- — A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them
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at 7/26/24 6:00amKnowBe4 detailed the incident in a recent blog post as a warning for other potential targets.- — Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech
- at 7/26/24 4:30amThe European Commission is allocating €7.3 billion for defense research over the next seven years. From drones and tanks of the future to battleships and space intelligence, here's what it funds.
- — At the Olympics, AI Is Watching You
- at 7/25/24 5:25amA controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.
- — A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub
- at 7/24/24 5:00amCybersecurity researchers have spotted a 3,000-account network on GitHub that is manipulating the platform and spreading ransomware and info stealers.
- — This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations
- at 7/24/24 4:30amA former Google engineer has built a search engine, webXray, that aims to find illicit online data collection and tracking—with the goal of becoming “the Henry Ford of tech lawsuits.”
- — How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter
- at 7/23/24 3:00amThe code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year—what appears to be yet another innovation in Russia’s torment of Ukrainian civilians.
- — The Pentagon Wants to Spend $141 Billion on a Doomsday Machine
- at 7/22/24 4:30amThe DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.
- — The Feds Say These Are the Russian Hackers Who Attacked US Water Utilities
- at 7/20/24 4:30amPlus: The FBI unlocks the Trump shooter’s phone, a security researcher gets legal threats for exposing hackable traffic lights, and more.
- — Don’t Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams
- at 7/19/24 4:19pmSwindlers are spinning up bogus websites in an attempt to dupe people with “CrowdStrike support” scams following the security firm's catastrophic software update.
- — How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World’s Computers
- at 7/19/24 8:46amA defective CrowdStrike update sent computers around the globe into a reboot death spiral, taking down air travel, hospitals, banks, and more with it. Here’s how that’s possible.
- — Huge Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World
- at 7/19/24 2:40amA software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike appears to have inadvertently disrupted IT systems globally.
- — J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows
- at 7/18/24 11:02amThe Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.
- — Alleged ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ Leader Indicted Over Plot to Kill Jews
- at 7/17/24 4:02pmUS prosecutors have charged Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Commander Butcher,” with a litany of crimes, including alleged attempts to poison Jewish children in NYC.
- — The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy
- at 7/17/24 4:00amAfter the Supreme Court limited the power of federal agencies to craft regulations, it’s likely up to Congress to keep US cybersecurity policy intact.
- — Hackers Claim to Have Leaked 1.1 TB of Disney Slack Messages
- at 7/15/24 3:10pmA hacker group called “NullBulge” says it stole more than a terabyte of Disney’s internal Slack messages and files from nearly 10,000 channels in an apparent protest over AI-generated art.
- — US Senators Secretly Work to Block Safeguards Against Surveillance Abuse
- at 7/15/24 11:48amSenator Mark Warner is trying to pass new limits on when the government can wiretap Americans. At least two senators are quietly trying to stop him.
- — AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records
- at 7/14/24 11:57amA security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain.
- — Spyware Users Exposed in Major Data Breach
- at 7/13/24 4:30amPlus: The Heritage Foundation gets hacked over Project 2025, a car dealership software provider seems to have paid $25 million to a ransomware gang, and authorities disrupt a Russian bot farm.
- — The Sweeping Danger of the AT&T Phone Records Breach
- at 7/12/24 11:44amTelecom giant AT&T says a major data breach has exposed the call and text records of “nearly all” of its customers, epitomizing the dire state of data security.
- — Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage
- at 7/11/24 1:58pmA new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.
- — Notorious Hacker Kingpin ‘Tank’ Is Finally Going to Prison
- at 7/11/24 10:37amThe cybercrime boss, who helped lead the prolific Zeus malware gang and was on the FBI’s “most wanted” list for years, has been sentenced to 18 years and ordered to pay more than $73 million.
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