Despite Hacking Fears, Election Day Has a Mostly Smooth Start
Plenty of hours remain. But so far, the worst-case scenarios about ransomware and other meltdowns have seemingly not come to pass.
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The Relatively Unknown Car Hacking Threat
Right now, automotive cybersecurity has to be considered a challenge. Automakers need to protect the vehicles they sell and hackers actively pursue vehicles
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Fancy Bear Imposters Are on a Hacking Extortion Spree
Nice looking website you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if someone DDoS’d it.
Source: Wired – Fancy Bear Imposters Are on
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A China-Linked Group Repurposed Hacking Team’s Stealthy Spyware
The tool attacks a device’s UEFI firmware—which makes it especially hard to detect and destroy.
Source: Wired – A China-Linked Group Repurposed
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Russian National Sentenced to 7+ Years for Hacking US Tech Firms
Yevgeniy Nikulin received an 88-month sentence for breaking into LinkedIn, Dropbox, and the now-defunct social platform Formspring.
Source: Dark Reading – Threat
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The No Good, Very Bad Week for Iran's Nation-State Hacking Ops
A look at the state of Iran’s cyber operations as the US puts the squeeze on it with a pile of indictments and
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State-Sponsored Hacking Groups Increasingly Use Cloud & Open Source Infrastructure
Microsoft shuts down Azure Active Directory instances used by attackers to evade detection and warns that the use of open source tools by
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APT41 Operatives Indicted as Sophisticated Hacking Activity Continues
Five alleged members of the China-linked advanced threat group and two associates have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, on dozens of
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Parrot Security OS 4.10 Released Metasploit 6.0 and Updates for Hacking Tools
Parrot security has announced the release of Parrot Security OS 4.10, which makes the distribution more reliable and more secure. The Parrot Security
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The NSA and FBI Expose Fancy Bear's Sneaky Hacking Tool
Plus: TikTok tracking, Russian SIMs, and more of this week’s top security news.
Source: Wired – The NSA and FBI Expose Fancy
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