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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Google warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let spies steal their messages. Signal has pushed out new safeguards.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:14 +0000
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not airtight.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Researchers find RedNote lacks basic security measures, surveillance ramps up around the US-Mexico border, and the UK ordering Apple to create an encryption backdoor comes under fire.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 03:07:33 +0000
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000
A team Microsoft calls BadPilot is acting as Sandworm’s “initial access operation,” the company says. And over the last year it’s trained its sights on the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Microsoft Incident Response| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000
Find out how a cyberattack by Storm-2077 was halted faster because the Microsoft Incident Response team is both proactive and reactive at the same time.
The post Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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