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U.S. org suffered four month intrusion by Chinese hackers
A large U.S. organization with significant presence in China has been reportedly breached by China-based threat actors who persisted on its networks from April to August 2024. According to Symantec’s threat researchers, the operation appeared to focus on intelligence gathering, involving multiple compromised machines and targeting Exchange Servers, likely for email and data exfiltration. The researchers did not explicitly name…
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Upcoming U.S. general election fuel multiple fraud schemes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of multiple schemes taking advantage of the upcoming U.S. general election to scam people out of their money or personal data. The fraudsters exploit the elevated legitimate activity surrounding the elections to scam people by impersonating real candidates and political movements. In most cases, the goal of these scams is to steal…
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Russian charged by U.S. for creating RedLine infostealer malware
The United States announced charges today against Maxim Rudometov, a Russian national, for being the suspected developer and administrator of the RedLine malware operation, one of the most prolific infostealers over the past few years. These infostealers, marketed to cybercriminals and sold via subscriptions, enable attackers to steal credentials and financial data and bypass multi-factor authentication. Rudometov was named in…
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OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Deals With U.S. AI Safety Institute
OpenAI and Anthropic have signed agreements with the U.S. government, offering their frontier AI models for testing and safety research. An announcement from NIST on Thursday revealed that the U.S. AI Safety Institute will gain access to the technologies “prior to and following their public release.” Thanks to the respective Memorandum of Understandings — non-legally binding agreements — signed by…
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