Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000
After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 21:48:55 +0000
An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire past—and the legal threats aimed at making them disappear.
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Plus: Google fixes dozens of Android bugs, Microsoft rolls out nearly 50 patches, Mozilla squashes 15 Firefox flaws, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:30:58 +0000
Newly disclosed breaches of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise highlight the persistent threat posed by Midnight Blizzard, a notorious Russian cyber-espionage group.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow’s offensive hacking has now targeted Iranians with some of history’s most aggressive cyberattacks.
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Credit to Author: Vas Panagiotopoulos| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, is spending millions on lobbying in Washington while taking advantage of the crisis in Gaza to paint itself as essential for global security.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Microsoft says attackers accessed employee emails, Walmart fails to stop gift card fraud, “pig butchering” scams fuel violence in Myanmar, and more.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000
Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Chinese officials tracked people using AirDrop, Stuxnet mole’s identity revealed, AI chatbot hacking, and more.
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