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Cybersecurity agencies issue warning over Chinese hacking group

Ryan Daws — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:44:56 +0000

Government cybersecurity authorities in the US and allied nations are sounding the alarm bell again over the Chinese hacking group known as Volt Typhoon. In a joint advisory issued on Tuesday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, and eight international partners warned that the Beijing-backed Volt Typhoon gang... Read more »

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FBI used the Patriot Act to gather web records without a warrant

Ryan Daws — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:36:49 +0000

The FBI used controversial provisions of the Patriot Act to gather the records of website visitors without a warrant. According to the New York Times, the specific provisions the US government is using to justify its actions can be found in Section 215 of the Patriot Act—which lapsed, along with two other bits of surveillance... Read more »

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FBI claims Iran is using BIG-IP exploit to attack US private and government networks

Ryan Daws — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:00:43 +0000

The FBI has warned that Iranian hackers are using the BIG-IP exploit to attack US private and government networks. In the security alert, the FBI did not name any specific group or campaign but ZDNet’s sources told the publication “the group is tracked by the larger cyber-security community under codenames such as Fox Kitten or Parasite.” The alert... Read more »

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