Cyber Security

The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said.

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday mandated owners and operators of critical pipelines to comply with new security measures.

"The Biden Administration is taking further action to better secure our nation’s critical infrastructure," a DHS spokesperson told FOX Business. "TSA, in close collaboration with CISA, is coordinating with companies in the pipeline sector to ensure they are taking all necessary steps to increase their resilience to cyber threats and secure their systems."

The team behind cryptocurrency DeFi100 have denied allegations that they have performed an "exit scam" after a notice on the team’s website claimed the founders had stolen $32 million in investments over the weekend.

An analytics firm identified the bitcoin wallet used by the ransomware group behind the Colonial Pipeline attack and the massive payments received from victims.

CNA Financial Corporation, a major U.S. insurance company, has revealed that it paid $40 million in ransom after a March cyberattack, according to reports.

Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount will testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security next month as lawmakers seek additional details on the ransomware attack that resulted in a dayslong shutdown of the largest pipeline on the eastern seaboard, officials said Thursday.

The U.S. Special Operations Command is investing in new technology as warfare evolves, SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke said earlier this week.

Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount faced mounting pressure from Congressional lawmakers Wednesday after he admitted the company made a payment to the hackers responsible for a ransomware attack that knocked the pipeline offline for several days.

The Russian ransomware group responsible for the Colonial Pipeline hack, Darkside, reaped just over $90 million in Bitcoin ransom payments from 47 victims before announcing it would cease operations, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced that he was signing a law intended to penalize local governments that do not keep up with cybersecurity training requirements one week after ransomware attack shut down a major U.S. pipeline.

Supplies at thousands of gas stations in dozens of Southern states were drained after a cyberattack forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline earlier this month.

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Gas delivered via Colonial Pipeline Co.’s system is reaching consumers in all the states it serves following a days-long network shutdown, the company announced Saturday.

A bipartisan group of members of the House Homeland Security Committee introduced legislation that would bolster security for pipelines after the gas shortage caused by this week’s Colonial Pipeline shutdown

A group of pro-Iran Twitter accounts flooded the platform with “massive surges of unmitigated antisemitism” and disinformation, enough to get it trending, as Israel stepped up military strikes against the Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in Gaza responsible for launching hundreds of rockets at civilian targets this week, according to a nonprofit, politically neutral research institution.

The ransomware group deemed responsible for the dayslong shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline said it would cease operations, cybersecurity experts said Friday.