A hacking group is selling access to more than 50,000 hacked home security cameras, including footage of children in various states of undress, it has emerged.
The group, which has over 1000 global members, has been using messaging platform Discord to advertise its wares, according to a report on AsiaOne.
ESET cybersecurity specialist, Jake Moore, argued that poor access controls are most likely to blame for the hijacked cameras.
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His Writing Radicalized Young Hackers. Now He Wants to Redeem Them | WIRED
In the first Little Brother installment, which Doctorow published in 2008, the answer seemed righteously inevitable: The hero uses his hacker skills to fight back.
The first person to tell me about Little Brother was John Gilmore, cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and of the original Cypherpunks , the 1990s techno-libertarian group that coined the term.
In 2009, Freitas put Little Brother on the reading list for a class he taught at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. One of the graduate students in that NYU class was Harlo Holmes, who today serves as director of digital security at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, teaching activists and journalists how to combat surveillance .
Hacker groups chain VPN and Windows bugs to attack US government networks | ZDNet
Hackers have gained access to government networks by combining VPN and Windows bugs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint security alert published on Friday.
VPNs aren't essential only for securing your unencrypted Wi-Fi connections in coffee shops and airports. Every remote worker should consider a VPN to stay safe online. Here are your top choices and how to get set up.
This major criminal hacking group just switched to ransomware attacks | ZDNet
For example, in just one week, Mandiant observed concurrent campaigns targeting pharmaceuticals, shipping and logistics industries in both North America and Europe.
This starts an infection chain which creates multiple backdoors into compromised systems, as well as the ability to grab admin credentials and move laterally across networks.
But now FIN11 is using its extensive network as means of delivering ransomware to compromised networks, with the attackers favouring Clop ransomware and demanding bitcoin to restore the network.
Many things are taking place:
Norway blames Russian hackers for parliament email breach
"This is a very serious incident, affecting our most important democratic institution," said Norway Foreign Affairs Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide. "Based on the information the government has, it is our view that Russia is responsible for these activities."
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The Russian Embassy in Washington, DC hasn't yet addressed the allegations, but the Embassy in Oslo has downplayed the claims as "unacceptable" and "destructive for bilateral relations," CyberScoop notes .
WhatsApp hacking: the new method hackers are using - The Jerusalem Post
Why hackers like targeting local school districts
Hackers breached the computer network of Walled Lake Consolidated Schools over the weekend, shutting down district computers but not online classes, which resumed normally Monday morning.
"They use Google classroom and Zoom and all those programs are working," spokeswoman Judy Evola said Monday morning. "Kids are learning right now as we speak."
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In August, hackers breached the network of Nevada's Clark County School District, which includes Las Vegas, threatening to disclose things like employee Social Security numbers and student names and grades unless a ransom was paid.
FBI, DHS say hackers have gained access to election systems | Fox News
Hackers, possibly nation-state actors, have penetrated U.S. government networks and accessed election systems, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint alert .
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The agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, explained there is no evidence so far that the integrity of elections data was compromised and that "it does not appear these targets are being selected because of their proximity to elections information."
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