Category: Cyber Security

How HBCUs and Cisco Are Partnering to Provide Opportunities and Advancement for Students

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a critical role in higher education in the United States. Founded during Reconstruction, these institutions became a pathway for advancement and hope for Black students who were barred from attending most colleges and universities in the US. HBCUs were at the forefront of the civil rights movement, […]

FBI, CISA warn US hospitals of targeted BlackCat ransomware attacks

Today, the FBI, CISA, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned U.S. healthcare organizations of targeted ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks. “ALPHV Blackcat affiliates have been observed primarily targeting the healthcare sector,” the joint advisory cautions. Today’s warning follows an April 2022 FBI flash alert and another advisory issued in December 2023 detailing the […]

TimbreStealer Malware Spreading via Tax-themed Phishing Scam Targets IT Users

Feb 28, 2024NewsroomPhishing Attack / Malware Mexican users have been targeted with tax-themed phishing lures at least since November 2023 to distribute a previously undocumented Windows malware called TimbreStealer. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity, described the authors as skilled and that the “threat actor has previously used similar tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to […]

‘Illusive’ Iranian Hacking Group Ensnares Israeli, UAE Aerospace and Defense Firms

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC)-linked threat group is staging political messaging and phony technical jobs to fool employees and compromise systems at aerospace and defense firms in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries in the greater Middle East. The campaign, discovered by Google Cloud’s Mandiant, appears to be linked to Iranian threat […]

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