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Cybercriminals aren’t likely to disrupt voting or affect results, FBI says
Attempts by cybercriminals to influence elections by compromising infrastructure are unlikely to affect voting or the results, FBI and CISA conclude.
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Malicious Tor installers distributed via YouTube
A popular Chinese-language YouTube channel shared a link to a malicious Tor installer to collect personal data and give an attacker control over the victim’s machine.
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US Army major and wife charged over plot to aid Russia
Anna Gabrielian and Jamie Lee Henry, both doctors from Rockville, Maryland, were prepared to hand over confidential medical information of the US troops out of “patriotism” toward Russia, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ).
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Ferrari hit by ransomware, hackers leak 7 GB of data
The Italian luxury car maker Ferrari had internal documents taken from the brand's website.
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BlackCat said they breached US Department of Defense contractor and went offline
The ransomware gang first said they would leak NJVCs data every 12 hours but later dropped the victim from its list.
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Scammers exploit victims' pro-Russian sentiment
Fraudsters impersonate Putin’s close allies and ask for your help to move millions around – a mission impossible for Russian businesses since the invasion of Ukraine.
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Fintech firms suffer data breach due to critical Zoho flaw
A technology platform servicing financial technology companies fell victim to a cyberattack that exposed sensitive end-user data. Most likely, threat actors behind the breach exploited a critical vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine product.
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TAP airlines say hackers published customers’ personal data
Portugal’s TAP airlines said the leaked data included its customers’ personal identifiable information (PII).
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Twitter admits failing to log out users after password resets
Twitter fixed the issue that allowed accounts to stay active on multiple devices even after users changed their passwords.
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25bn botnet attacks thwarted, says cyber watchdog
A cybersecurity company says it thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDos) attack, fending off a staggering 25.3 billion server requests in the space of four hours.
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Ask.FM database with 350m user records allegedly sold online
A listing on a popular hacker forum offers 350 million Ask.FM user records for sale in what might be one of the biggest breaches of all time.
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Hackers stole 3TB of sensitive data from the Brazilian government
Everest ransomware group claims the stolen data includes passports, fingerprints, tax documents, and more.
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Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick sued over alleged Instagram scam
Mega-influencers sued $20m each for what the lawsuit says was a sham lottery they promoted in 2020.
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Hacker spent four days inside the LastPass development environment
LastPass said there's no evidence the threat actor stole any customer data or encrypted password vaults.
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Revolut breach: personal and banking data exposed
A highly-targeted cyberattack on a financial technology company might have affected over 50,000 customers.
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GTA 6 gameplay leaked after Rockstar Games hack
Multiple videos of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 video game have been leaked online. The culprit claims to have accessed Rockstar Game's Slack server.
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Trolling forum Kiwi Farms admits being hacked
An extremist forum that facilitates targeted trolling attacks, cyberstalking, and online harassment campaigns, and has been linked to the suicides of three victims, has been hacked.
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YouTube cheat site lures gamers into malware trap
Stealer malware disguising itself as a YouTube channel offering cheats and hacks for popular video games has been spotted by cybersecurity watchdog SecureList.
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Google met with €25bn lawsuit in UK and EU for anticompetitive adtech practices
Google is met with a €25bn ($25.4bn) lawsuit in the UK and EU following accusations of the abuse of its dominant position in the online advertising market.
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HP left computer firmware flaws unfixed for over a year
Six high-severity vulnerabilities were found to plague HP laptops and computers. Even though some of the bugs were disclosed over a year ago, researchers say they’re still not fixed.
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