Hacktivists target critical #infrastructure, hit decoy plant
BleepingComputer
Hacktivists target critical infrastructure, hit decoy plant
A pro-Russian hacktivist group called TwoNet pivoted in less than a year from launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to targeting c...
 #cybersecurity #politics #Russia
Hackers claim #Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users
BleepingComputer
Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users
Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's ...
 #privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach
New #FileFix attack uses cache smuggling to evade security software
BleepingComputer
New FileFix attack uses cache smuggling to evade security software
A new variant of the FileFix social engineering attack uses cache smuggling to secretly download a malicious ZIP archive onto a victim's syste...
 #cybersecurity
#UK universities offered to monitor students’ #SocialMedia for arms firms, emails show
the Guardian
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
 #university #education #privacy #surveillance #politics
#Qilin #ransomware claims #Asahi brewery attack, leaks data
BleepingComputer
Qilin ransomware claims Asahi brewery attack, leaks data
The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack at Japanese beer maker Asahi, adding the company to its extortion page on the ...
 #privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #beer #alcohol #Japan
Here’s the tech powering #ICE’s deportation crackdown
TechCrunch
Here's the tech powering ICE's deportation crackdown  | TechCrunch
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.
 #privacy #surveillance #politics
#CrimsonCollective hackers target #AWS cloud instances for data theft
BleepingComputer
Crimson Collective hackers target AWS cloud instances for data theft
The 'Crimson Collective' threat group has been targeting AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud environments for the past weeks, to steal data a...
 #cybersecurity
Vandals deface ads for #AI necklaces that listen to all your conversations
Ars Technica
Vandals deface ads for AI necklaces that listen to all your conversations
Critics attacked subway ads to defend human friends and broadly criticize AI.
 #Friend #privacy
Hackers exploit auth bypass in #ServiceFinder #WordPress theme
BleepingComputer
Hackers exploit auth bypass in Service Finder WordPress theme
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Service Finder WordPress theme that allows them to bypass authentication and ...
 #cybersecurity
#London police arrests suspects linked to nursery breach, child #doxing
BleepingComputer
London police arrests suspects linked to nursery breach, child doxing
The UK Metropolitan Police has arrested two suspects following an investigation into the doxing of children online after a ransomware attack on a c...
 #cybercrime #privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #Famly