Hackers claiming to be a couple from Vietnam say they wiped some of IHG's data, accessed using the password Qwerty1234, after their ransomware attack was foiled
Hackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”. Tweets: @readdanwrite , @malwarejake , and @thepacketrat ...
Deep dive on a “sextortion” spam email scheme that raked in 50.98 BTC, or ~$473K, over five months and, on some days, accounted for 20%+ of all observed spam
Sophos News : Tweets: @sophoslabs and @thepacketrat Tweets: @sophoslabs : “Some recipients of #sextortion emails do fall for this tactic and pay up. But where does the cryptocurrency go? Researchers ...
Facebook says older versions of the WhatsApp desktop app, which uses Electron, let hackers access files on macOS and Windows via a malicious link in messages
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Sources detail FBI's IDLE program to help companies fight data theft by deploying decoy data to hide real data from hackers and insider threats
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Internet Society-supported initiative MANRS has launched Observatory, a web tool for providing insight into how well ISPs comply with routing security standards
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Researchers discover “Fishwrap” disinformation campaign recycling images and reports from past terrorist attacks and presenting them as breaking news
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Jack'd, a gay dating app with 1M+ downloads from the Play store, stored users' images, posted and marked as private in chat sessions, on an unsecured AWS server
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica : Tweets: @hexadecim8 Tweets: H E X A / @hexadecim8 : If you're building dating apps, you have to get the security right. There's no excuse for getting the security so w...
Experts examine the mixed impact of Edward Snowden's leaks, published from June 2013 onwards, on government and policy
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FBI issued warning that two state voter registration databases were breached by suspected foreign hackers; sources: Arizona, Illinois databases were the targets
FBI Warns Colin Lecher / The Verge : Harry Reid asks FBI to investigate potential Russian election tampering PYMNTS.com : Hackers Aimed At State Election Boards, According To FBI Pierluigi Paganini / ...
How skilled attackers are using newly evolved crypto-ransomware to turn every network intrusion into a potential payday
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica : Tweets: @thepacketrat and @chrispirillo Tweets: Sean Gallagher / @thepacketrat : So the TL;DR is: hospitals (& most biz's) have based their “security” on preventing da...