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DDoS attackers pose as REvil, sparking fear the gang is back
Attackers claim they represent the infamous REvil ransomware gang, considered defunct for months.
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Lax satellite cybersecurity poses a global threat - WEF
With more players operating different parts of space infrastructure, the potential attack surface grows, providing more ways to conduct an attack.
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China racing for AI supremacy, senior Pentagon official warns
Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform warfighting, economic competitiveness, and national influence. Unless the US tops its AI game, China might become a dominant world power by 2030.
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Twitter agrees to pay $150 million over privacy violations
The settlement covers the allegation that the company misused private information, like phone numbers, to target ads at unsuspecting users.
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Chinese researchers urge to adopt methods to destroy Starlink
Starlink satellites, believed to be resistant to all hacking and jamming attempts, are under heavy fire. Great world powers consider it to be a threat to national security.
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Emerging world is far more upbeat about the metaverse than developed countries
Developing countries are optimistic about the upcoming era of the metaverse. In contrast, high-income countries tend to be less enthusiastic, a new survey by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum revealed.
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Oil and gas giants pledge cyber-unity
In response to high-profile ransomware attacks such as Colonial Pipeline, 18 major energy companies have signed up to a “cyber-resilience” pledge at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland.
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Meta opens up political ad data to vetted researchers
Advertiser targeting choices for political, electoral, and social issues will soon be made available to academic researchers through Meta’s FORT environment.
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Lawmakers ask Google to stop tracking people to protect abortion rights
Democrats call on Google's Sundar Pichai to stop collecting and retaining customer location data that could lead to the identification and prosecution of people seeking abortions.
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General Motors suffers a cyberattack exposing customer data
General Motors (GM,) an American automotive manufacturing corporation, got hit by a cyberattack, exposing customer personal information. The incident was...
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Mock cybersecurity at your peril, report warns
Human error is responsible for most data breaches as decision-makers refuse to take cybersecurity training seriously, the annual report by Verizon suggests.
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Facial recognition company fined millions for creating a database full of publicly available facial images
Clearview AI Inc faces a £7,552,800 (about $9,5 million) fine for unlawfully collecting images on social media to create a...
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'Space pirates' penetrate deep into Russia's aerospace industry
A novel hacker group with likely Asian origins, targeting Russia's space tech industry using previously unknown malware.
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Conti, the notorious ransomware group, proclaimed dead
The dismemberment would mark the end of the most notorious ransomware cartel, responsible for hundreds of attacks worldwide.
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DOJ won't prosecute white hat hackers
Good-faith security researchers who probe or hack systems to point out vulnerabilities and help organizations patch them will no longer face charges.
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Ransomware empire on streak: extortion demands up by 45%
Ransomware gangs have become greedier. Hive requested a whopping $240 million from MediaMarkt, and the average ransom demand grew to $247,000 in 2021.
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CISA urges govt agencies to remove or update VMWare products
US cyber watchdog claims that VMware‘s vulnerabilities pose an unacceptable risk to Federal agencies and require emergency action.
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Hackers can remotely unlock Tesla by exploiting a Bluetooth vulnerability
Threat actors can conduct a relay attack to unlock and operate Tesla Model 3 or Model Y without the car owner’s permission.
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Cyber kingpins “earn” up to $600,000 a month
From cryptocurrencies to the metaverse, cybercriminals exploit every opportunity to drain victims’ wallets. Rookie fraudsters start with $20,000 while master criminals “earn” up to $600,000 a month.
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US accuses doctor of designing ransomware
A physician in Venezuela has been accused by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of moonlighting – as a designer and seller of ransomware named after the ancient Greek god of death.
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