A Teen Took Control of Teslas by Hacking a Third-Party App
Plus: Open source sabotage, Ukrainian website hacks, and more of the week’s top security news.
Source: Wired – A Teen Took Control
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Russia Takes Down REvil Ransomware Operation, Arrests Key Members
Timing of the move has evoked at least some skepticism from security experts about the country’s true motives.
Source: Dark Reading –
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The Cybersecurity Measures CTOs Are Actually Implementing
Companies look to multifactor authentication and identity and access management to block attacks, but hedge their bets with disaster recovery.
Source: Dark
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Russia starts playing by the rules: FSB busts 14 REvil ransomware suspects
Cybercrook gang has ‘ceased to exist’ says Putin’s military service Russia’s internal security agency said today it had dismantled the REvil ransomware gang’s
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Russia Takes Down REvil Hackers—as Ukraine Tensions Mount
Over a dozen alleged members of the notorious ransomware group have been arrested, but the Kremlin’s critics are wary of the underlying motivation.
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Maryland Dept. of Health Responds to Ransomware Attack
An attack discovered on Dec. 4, 2021, forced the Maryland Department of Health to take some of its systems offline.
Source: Dark
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Top Illicit Carding Marketplace UniCC Abruptly Shuts Down
UniCC controlled 30 percent of the stolen payment-card data market; leaving analysts eyeing what’s next.
Source: Threat Post – Web Security –
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White House Meets With Software Firms and Open Source Orgs on Security
The Log4j vulnerability is only the latest security flaw to have global impact, prompting the Biden administration and software developers to pledge to
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Real Big Phish: Mobile Phishing & Managing User Fallibility
Phishing is more successful than ever. Daniel Spicer, CSO of Ivanti, discusses emerging trends in phishing, and using zero-trust security to patch the
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Android Users can Disable 2G to Protect From Stingrays or IMSI Catchers
The EEF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has recently claimed that a new feature has been added to Android quietly by Google. But, you might
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