Pentagon, CISA Deny Change in US Cyber Policy on Russia

Media reports over the weekend suggested the Trump administration ordered US Cyber Command and CISA to draw down cyber activities targeting Russia.

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Pentagon, CISA Deny Change in US Cyber Policy on Russia‎ Media reports over the weekend suggested the Trump administration ordered US Cyber Command and CISA to draw down cyber activities targeting Russia.‎‎‎ Keep Reading →

3 VMware Zero-Day Bugs Allow Sandbox Escape‎‎‎ The now-patched bugs are under active exploit and enable attackers to carry out a wide range of malicious activities, including escaping a virtual machine and gaining access to the underlying host.‎‎‎

Serbian Police Hack Protester's Phone With Cellebrite Exploit Chain‎‎ Amnesty International said Serbian police used an exploit chain in tandem with a legitimate mobile extraction dongle from vendor Cellebrite in an attack that brings up questions around ethical technology development.‎‎

Threat Actor 'JavaGhost' Targets AWS Environments in Phishing Scheme‎‎‎ Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 details how a threat actor is dodging detection with careful targeting and the use of Amazon's native email tools.‎‎‎

North Korea's Latest 'IT Worker' Scheme Seeks Nuclear Funds‎‎‎ Fraudulent IT workers are looking for engineering and developer positions in the US and Japan, and this time it's not about espionage.‎‎‎

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