SEATTLE (AP) – Investigators believe hackers stole at least some of the Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal data of 650,000 current and former Washington state professionals and business owners during a breach of a state database.
The breach, which was detected Jan. 24 and disclosed last week, affected personal data in active, expired, revoked or suspended licenses for 23 of the 39 professions and businesses that require state licensing.
The Russian hackers are coming. Are we ready? - The Boston Globe
If the ripples of Russian aggression against Ukraine haven't reached US soil already, they may soon.
"The kind of opinion-shaping information warfare and misinformation that they are masters at has got to be attractive to them," said James A. Lewis, senior vice president and director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Hackers exploiting new Microsoft, Oracle, Apple bugs: US agency
San Francisco: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that threat actors are actively exploiting new vulnerabilities coming from top tech companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Apache and Apple, among others.
The national cyber-security agency listed 15 vulnerabilities based on evidence that threat actors are actively exploiting them.
Hackers Use Office Equipment to Scam Employees | Realtor Magazine
Employees are most vulnerable to cyberattacks via cloud-connected office equipment, according to a new report from Netskope, a software company providing computer security. The report highlighted the ways hackers are gaining access to corporate computer systems.
White Hat Hacker Protects Coinbase From Danger By Spotting Threat | Bitcoinist.com
Iranian Hackers Using New Marlin Backdoor in 'Out to Sea' Espionage Campaign
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Iran has refreshed its malware toolset to include a new backdoor dubbed Marlin as part of a long-running espionage campaign that started in April 2018.
Slovak cybersecurity company ESET attributed the attacks — codenamed "Out to Sea" — to a threat actor called OilRig (aka APT34), while also conclusively connecting its activities to a second Iranian group tracked under the name Lyceum (Hexane aka SiameseKitten ).
Is it safe to contact white hat hackers to restore your lost Bitcoin? | CryptoSlate
A BBC article reports that white hat hackers helped a Bitcoin early adopter access her locked wallet.
Although the story ended on a happy note, others in a similar situation could be prompted to follow suit, potentially leaving themselves exposed.
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Fact check: Posts falsely claim Pfizer, Moderna servers were hacked
A report "does not mean that the vaccine caused the adverse event, only that the adverse event occurred sometime after vaccination," according to the CDC.
Inside the Bitcoin Laundering Case That Confounded the Internet - The New York Times
When anonymous hackers infiltrated the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, it shook the nascent world of digital currency and prompted speculation about who might have stolen what was then $71 million in Bitcoin .
But unlike traditional financial transactions, Bitcoin trades are publicly visible — moving the coins risked revealing who was behind the heist.
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