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Russian Hackers Have Targeted Defense Contractors to Steal Sensitive Data, U.S. Intelligence Says

Authorities say that a multi-year hacking campaign has resulted in sensitive IT information being stolen.

Lucas Ropek

2/16/22 8:40PM

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Gettr Promised Users It Would Free Them From Big Tech, But It's Tracking Them for Facebook and Google

Gettr uses Google AdSense tracking and the Facebook pixel, in addition to being loaded with other privacy and…

Tom McKay

1/11/22 5:27PM

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Hackers Compromise FBI Email System to Spam Fake Cybersecurity Alerts

The emails appeared to be from a legitimate FBI email address and went out to at least 100,000 inboxes, researchers…

Alyse Stanley

11/14/21 6:59PM

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Pretty Much All Computer Code Can Be Hijacked by Newly Discovered 'Trojan Source' Exploit

A new research paper shows that all of the world's computer code is vulnerable to one particular exploit. Seems bad.

Lucas Ropek

11/01/21 6:50PM

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Russian Hackers Reportedly Hid Behind Americans' Home Networks to Mask Their Cyber Espionage

Russian cyber-spies used a special technique to hide behind Americans' home and mobile networks while on…

Lucas Ropek

10/26/21 8:20PM

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Former Senior Pentagon Official Says China is Kicking Our Ass in Artificial Intelligence

He says that we are in deep trouble. Killer robots: incoming.

Lucas Ropek

10/11/21 8:00PM

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The Biggest Hacks of 2021 (So Far)

From Colonia Pipeline to SolarWinds to Twitch, cyberattacks are inflicting historic pain worldwide. Here are the…

Lucas Ropek

10/07/21 6:12PM

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CISA Gets a New Director Amidst Ongoing Ransomware Dumpster Fire

Jen Easterly, a former NSA official, is the new director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

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Kaseya's Staff Sounded the Alarm About Security Flaws for Years Before Ransomware Attack

Employees say they quit in frustration or were fired over glaring cybersecurity issues that went ignored.

Alyse Stanley

7/11/21 8:28PM

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Report: Russian Cyber Spies Recently Hacked the Republican National Committee

The alleged intrusion came around the same time that the Russian cybercriminal group REvil was conducting a massive…

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REvil Gang Takes Credit for Massive Kaseya Attack and Asks for $70 Million Ransom

The ransomware gang claims that more than one million systems were affected by its attack.

Jody Serrano

7/05/21 7:16PM

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Biden Launches Federal Probe Into International Ransomware Attack That Hit 1,000+ Companies

Security experts have identified more than 1,000 businesses whose servers have been encrypted after a supply chain…

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Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Exploited Its Own Customer Support Tools

The cybercriminals breached a Microsoft customer service agent's device to attack its customers.

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What's the Most Significant Hack in History?

“No one knows exactly how much information was accessed, because the government has been kind of cagey about it.”

Daniel Kolitz

6/21/21 8:00AM

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Biden Wags Finger at Putin Over Human Rights and Cyberattacks, Then Gives Him Crystal Buffalo

In so many words, the President said Wednesday that he hoped the Russian leader would be less of a dick in the…

Lucas Ropek

6/16/21 9:30PM

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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Behind SolarWinds Currently Attacking Targets in 24 Countries

The hackers behind the massive SolarWinds attack are currently trying to access the email systems of thousands in…

Matt Novak

5/28/21 7:15AM

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Hackers Threatening East Coast's Fuel Supply Claim They're Not Trying to Cause Anybody Trouble

Over the weekend, a cyberattack by the Russia-based ransomware gang DarkSide managed to hamstring America’s largest…

Lucas Ropek

5/10/21 9:00PM

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Enterprise Password Manager Passwordstate Hacked, Exposing Users’ Passwords for 28 Hours

Passwordstate, the enterprise password manager offered by Australian software developer Click Studios, was hacked…

Jody Serrano

4/24/21 3:41PM

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U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months

U.S. federal investigators are purportedly looking into a security breach at Codecov, a platform used to test…

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U.S. Hits Russia With Heavy Sanctions Over SolarWinds Hack, All That Other Bad Stuff

The Biden administration on Thursday imposed “sweeping” sanctions on Russia over a historic cyberattack that…

Andrew Couts

4/15/21 11:12AM

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