I spoke to DEF CON Franklin co-founder Jake Braun about the initiative's new phase: localized MSSPs for rural water utilities therecord.media/cyber-volunt...

Crazy story about the DOJ takedown of the Social Engineering Enterprise - a gang of 20-somethings living like rappers after stealing more than $300 million worth of crypto through social engineering attacks therecord.media/california-m...

Cyber incidents in Texas, Tennessee and Indiana impacting critical government services via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

US to attend UN cybercrime treaty signing in Hanoi despite industry concerns via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

China-based hackers are scanning for and exploiting a popular line of Cisco firewalls used by governments in the U.S., Europe and Asia. By @jgreig.bsky.social & me on @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/chinese-hack...

Russian hacker to plead guilty to aiding Yanluowang ransomware group via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Lawmakers reintroduce bill to bolster cybersecurity at Securities and Exchange Commission Via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

DOJ takes down Myanmar scam center website spoofing TickMill trading platform via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Amazon researchers said they saw two Chinese state-backed groups - Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda - exploiting React2Shell CISA also added it to the known exploited bugs list today as well Patch CVE-2025-55182 ASAP therecord.media/chinese-hack...

Trump’s FCC just removed cyber regulations governing telecoms that were put in place after Chinese hackers stole the call records of Trump and JD Vance last year Several senators told me telecoms lobbied heavily for the rules to be removed therecord.media/fcc-removes-...

The director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told lawmakers on Tuesday morning that the agency has removed hackers from its systems following a cyberattack disclosed two weeks ago therecord.media/congressiona...

South Korea-based LG Energy Solution confirmed it was affected by a ransomware attack following claims made by the Akira group spotlighted by the FBI last week therecord.media/lg-energy-so...

CISA warned that several federal agencies have not sufficiently patched the Cisco ASA bugs being exploited by Chinese hackers therecord.media/federal-cisc...

the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀

Seems bad! "The Mandiant investigation is now complete. Their findings confirm that the malicious activity – carried out by a state-sponsored threat actor. The incident is unrelated to ongoing global Akira ransomware attacks on firewalls and other edge devices." www.sonicwall.com/blog/cloud-b...

Patch CVE-2025-59287 ASAP therecord.media/wsus-vulnera...

The countries that signed the controversial cybercrime treaty today in Hanoi include: Vietnam, Maldives, Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, South Korea… therecord.media/cybercrime-t...

American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air confirmed it was impacted by a recent Clop campaign targeting customers of Oracle's EBS application Envoy Air said a “limited amount of business information and commercial contact details may have been compromised.” therecord.media/regional-air...

American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air confirmed it was impacted by a recent Clop campaign targeting customers of Oracle's EBS application Envoy Air said a “limited amount of business information and commercial contact details may have been compromised.” therecord.media/regional-air...

Ransomware attack on Ohio county impacts over 45,000 residents, employees via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

No, not the old GoAnywhere exploitation, this is a new one! Medusa ransomware used during exploitation of GoAnywhere file transfer bug, Microsoft says via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

To quote Sonny & Cher, “And the beat goes on…” Houston suburb says some online services taken down by cyberattack via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

CISA told reporters today that there are thousands of potentially vulnerable F5 devices across the federal government F5 and CISA won't say what nation is behind the attack on the company. Source code and unreported bugs were among the things stolen therecord.media/cisa-directi...

CISA warns of ‘significant’ threat to federal networks after nation-state hackers stole F5 source code, undisclosed bug info via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

CISA told reporters today that there are thousands of potentially vulnerable F5 devices across the federal government F5 and CISA won't say what nation is behind the attack on the company. Source code and unreported bugs were among the things stolen therecord.media/cisa-directi...

Harvard University confirmed that it was impacted by a recent campaign that exploited a vulnerability involving Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) system The incident “impacts a limited number of parties associated with a small administrative unit.” therecord.media/harvard-says...

Federal agencies have about 24 hours to patch two critical bugs in a line of Cisco firewalls patch CVE-2025-30333 and CVE-2025-20362 asap therecord.media/cisco-asa-fi...

Future of CVE Program in limbo as CISA, board members debate path forward via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

We are ruled by some of the dumbest people "Senate aides echoed concerns that cybersecurity industry stakeholders have also shared with Axios: That Paul is conflating CISA the agency with the information-sharing program, which shares the same acronym." www.axios.com/2025/09/19/c...

The DOJ said Jubair and other Scattered Spider members extorted more than $115 million in ransoms from dozens of victims since 2022 He's also allegedly behind a breach of the U.S. federal court network therecord.media/scattered-sp...

Debate is raging over the CVE Program as current board members and CISA vie for control following the April 2025 funding fiasco at DHS therecord.media/cve-program-...

BreachForums founder and lead administrator Conor Fitzpatrick was given a new three-year prison sentence on Tuesday after a three-judge panel in January vacated a controversial district court decision that set him free after just 17 days in prison therecord.media/conor-fitzpa...

Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Here's @jgreig.bsky.social explaining why a problem with one cloud platform is drawing the attention of other, more famous cloud platforms. If your thought is, "everyone appears to be a customer of everyone else," you might be right. therecord.media/salesloft-dr...

Cloudflare, Zscaler among companies impacted by Salesloft Drift incident via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

😔 - thousands of people having data leaked almost isn’t a story any more. Major blood center says thousands had data leaked in January ransomware attack via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

The SwissBorg platform said about $41 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen during a cyber incident affecting a partner company this week. In an update on Tuesday, the company pledged to make all affected customers whole and said it is still investigating the incident. ✍️ @jgreig.bsky.social

Confession: I can’t hear LockerGogo without hearing Lady Gaga, I guess I don’t have a poker face about it. Ukrainian national charged with helping run LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim ransomware Via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Vietnam, Panama governments suffer incidents leaking citizen data via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Uvalde school district says ransomware attack forcing closure until Thursday via @jgreig.bsky.social @therecordmedia.bsky.social

I mean…I guess better late than never? I didn’t see anything new in the report, it it’s still useful to see the TTPs in one place. FBI warns of Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters attacks on Salesforce platforms Via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

Government agencies in Vietnam and Panama were hit with cyberattacks this week, exposing troves of financial information from citizens of both countries therecord.media/vietnam-cic-...

An indictment was unsealed on Tuesday charging Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk for his alleged role as an administrator of several ransomware strains including LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim therecord.media/lockergoga-m...

Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc. www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...

The Trump administration is abandoning any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, US officials told @martinmatishak.bsky.social therecord.media/cyber-comman...

I spoke to @ransomwaresommelier.com, John Fokker and several other cyber experts about the scattering of the #ransomware landscape due to law enforcement takedowns and what that means for potential victims therecord.media/ransomware-g...

Pennsylvania's AG said his office is making progress on recovering from a ransomware attack discovered three weeks ago Some judges are giving extensions to lawyers and prosecutors due to the cyberattack therecord.media/pennsylvania...

CISA touted its work helping Nevada deal with the statewide impact of a probable ransomware attack following complaints last month from Arizona about a lack of assistance therecord.media/cisa-steps-n...

Microsoft warns of ransomware gang shifting to steal cloud data, lock companies out of systems Via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.