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NASA crew nears ISS for scientific research
The Endeavour spacecraft is in Earth orbit and on the way to its rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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EU is now looking at Meta’s Pay-or-Okay scheme
The European Union has now asked Meta for more information about the tech firm’s Pay-or-Okay scheme, under which European users are forced to pay up if they do not want their data to be used or sold.
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UnitedHealth creates brand new ePrescribing site as temp hack fix
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) says a new Change Healthcare's ePrescribing service – launched Friday to combat the extensive pharmacy delays blanketing the nation since last week's cyberattack forced a system shutdown – is now live.
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Epic Games, DJI, Shein, and Kick claimed by Mogilevich ransom gang
Major companies like Epic Games have been added to the ransomware gang’s data leak site.
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Arizona casino severely disrupted after cyberattack
Multiple services, including ATMs, were disrupted at Tuscon’s Casino Del Sol after attackers tried accessing the casino’s systems.
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Individuals affiliated with ClothOff revealed – media
Individuals potentially linked to the app ClothOff, which has aided in the generation of nonconsensual deepfake pornography, have been named in a recent investigation.
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AI behind surge in business email compromise attacks
Social engineering-based business email compromise (BEC) attacks have risen by 1,760% in the past year.
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Details of 20M Cutout.pro users exposed on leak forum
Millions of Cutout.pro users had their account and personal details exposed, including email addresses and passwords.
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Meta to shut down Facebook News in the US and Australia
Meta is deprecating Facebook News in the United States and Australia, with the dedicated tab for news content being no longer available from early April. The move, which will stop payments for news content, has angered media publishers.
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UnitedHealth cyberattack payment freeze sparks provider panic
Payment to hundreds, if not thousands of US healthcare providers has been frozen – just another devastating symptom of last week's cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) Change Healthcare. This as UHG officially acknowledges the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware hit in its latest update.
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Money laundering scheme caught employing mules via Android app XHelper
The Android app XHelper, disguised as a legitimate money transfer business, has been found to be the axis of a global money laundering network. It employed money mules to launder illicit inflows from loan scams, ‘pig butchering’ schemes, illegal gambling, and other frauds, CloudSEK's Threat Intelligence (TI) team has uncovered.
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Twenty billion scam calls repelled by T-Mobile’s first line of defense
T-Mobile identified or blocked 19.8 billion scam calls in 2023, equalling 628 spam calls every second. Scammers appear to be shifting their focus elsewhere, as their attempts decreased by half.
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ALPHV/BlackCat exposes UnitedHealth hack details on leak blog
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang posted a blog Wednesday exposing intimate details about the UnitedHealth Group (UHG) cyberattack it claims to have carried out against UHG subsidiary Change Healthcare, affecting hospitals and pharmacies across the nation.
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European retailer Pepco hit by costly phishing attack
Pepco Group, a European retailer operating in 21 countries, has reported a phishing attack in its Hungary branch. It resulted in €15.5 million in losses before any potential recovery.
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Threat actor uses Facebook to lure victims, sends cash to Russia
A newly discovered threat actor called Savvy Seahorse creates fake investment platforms, lures in victims with the help of Facebook, and transfers the ill-gotten deposits to a Russian state-owned bank.
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Matthew Perry’s X account hacked by scammers
Hackers have targeted the X account of the late Friends star Matthew Perry to spread a cryptocurrency scam.
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OpenAI hits back at NYT: you hacked our chatbot
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to throw out parts of the New York Times copyright lawsuit, saying that the newspaper “hacked” its chatbot ChatGPT.
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North Korea's first spy satellite is 'alive', can manoeuvre, expert says
North Korea's first spy satellite is "alive," a Netherlands-based space expert said on Tuesday, after detecting changes in its orbit that suggest Pyongyang is successfully controlling the spacecraft - although its capabilities are still unknown.
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Universal Music Publishing Group content gets the boot from TikTok
TikTok officially begins to mute any content on its video app involving artists or songs published by Universal Music Publishing Group ahead of a March 1st deadline.
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UnitedHealth gives update on cyberattack and pharmacy backlog
UnitedHealth Group is finally addressing the week-long US pharmacy disruption caused by a massive cyberattack on the conglomerate’s health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare.
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