Deep dive into hack against Iranian state TV yields wiper malware, other custom tools - CyberScoop

The Jan. 27 hack of Iranian state broadcaster IRIB — which ran a message of support for opposition leaders and called for the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader — came with previously unidentified wiper malware, according to research that...

Ransomware isn’t always about gangs making money. Sometimes it’s about nations manufacturing mayhem. - CyberScoop

Ransomware is fundamentally about reaping massive profits from victims — payments were on pace to cross the billion-dollar threshold in 2021, according to the U.S. government — but there are signs foreign government-connected groups are...

Incident reporting, ransomware payment legislation faces trouble in Senate - CyberScoop

Legislation requiring critical infrastructure owners to report major cyber incidents to the federal government, and mandating that ransomware victims disclose when they make payments, has hit a significant snag in the Senate. A bipartisan group of...

Apple alerts journalists, activists about state-sponsored hacking attempts after NSO Group suit - CyberScoop

On the same day Apple announced a lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group for developing hacking tools to help breach iOS technology, the company was notifying potential targets of those exploits. El Faro, a news organization in San...