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Cloudflare named the botnet behind record-breaking DDoS attack
Cloudflare says that Mantis botnet is responsible for the 26 million requests per second.HTTPS DDoS attack, the largest on record.
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Imposter immigration officers threaten to have you deported
Scammers try to scare you into believing you’ve violated the immigration law. Unless you pay a fee, they threaten to alert the police.
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Threat actors impersonate Crowdstrike to extort data and deploy ransomware
Hackers use a callback phishing campaign to impersonate cybersecurity companies to gain access to corporate networks.
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Conman used phishing techniques to defraud insurers out of millions
A New York businessman has been found guilty of using email and SMS to con medical insurance companies out of $600 million, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced.
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Quantum platform to boost scientific research
Classical computers are destined to meet with their potentially much more powerful quantum cousins, thanks to a hybrid platform announced by developer NVIDIA.
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Amazon launches cancer vaccine trial
Amazon veers further into the healthcare industry by launching a cancer vaccine trial in partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
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Microsoft records a phishing campaign targeting over 10k organizations
Threat actors behind a large-scale phishing campaign stole passwords, hijacked a user’s sign-in session, and were able to circumvent the authentication process.
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UK health officials accused of sharing pandemic-related information over private channels
Government officials and staff at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) used private correspondence channels to share official information, such as the handling of the pandemic.
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AI-written academic paper submitted to peer review
A Swedish researcher tasked an AI algorithm to write an academic paper about itself. The paper is now undergoing a peer-review process.
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China ramps up its cyber espionage efforts against Russia
State-sponsored hackers with ties to Beijing are increasingly focusing their cyber espionage effort on Moscow, an analysis suggests.
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NIST names four post-quantum cryptography algorithms
Post-quantum cryptographic standard is expected to be finalized in about two years.
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North Korean threat actors target health sector
Cybercriminal groups linked to the rogue state have been using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare and public health organizations in the US, the authorities say.
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TikTok forces personalized ads in Europe
TikTok users in Europe will receive personalized ads based on their on-TikTok activity collected on or after 13 July 2022.
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Data on 1 billion Chinese citizens may have leaked from the Shanghai police
The leak would be among the largest in China's history if confirmed.
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A HackerOne employee submitted stolen vulnerability reports
A former HackerOne employee stole vulnerability reports from security researchers for personal gain, a bug bounty platform reported.
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The UK steps up to protect Georgia attacked by Russia “to test its cyber capabilities”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced over £5 million in additional funding to Georgia to help it prepare for Russia’s cyber aggression.
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Posts offering abortion pills removed on Facebook and Instagram
As the US Supreme Court overruled the constitutional right to an abortion, some women were suddenly denied access to the procedure. Posts on social media offering to send the medication that could end unwanted pregnancy proliferated. Facebook and Instagram rushed to remove them.
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FTC sues Walmart, retailer to defend “aggressively”
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Walmart regarding money transfer services, claiming that Walmart has allowed fraud for years. The retailer says the lawsuit is misguided.
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Day drinker loses a city’s worth of data
A municipal worker who went on a day-long drinks bender managed to lose a USB stick containing personal information about the entire population of their city.
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Hackers attack Israeli hotel reservation sites
Iranian-linked threat group Sharp Boys allegedly hacked at least five Israeli hotel reservation sites.
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