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Use of Predator spyware rebounds after a dip from Biden sanctions, researchers say
The powerful commercial surveillance tool Predator may have taken a beating in March when U.S. officials announced sweeping sanctions against the spyware purveyor’s parent company and leadership, but ...
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Cryptocurrency industry faces ‘difficult to detect’ North Korean social engineering scams, FBI says
The FBI is adding “highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns” to the list of scams and hacks that North Korea aims at decentralized finance (DeFi) operations and similar ...
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Malicious North Korean packages appear again in open source code repository
Researchers say that North Korean groups intent on stealing cryptocurrency and information are continuing to drop malicious ...
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Toronto school board confirms students’ info stolen as LockBit claims breach
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) confirmed this week that the information of students was involved in a ransomware attack discovered in June. TDSB initially said the cybercriminals targeted a ...
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Suspected North Korean hackers targeted crypto industry with Chromium zero-day
Hackers allegedly connected to the North Korean government targeted the cryptocurrency industry using a zero-day affecting the Chromium browser. Microsoft revealed the campaign in a blog post on ...
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FBI: Iran working with ransomware gangs for attacks in US, Azerbaijan, UAE and Israel
The government of Iran is coordinating with ransomware gangs in attacks on organizations in the U.S., Israel, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates, according to an advisory published Wednesday by U ...
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Intel officials say they anticipate more hacking attempts as US election nears
Senior U.S. intelligence officials on Wednesday expressed confidence that they are better poised to respond to foreign cyberattacks on the 2024 election than previous cycles — even after the breach of ...
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Cisco: BlackByte ransomware gang only posting 20% to 30% of successful attacks
The BlackByte ransomware gang is only posting a fraction of its successful attacks on its leak site this year, according to researchers from Cisco. The company’s cybersecurity arm, Talos, said it ...
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Internet outages spread across Ukraine following Russian air strikes on critical infrastructure
KYIV, UKRAINE — Millions of Ukrainians have experienced internet disruptions over the last two days following Russian missile and drone strikes targeting critical infrastructure throughout the country ...
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US offers $2.5 million reward for information on Belarusian hacker
The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya, who is suspected of involvement ...
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US Marshals say data posted by ransomware gang not from 'new or undisclosed incident'
The U.S. Marshals Service said it has looked into recent data theft claims made by a prominent ransomware gang and determined none of the data is from a new incident. Brady McCarron, a spokesperson ...