FBI warns of federal student loan forgiveness scams

October 19, 2022

BleepingComputer reports that the FBI has warned about potential scams targeted at the applicants of the Federal Student Aid program, which could result in the theft of personal and payment information, as well as cash. Threat actors could exploit the Federal Student Aid program, which has just opened for applications on Tuesday, to create fraudulent application form-impersonating websites, facilitate various fraud schemes, and deliver "benefit eligibility" phishing messages, according to the FBI. "Cybercriminals and fraudsters use their schemes to receive payment for services they will not provide or collect victim information they can then use to facilitate a variety of other crimes," said the FBI. Individuals looking to apply for the program have been advised that applications are free and do not require any account logins or any document uploads during its initial phase. Additional information and documents are being sought in the next stage of the process, with the [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] email addresses used to communicate with beneficiaries.

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BeyondTrust breach hits US Treasury Department

SC StaffDecember 31, 2024

The U.S. Treasury Department was confirmed to have its computers and documents compromised by Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat hackers in an attack targeted at its BeyondTrust Remote Support software-as-a-service instance just over a week after the BeyondTrust breach was initially reported, reports BleepingComputer.

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Another US telco breached by Salt Typhoon as AT&T, Verizon acknowledge compromise

SC StaffDecember 30, 2024

Nine U.S. telecommunications firms were confirmed by U.S. officials to have been compromised by Chinese state-backed threat group Salt Typhoon as part of its sweeping cyberespionage operation, with the newly-added unnamed entity's networks breached to facilitate geolocating activities for millions of individuals, Reuters reports.

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Italian websites subjected to pro-Russian DDoS attack campaign

SC StaffDecember 30, 2024

Security Affairs reports that numerous Italian websites — including those of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Turin Transport Group, and the Linate and Malpensa airports — have been compromised as part of a distributed denial-of-service attack by pro-Russian hacktivist operation NoName057, which noted the intrusions to have been launched in retaliation of "Italian Russophobes."

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