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What is credential stuffing? How does it work? How can I protect myself from being scammed through my online accounts?
11 months, 4 weeks ago

What is credential stuffing? How does it work? How can I protect myself from being scammed through my online accounts?

ABC  

Thousands of Australians have been caught up in a fresh wave of scams after their online accounts were hacked and fraudulent purchases were made without their knowledge. The Australian Cyber Security Centre defines credential stuffing as a cyber attack where "cybercriminals use previously stolen passwords from one website and try to reuse them elsewhere so they can gain access to …

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Suspected North Korean hackers target S. Korea-U.S. drills
1 year, 4 months ago

Suspected North Korean hackers target S. Korea-U.S. drills

The Hindu  

Suspected North Korean hackers have attempted an attack targeting a major joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington that starts on Monday, the South Korean police said. The hackers — believed to be linked to a North Korean group dubbed Kimsuky — carried out "continuous malicious email attacks" on South Korean contractors working at the allies' combined exercise war simulation …

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Cyber attack on AIIMS originated from China, say Government sources, data now secured
2 years, 1 month ago

Cyber attack on AIIMS originated from China, say Government sources, data now secured

Firstpost  

Given Xi Jinping’s recent aggression towards India at Tawang, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s remarks of the attack being a part of a larger conspiracy seems valid. The ransomware attack on the computer network that crippled Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS originated from China and may have been carried out by Chinese hackers, the …

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Hackers take over Indiana hospital and force ambulances to be turned away
3 years, 5 months ago

Hackers take over Indiana hospital and force ambulances to be turned away

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The ransomware attack paralysed Eskenazi Health, which runs …

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Hackers behind huge ransomware attack demand $70m
3 years, 6 months ago

Hackers behind huge ransomware attack demand $70m

Al Jazeera  

A ransom demand was posted on a site typically used by the REvil cybercrime gang, a Russia-linked group. The demand was posted late Sunday night on a site typically used by the REvil cybercrime gang, a Russia-linked group that is counted among the cybercriminal world’s most prolific extortionists. The gang has an affiliate structure, occasionally making it difficult to determine …

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US recovers most of ransom paid after Colonial Pipeline hack
3 years, 7 months ago

US recovers most of ransom paid after Colonial Pipeline hack

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has recovered most of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment made to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday. “By going after the entire ecosystem that fuels ransomware and digital extortion attacks — including criminal proceeds in the form of digital …

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Russia's SVR hijacked email system of US aid agency to target NGOs, think tanks critical of Putin
3 years, 7 months ago

Russia's SVR hijacked email system of US aid agency to target NGOs, think tanks critical of Putin

Firstpost  

According to cybersecurity firm SecureWorks, the Russian hackers targeted the Atlantic Council and EU Disinfo Lab, which have both exposed several Russian disinformation campaigns Washington: A newly disclosed effort by Russian intelligence to hijack the email system of a US government agency prompted leading Democrats on Friday to urge stronger action against Moscow for accelerating cyberattacks before President Joe Biden’s …

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Hospitals targeting hackers release patient data to the media
3 years, 7 months ago

Hospitals targeting hackers release patient data to the media

The Hindu  

Hackers who targeted hospitals in New Zealand's Waikato district have released what appears to be private patient information to media outlets, as health systems struggled to come back online more than a week after the attack. A group claiming responsibility for the Waikato District Health Board cyber attack that took place last week released scores of official looking records and …

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Hackers attack Apple and demand $50 million ransom, leak design of unreleased MacBook
3 years, 8 months ago

Hackers attack Apple and demand $50 million ransom, leak design of unreleased MacBook

India Today  

A Russian hacking group is extorting Apple for a reported sum of $50 million, after obtaining schematics of several of its future products. The group posted proof of the data leak on the dark web hours before Apple’s Spring loaded event earlier this week. Named REvil, the hacking group gained the confidential data through a cyber-attack on one of the …

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GoDaddy employees fall prey to phishing attack, report says
4 years, 1 month ago

GoDaddy employees fall prey to phishing attack, report says

The Hindu  

GoDaddy employees fell prey to a social engineering and phishing scam that was launched to attack multiple cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs. GoDaddy confirmed to Krebs that the scam led to a small number of customer domain names being modified earlier this month after a ‘limited number’ of GoDaddy employees fell for a social engineering scam. …

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Garmin down: What is ransomware, why is it so damaging, and what is Evil Corp?
4 years, 5 months ago

Garmin down: What is ransomware, why is it so damaging, and what is Evil Corp?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fitness giant Garmin is experiencing a global outage that seems to be caused …

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Hackers manipulated employees to access accounts: Twitter
4 years, 5 months ago

Hackers manipulated employees to access accounts: Twitter

The Hindu  

Twitter says hackers “manipulated” some of its employees to access accounts in a high-profile attack on the social media company, including those of Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. “We know that they accessed tools only available to our internal support teams to target 130 Twitter accounts,” said a statement posted on Saturday on Twitter’s blog. …

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Maastricht University thought to have paid up to €300,000 to cyber-hackers
4 years, 11 months ago

Maastricht University thought to have paid up to €300,000 to cyber-hackers

Dutch News  

Maastricht University is thought to have paid between €200,000 and €300,000 as a ransom to cyber hackers, reports the Volkskrant. It is thought the university felt forced to make a payment because its back-up system was hijacked with Clop ransomware alongside the main system, the paper claims. Before the Christmas break, hackers broke into the computer system and only gave …

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Maastricht University thought to have paid up to €300,000 to cyber-hackers
4 years, 11 months ago

Maastricht University thought to have paid up to €300,000 to cyber-hackers

Dutch News  

Maastricht University is thought to have paid between €200,000 and €300,000 as a ransom to cyber hackers, reports the Volkskrant. It is thought the university felt forced to make a payment because its back-up system was hijacked with Clop ransomware alongside the main system, the paper claims. Before the Christmas break, hackers broke into the computer system and only gave …

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US military given more authority to launch preventative cyberattacks
6 years, 3 months ago

US military given more authority to launch preventative cyberattacks

CNN  

CNN — The US military is taking a more aggressive stance against foreign government hackers who are targeting the US and is being granted more authority to launch preventative cyberstrikes, according to a summary of the Department of Defense’s new Cyber Strategy. The Pentagon is referring to the new stance as “defend forward,” and the strategy will allow the US …

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Microsoft Says It Thwarted Attack By Russian Hackers
6 years, 4 months ago

Microsoft Says It Thwarted Attack By Russian Hackers

NPR  

Microsoft Says It Thwarted Attack By Russian Hackers Microsoft says a group associated with the Russian government has been targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the elections. NPR talks to Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chief legal officer. And we are joined right now by Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith. With an account guard initiative we're launching …

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