Cyber Daily 8/24/2024: Best of the Week 🔥

Russian authorities are warning residents in regions at risk of Ukrainian offensives to stop using surveillance cameras and dating apps out of fear that they could be used for intelligence gathering. According to a statement from Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), Ukrainian forces are remotely connecting to unprotected CCTV cameras, 'viewing everything from private yards to roads and highways of strategic importance.'

A voice service provider will pay a $1 million fine for transmitting deceptive robocalls in New Hampshire that used artificial intelligence to spoof President Joe Biden's voice, the Federal Communications Commission said. Lingo Telecom failed to follow federal rules for caller ID information when it sent calls to voters on January 21, two days before the New Hampshire primary, the FCC said Wednesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration unveiled a proposal this week for new rules governing the cybersecurity of airplanes, engines and propellers as they are increasingly designed to be connected to both internal and external data networks that could make them vulnerable to cyber threats. The goal of the effort is to standardize what the FAA calls 'special conditions' - effectively temporary regulations issued on a case-by-case basis.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against a scientist in Moscow suspected of carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on behalf of Ukraine's intelligence agency. The suspect, a physicist identified by local media as 33-year-old Artem Khoroshilov, has been accused of treason.

Iran is behind a series of cyberattacks targeting U.S. presidential campaigns that aim to 'stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions,' according to several leading cybersecurity agencies. The statement - which came Monday from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - specifically attributes the recently announced cyberattack on the campaign of former President Donald Trump to Iranian actors

The social media platform X banned an account used by a self-described pro-Palestinian hacking group on Tuesday, shortly after the United States issued a warning about Iranian cyber actors targeting the country's presidential election. Although the group - known as Handala, after a cartoon and national symbol in Palestine - has not claimed to be behind any attacks on the United States, the timing of the ban indicates there may be concerns about its links to Tehran.

The British civil service's Fast Stream program - a prestigious scheme for 'graduates who have potential to become leaders of the Civil Service' - is set to launch a specific cybersecurity track when applications open later this year. The move to include a scheme for applicants with specialist cyber skills, which was first reported by Public Technology, comes amid concerns about a shortage of these skills in both the public and private sector workforces.