Two Iranian hackers have been indicted in New York for election interference in the 2020 US presidential campaign, charged with stealing information from state voter rolls to personally target thousands of individual voters as well as members of Congress and campaign staffers.
Don't want your holidays ruined by hackers? Here's what you should do
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Scammers know ’tis the season for online shopping and they are trying new tricks. News 2 spoke with cybersecurity experts about the increase in attacks and what you can do to protect your hard-earned money.
"So that’s where you have your device and it has a SIM card in it, and the hacker has convinced your telephone provider too that they are you.
Biomanufacturing companies getting hit by hackers potentially linked to Russia | TheHill
Large biomanufacturing companies, including those that produce medications and vaccines tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, are being targeted by hackers potentially tied to Russia, researchers disclosed Monday.
The Bioeconomy Information Sharing and Analysis Center (BIO-ISAC) revealed the ongoing effort, which involves a type of malware labeled "Tardigrade" that was first detected following a ransomware attack on an unnamed major biomanufacturing facility this spring.
Hackers Circle as Individual Investors Pour Cash Into Crypto - WSJ
Rosa Maguina plowed a big chunk of her savings into cryptocurrency early this year, joining other individual investors trying to strike while bitcoin was hot. The funds vanished after a hacker hijacked her phone number for just two hours.
"It was like someone coming through the window or backdoor into your house," Ms. Maguina said. "You feel that there's nothing you can do."
Apple says it is suing Israel's NSO Group to keep hackers from breaking into Apple devices -
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tech giant Apple AAPL, +0.24% announced Tuesday it is suing Israel's NSO Group, seeking to block the world's most infamous hacker-for-hire company from breaking into Apple's products, like the iPhone.
"State-sponsored actors like the NSO Group spend millions of dollars on sophisticated surveillance technologies without effective accountability. That needs to change," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering.
Hackers used this software flaw to steal credit card details from thousands of online retailers |
Over 4,000 online retailers have been warned that their websites had been hacked by cybercriminals trying to steal customers' payment information and other personal information.
The majority of the online shops that cybercriminals exploited for payment-skimming attacks were compromised by known vulnerabilities in the e-commerce platform Magento . Most of those affected and alerted to the compromises and vulnerabilities are small and medium-sized businesses.
US Warns Hackers Will Try to Strike During Thanksgiving Weekend | PCMag
Excited for the long Thanksgiving weekend? So are hackers, according to US cyber authorities.
On Monday, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that cybercriminals will probably try to take advantage of the coming holiday to target companies, including critical infrastructure providers.
What is Florida doing to protect the state from hackers? | WPEC
Hackers hit Iran's Mahan airline, claim confidential data theft
One of Iran's largest privately-owned airlines, Mahan Air, has announced a cybersecurity incident that has resulted in its website going offline and potentially data loss.
As the firm announced on Twitter, dealing with hacker attacks is nothing out of the ordinary for them, so even though some damage has been done, the flight schedules won't be affected.
Report: 54% of today's 'ethical hackers' are Gen Z | VentureBeat
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According to a new report by Bugcrowd, 54% of today's ethical hackers belong to Gen Z (individuals born between 1997 and 2012) and an additional 35% are millennials (born between 1981 and 1996).
Happening on Twitter
MUST READ! The US sought to destabilize Iran - "Human life was not so much a concern" - with to 200 pages (!) of o… https://t.co/IGot5TBniB tparsi (from Washington DC) Tue Nov 23 21:59:30 +0000 2021
Incredible timing. We just reported Friday that Lee Enterprises was hacked by the Iranians in the lead up to the 20… https://t.co/fi7uTCvvHK dnvolz (from Washington, DC) Mon Nov 22 16:09:38 +0000 2021
Iranian Hackers Stole US Voter Data, Pretended To Be Proud Boys To Disrupt 2020 Election https://t.co/3cRlAk4I0O seanhannity (from New York, USA) Fri Nov 19 14:05:01 +0000 2021
BREAKING: Feds indict two Iranian hackers they say pretended to be Proud Boys in communications with GOPers and thr… https://t.co/zQY7tA7dA8 ryanjreilly (from Washington, DC) Thu Nov 18 18:00:37 +0000 2021
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