US customers of Kaspersky antivirus find that UltraAV was installed remotely to replace Kaspersky on their PCs, after a Kaspersky deal with UltraAV owner Pango
switchover caught many users by surprise Ernestas Naprys / Cybernews.com : Kaspersky users shocked by automatic antivirus replacement without explicit permission Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / Bet...
Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets spreading ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2,000+ domains
International law enforcement and partners have joined forces. Europol : Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Police seize over 100 ma...
NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce plans to retire at the end of March after taking the position in 2021; Deputy Director David Luber plans to assume the role
Microsoft says Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised “critical infrastructure organizations” across US industries, with a focus on gathering intelligence
aimed @ stopping relief of Taiwan in case of blockade or kinetic conflict...Biden Regime aware of this since February—same time as the airship incursion..... https://www.cnbc.com/... @nsacyber : Don't...
Hackers have begun exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in unpatched versions of the Control Web Panel, a widely used web hosting interface
Patch NOW Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : Exploitation of Control Web Panel Vulnerability Starts After PoC Publication TechRadar : Hackers target and exploit major Control Web Panel security flaw Msmas...
Cybersecurity authorities of Five Eyes countries warn of Russia-backed hacking groups targeting critical infrastructure organizations in and outside Ukraine
Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure David Jones / Cybersecurity Dive : Cyber agencies renew warnings of Russia-linked threats against industrial targets Patri...
Rob Joyce will replace Anne Neuberger as the director of NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate; Neuberger will join the Biden admin as deputy adviser on the NSC
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop :
Rob Joyce to return to the NSA after more than a year as White House cybersecurity coordinator; his departure follows that of his boss, Tom Bossert, last week
Dustin Volz / Reuters :
Rob Joyce, the White House cybersecurity czar, says it wants to end use of Social Security numbers for identification and is examining modern alternatives
Bloomberg :
Rob Joyce, head of the NSA's Tailored Access Operations, explains how to protect your networks from hacker teams like his
NSA Hacker Chief Explains How to Keep Him Out of Your System — It was the talk most anticipated at this year's inaugural Usenix Enigma security conference …