May 17, 2024 at 05:54AM The US government has charged, seized funds, and made arrests in an effort to disrupt a North Korean scheme involving IT workers infiltrating companies. The workers stole identities to secure jobs and diverted their earnings to fund North Korea’s nuclear program. Two individuals have been arrested, with rewards offered for … Read more
May 1, 2024 at 03:12AM A former NSA employee has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia. Despite a short tenure at NSA, Jareh Dalke made contact with an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian, and transmitted top-secret documents in exchange for money. Dalke pleaded guilty … Read more
March 15, 2024 at 11:29AM Former telecom manager in New Jersey pleads guilty to conspiracy charges for unauthorized SIM swaps enabling hacking of customer accounts. SIM swaps involve porting a person’s phone number without authorization. The swaps aim to receive SMS-based one-time passwords for account takeovers. Telecom providers have since implemented measures to prevent such … Read more
March 8, 2024 at 05:05PM Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, has been charged by the US Justice Department with stealing AI-related trade secrets from Google. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of the four counts. The case highlights the … Read more
October 30, 2023 at 07:39AM Whistleblowing in the field of cybersecurity is on the rise, with recent high-profile cases involving Twitter and Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory. Whistleblowers play a crucial role in uncovering compliance and security issues within organizations, and their concerns should be encouraged, heard, and addressed internally. Ignoring whistleblowers can lead to … Read more
October 26, 2023 at 04:25PM This week’s Kettle discusses the issue of insider threats and highlights recent cases involving rogue employees attempting to sell stolen documents and secrets. It also brings attention to the use of security snoops by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to monitor social media content. The Kettle is hosted by Iain … Read more