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12/13/2024
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By Ava Grace
Scammers using fake Telegram verification bots to steal cryptocurrency assets from unsuspecting victims
Scammers are combining social engineering with fake Telegram verification bots to inject crypto-stealing malware into users’ systems, leading to substantial losses. The scam involves creating counterfeit X accounts impersonating popular crypto influencers, luring followers to Telegram groups, and prompting them to verify their identities through a fake bot named “OfficiaISafeguardBot.” The fake bot injects a […]
12/09/2024
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By Laura Harris
White House: Hackers linked to China infiltrated 8 telecommunication companies in the U.S.
Deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies Anne Neuberger has revealed that China-sponsored hackers infiltrated at least eight telecommunication companies in the United States. In a press briefing on Dec. 4, Neuberger revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) initially identified the hacking in […]
11/27/2024
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By Ethan Huff
U.S. suffers “worst telecom hack” in history after Beijing-linked hacking group “Salt Typhoon” secretly intercepted surveillance data on Americans
A trove of surveillance data on Americans that was only supposed to be accessible by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies was intercepted by China earlier this month, we are told. A cohort of national security advisers and other senior officials from the outgoing regime of President Biden met with top executives from major telecommunications […]
10/31/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Microsoft says Russian hackers are targeting U.S. officials and defense contractors with phishing campaign
A report from Big Tech company Microsoft warns that Russian hackers are targeting United States government officials, defense workers and other notable individuals through a recent email phishing campaign. According to a blog post from Microsoft Threat Intelligence released on Tuesday, Oct. 29, the hackers have sent “a series of highly targeted spear-phishing emails” to […]
10/17/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Fidelity Investments confirms data breach involving Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses impacting over 77,000 customers
Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has confirmed that an August data breach compromised the personal information, including Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses, of over 77,000 customers. The Boston, Massachusetts-based investment company said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Oct. 9 that an unidentified third party accessed information from its systems in […]
10/09/2024
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By Ethan Huff
American Water, nation’s largest water utility, hit with CYBERATTACK that left call center with “limited functionality”
Customers of the nation’s largest water utility, American Water, were left unable to pay their bills this past week after a cyberattack left the company’s billing system non-operational. American Water says it identified “unauthorized activity” taking place within its computer networks and systems that was later determined to be a “cybersecurity incident” that deactivated and […]
09/26/2024
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By Belle Carter
FBI claims it disrupted Chinese hacking campaign on critical U.S. infrastructure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray recently said that the agency has disrupted a major hacking group nicknamed “Flax Typhoon,” an allegedly China-backed cybercrime group that threatened to hold more expansive power over key infrastructure in the United States. The said hacking campaign, also known as Ethereal Panda and Red Juliett, has so […]
09/02/2024
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By Zoey Sky
Meta blocks more fake WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers they claim are targeting U.S. elections
Meta Platforms – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – has revealed that Iranian-linked hackers pretended to be tech support on the WhatsApp messaging app to target people associated with the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company disclosed this on Aug. 23, commenting that the incident provides the latest evidence […]
08/21/2024
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By Laura Harris
Hackers steal over a million Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information from National Public Data
Background check service National Public Data (NPD) has confirmed that hackers breached its systems and leaked Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information of over a million people. Earlier in August, Christopher Hoffman filed a lawsuit against Jerico Pictures Inc., the company that operates the NPD service, on behalf of the others affected. In the lawsuit, Hoffman […]
07/31/2024
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By Richard Brown
Hackers leak sensitive information from one of U.S. government’s largest IT service providers
Hackers have leaked internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc., exposing sensitive information from one of the largest IT services providers to the U.S. government. Leidos, based in Virginia and a key contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, is believed to have originated from a previously reported compromise of a Diligent Corp. system used by […]
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