WASHINGTON DC - The FBI is warning iPhone and Android users about a string of new scams that could put bank accounts and personal data at risk. Federal officials say smartphone users should hang up immediately if they receive this specific type of call, in which the scammer is pretending to be someone they're not. The new scheme is more
WASHINGTON DC - Timing is everything. Just as Apple’s adoption of RCS had seemed to signal a return to text messaging versus the unstoppable growth of WhatsApp, then along comes a surprising new hurdle to stop that in its tracks. While messaging Android to Android or iPhone to iPhone is secure, messaging from one to the
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI has seized multiple websites that North Korean operatives used to impersonate legitimate US and Indian businesses in a likely effort to raise money for the nuclear armed-North Korean regime, according to statements on the websites and security researchers who investigated the activity. All four websites identified by cybersecurity firm SentinelOne as
LIVONIA - FBI Special Agent Benjamin Simon will talk about cybersecurity from the FBI's perspective May 16 in Livonia. The meeting also will stream online. Simon is a 20 year veteran with the FBI, currently assigned to the Detroit Division responsible for working National Security Cyber matters. SA Simon serves as the primary contact for
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks. This network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers infected with Moobot
SAN FRANCISCO - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent out a security alert warning that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to access and steal source code repositories from US government agencies and private businesses. FBI is investigating more than 1,000 cases of Chinese theft of US technology US officials talk about all
WASHINGTON DC - Cybercrime is a massive global industry, reaching $3.5 billion in damages from reported incidents in 2019. Safety.com consulted the 2019 FBI Internet Crime Report to uncover the states most affected by cybercrime. The report provides statistics for every state regarding the number of victims, number of cybercriminals, total losses, and total earnings
ANN ARBOR - In June, NASCAR Team Circle Sport admitted it paid off ransomware runners after one of its main test computers was infected with Truecrypt malware, a form of ransomware. The NASCAR laptop was quickly isolated, but the ransomware left the team’s crucial test data locked up two days before a big race. Despite
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group is hosting the 2016 Michigan Cyber Security Conference on Oct. 5 at Grand Valley State University’s downtown Grand Rapids campus to update business owners, managers and security professionals on the latest threats from malware, ransomware, phishing attacks, and hackers. The conference will include a keynote address from FBI Special Agent Don
WASHINGTON DC - Who's in charge of responding to "cyber incidents" in the US? As of today, it's the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Barack Obama outlined a new policy for responding to cyberattacks on both the government and US industry on Tuesday, making the FBI the lead agency regardless of where the attack seems
