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This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US

August 26, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000

The US Secret Service’s relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.

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Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies

August 24, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Musician Alex Pall spoke with WIRED about his VC firm, the importance of raising cybersecurity awareness in a rapidly digitizing world, and his surprise that hackers know how to go hard.

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New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China

August 22, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The hackers, who mostly targeted victims in Hong Kong, also hijacked Microsoft’s trust model to make their malware harder to detect.

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HHS Launches ‘Digiheals’ Project to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware

August 17, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

An innovation agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services will fund research into better defenses for the US health care system’s digital infrastructure.

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A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

August 14, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:19:20 +0000

The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network.

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Security Wired 

An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass

August 13, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:23:14 +0000

The macOS Background Task Manager tool is supposed to spot potentially malicious software on your machine. But a researcher says it has troubling flaws.

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Security Wired 

GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

August 12, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:42:08 +0000

GitHub has spent two years researching and slowly rolling out its multifactor authentication system. Soon it will be mandatory for all 100 million users—with no opt-out.

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Security Wired 

Teens Hacked Boston Subway’s CharlieCard to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time Nobody Got Sued

August 11, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:43:33 +0000

In 2008, Boston’s transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Today, four teens picked up where they left off.

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Security Wired 

Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating

August 10, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:03:31 +0000

The legacy electronics manufacturer is creating IoT honeypots with its products to catch real-world threats and patch vulnerabilities in-house.

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Security Wired 

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating

August 10, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.

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