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Severance for fired Twitter employees? More like settlement agreements, lawyer says

Many former Twitter workers had to wait in the dark for months after being laid off en masse but have now finally begun receiving their severance offers. However, they sound more like settlement agreements, a lawyer said.
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Moldova‘s government targeted by a phishing scam

Attackers flooded Moldova‘s government institutions with fake emails containing malicious links.
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Latest phishing campaign hits potential Zoom users with malware

Threat actors modified Zoom, a popular video conferencing app, and used a scam website to deliver malware to users’ devices in a phishing attack, Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) report says.
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WhatsApp enables messaging during internet shutdowns

Users can now send and receive messages via a proxy service even when their governments block or disrupt access to the internet.
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Apple replaces human narrators with AI in its new audiobook project

Your next audiobook might be narrated by artificial intelligence (AI) as Apple unveils Apple Books digital narration, with advanced speech synthesis technology at the forefront of the development.
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Ransomware in 2022: LockBit continues to dominate, Hive targets critical infrastructure

LockBit remained the most prolific ransomware group through 2022, meanwhile Hive is keen to choose targets other actors avoid, a new research of last year’s most active and impactful ransomware groups by TrustWave SpiderLabs shows.
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LastPass sued over “woefully insufficient” security

A class action lawsuit against LastPass was put forward following two data breaches the company suffered last year.
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Twitter data leak – over 200 million user data open to the public

Twitter users face a major security threat as threat actors publicly disclosed 63GB of data, connecting over 200 million Twitter users with their names and email addresses.
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Crooks monitor Twitter complaints to target users via phishing

Scammers monitor user complaints on Twitter to target Indian citizens, according to the recent research by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs.
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Twitter in the spotlight in Ireland: newest data breach to be examined

Elon Musk doesn’t seem to care too much but Ireland’s privacy regulator has already announced it would examine a recently disclosed – yet unconfirmed – data breach at Twitter that might have affected around 400 million users.
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Japanese police successful in decrypting data attacked by LockBit ransomware

Japan's National Police Agency has been successfully decrypting networks encrypted with the LockBit ransomware, the country’s press reported. At least three companies had data recovered without paying the attackers.
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LockBit claims an attack on the Port of Lisbon

The notorious cybergang LockBit posted the data stolen from the Portuguese port on their leak site.
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Toy maker Jakks Pacific victimized by a second cybergang

Two weeks ago, Hive ransomware posted Jakks Pacific on their leak site.
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DPRK hackers steal NFTs using phishing websites

North Korean state-sponsored threat actors find novel ways to steal cryptocurrency.
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We repel up to 10 Russian cyberattacks daily, Ukraine says

Russia inflicts an average of more than ten cyberattacks on Ukraine every day, and the number of hits has tripled since the beginning of 2022, Security Service of Ukraine said.
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Choose your pickings: top five tech TV shows of 2022

Honestly, the amount of TV shows around is just staggering – no wonder it’s hard to find the news worthy of your attention. But what if the playlist consisted of specifically tech-related series?
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Twitter data leak - 400 million user details up for sale

Threat actors are allegedly selling data of over 400m Twitter users, including celebrities, businesses, and government organizations.
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Weekly recap: tracking leader of Evil Corp and dealing with data breaches

Here's this week's recap – a brief summary of leaks, hacks, and threats Cybernews observed between December 19 – December 23, 2022.
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Putin Team ransomware emerges from leaked Conti’s source code

Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) discovered new ransomware strains based on novel ransomware families, such as Putin Team, ScareCrow, BlueSky, and Meow, which have emerged from the leaked source code of Conti ransomware.
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LastPass tells world more about recent breach, researchers frustrated

LastPass, a password manager with over 25 million users, gave more details about the latest breach into the company’s systems. The firm claims users’ personal data or master passwords were not affected – yet researchers are worried.
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