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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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Firm accused of COVID fraud targeting minorities
A fraudulent company used social media platforms including Facebook to promote fake guarantees of grant money that cost minority-owned businesses thousands of dollars each, it is alleged.
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Robot dog to remove bombs in Ukraine
A robot dog is set on a life-saving mission to Ukraine. It will help clear out explosives around the nation’s capital left by the retreating Russian forces.
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Instagram tests AI tool for age verification
Instagram is testing new options for users to verify their age.
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Moon could have its own nuclear power plant by 2030
NASA needs a reliable energy source on the Moon to fuel its space exploration missions. It tasked three companies to develop design concepts that could see a lunar nuclear power system up and running by the end of the decade.
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Cloudflare experiences widespread issues
An American content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare says it is investigating widespread issues with their services and network.
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Ex-Amazon employee convicted over Capital One hack
Paige A. Thompson, who was working at AWS at the time of the hack, was found guilty of seven counts of wire and computer fraud.
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Android spyware uncovered by threat watchdog
Spyware that targets Android-based devices has been detected being used by the government of Kazakhstan against its own citizens, according to research by Lookout Threat Lab.
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US disrupts Russian botnet targeting IoT devices
The US, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK dismantled the infrastructure of a Russian botnet RSOCKS, which hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices around the world.
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Big Tech commits to combating disinformation in the new Code of Practice
The European Commission published the strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation, which accounts for key takeaways from the war in Ukraine and the COVID19 crisis.
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New bill attempts to ban American location and health data trade
The proposed bill aims to ban data brokers from selling location and health information ahead of the potential Roe v. Wade overturn that could "criminalize essential health care."
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"Issue is out of control": 24 billion passwords leaked on the dark web
65% more passwords are circulating on the dark web than in 2020. Users still choose basic passwords that can be cracked in mere seconds.
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Record bot attack thwarted, says Cloudflare
Cybersecurity firm Cloudflare says it has shut down a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that marshaled a botnet army of more than 5,000 ‘zombie’ devices to launch a staggering 26 million hostile service requests per second.
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BlackCat ransomware on a spree, enters systems through unpatched MS Exchange
BlackCat, one of the first ransomware families written in the Rust programming language, entered the stage in November 2021. Lately, it’s been among the most active ransomware gangs.
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University of Pisa held to ransom for $4.5m
The BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the University of Pisa.
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Android malware disguised as Instagram mod app
Rather than acquiring new Instagram followers, app users lost their credentials and, in some cases, access to their social network.
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Hackers knock out two German energy suppliers
Both affected companies, Entega and Mainzer Stadtwerke have the same IT solutions provider.
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PACMAN capable of defeating Apple M1 chip: software updates crucial
Attackers might use a novel hardware attack targeting Pointer Authentication (PAC) on the Apple M1 central processing unit (CPU) to gain arbitrary code execution on Mac systems.
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Cybercriminals increasingly eyeing NFT and cryptocurrency enthusiasts
As web3, digital tokens, and cryptocurrency concepts become mainstream, more people are in danger of getting scammed while looking for a quick buck.
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Apple and Google "hold all the cards," watchdog says
The UK wants to investigate Apple and Google's market power in mobile browsers and Apple's restrictions on cloud gaming through its App Store.
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