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Hackers for Hire: Adversaries Employ ‘Cyber Mercenaries’

21

Jul

2022

A for-hire cybercriminal group is feeling the talent-drought in tech just like the rest of the sector and has resorted to recruiting so-called “cyber-mercenaries” to carry out specific illicit hacks that are part of larger criminal campaigns. Dubbed Atlas Intelligence Group (A.I.G.), the cybergang has been spotted by security researchers recruiting independent black-hat hackers to […]

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Ex-CIA Employee Convicted in Theft of Covert Hacking Info

14

Jul

2022

A former CIA programmer charged with spilling the agency’s top-secret hacking toolbox online is guilty after a federal jury returned a verdict on all counts. Joshua Schulte, 33, faces a minimum of 80 years in prison after hearing the verdict Wednesday afternoon in a Manhattan federal court room. The government indicted him on nine counts, […]

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FBI and MI5 Chiefs Issue Warning on China IP Theft

07

Jul

2022

Chinese state-led theft of commercial intellectual property through hacking and other methods remains an ongoing threat, warned leaders of national law enforcement agencies in the United States and United Kingdom. Beijing has a long-standing practice of stealing trade secrets in its bid to compete as a 21st-century superpower, whether through advanced persistent threat groups or […]

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