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US Charges 3 Iranians Over Presidential Campaign Hacking Eduard Kovacs
The US has announced charges, sanctions and a $10 million reward for Iranian hackers accused of targeting elections. The post US Charges 3 Iranians Over Presidential Campaign Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Worldcoin: Fighting Deepfakes and Bots With Global Permissionless Blockchain Identity Kevin Townsend
That dream of a decentralized privacy-retaining identity system able to combat AI-driven bots and deepfakes may not be as elusive as feared – courtesy of Tools for Humanity (TfH) and Worldcoin. The post Worldcoin: Fighting Deepfakes and Bots With Global Permissionless Blockchain Identity appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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A Hacker’s Era: Why Microsoft 365 Protection Reigns Supreme [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Imagine a sophisticated cyberattack cripples your organization’s most critical productivity and collaboration tool — the platform you rely on for daily operations. In the blink of an eye, hackers encrypt your emails, files, and crucial business data stored in Microsoft 365, holding it hostage using ransomware. Productivity grinds to a halt and your IT team…
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Microsoft: Cloud Environments of US Organizations Targeted in Ransomware Attacks Ionut Arghire
A threat actor has been compromising the hybrid cloud environments of US organizations in multiple sectors. The post Microsoft: Cloud Environments of US Organizations Targeted in Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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British National Arrested, Charged for Hacking US Companies Ionut Arghire
UK national Robert Westbrook was charged in the US for executing a hack-to-trade scheme against five public companies. The post British National Arrested, Charged for Hacking US Companies appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Meta Fined €91 Million for Storing Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords in Plaintext [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million ($101.56 million) as part of a probe into a security lapse in March 2019, when the company disclosed that it had mistakenly stored users’ passwords in plaintext in its systems. The investigation, launched by the DPC the next month, found that the social media…
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California Governor Vetoes Bill to Create First-in-Nation AI Safety Measures Associated Press
Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill SB 1047 aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models. The post California Governor Vetoes Bill to Create First-in-Nation AI Safety Measures appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims over a period of nearly five months. The dodgy app, identified by Check Point, masqueraded as the legitimate WalletConnect open-source protocol to trick unsuspecting users into downloading…
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U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes [email protected] (The Hacker News)
U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their targeting of current and former officials to steal sensitive data. The Department of Justice (DoJ) accused Masoud Jalili, 36, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, 34, and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi, 37, of participating…
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Torq Secures $70M Series C for HyperSOC SecurityWeek News
The New York late-stage startup banks $70 million in a new funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. The post Torq Secures $70M Series C for HyperSOC appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More