberattacks against Denmark PDF: 📄.pdf

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Belarus deployed spyware on journalists

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Risky Bulletin: Belarus deploys spyware on journalists' phones

Suspect arrested for installing malware on ferry boat; France arrests Interior Ministry hacker; and new Cisco and SonicWall zero-days.

A Washington Times report claims that the alleged NSA hack of China's National Time Service Center might be an attempted US ploy to disrupt Chinese missile launches in the event of a military conflict

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Hack of Chinese state time center hints at U.S. advanced missile defense

The Chinese Ministry of State Security intelligence service disclosed in October that the U.S. National Security Agency has been engaged in a three...