All news on the topic: Hacking

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North Korean hackers advance tactics with fraudulent crypto firms and malware-laced job interviews
The advanced tactics of the Lazarus group included setting up three fake cryptocurrency companies in the US and utilizing identities generated by AI.
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Malicious GitHub repositories carrying out hidden attacks on crypto wallets
Kaspersky’s GitVenom campaign reveals extensive GitHub exploitation through deceptive repositories embedding cryptographic threats.
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Harmful GitHub repositories executing concealed attacks on cryptocurrency wallets
Kaspersky’s GitVenom campaign uncovers extensive GitHub exploitation via deceptive repositories embedding cryptographic threats.
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British man who killed a pensioner with an axe in Finland after allegedly being ’raped’ is pictured
This is the British cyclist facing jail in Finland for hacking a pensioner to death with an axe.
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Libyan migrant advocate claims his phone was targeted with spyware
Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, helps ICC find evidence of abuse of detainees in Libya.
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Female soldier, 19, took her own life after fearing her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone
A teenage soldier took her own life after she feared her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone, an inquest has heard.
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KyberSwap hacker faces a five-count criminal indictment for stealing $65 million
Andean Medjedovic is accused of exploiting DeFi protocols KyberSwap and Indexed Finance.
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Crypto user loses $7.8 million in SolvBTC amid surge in social media phishing scams
Sophisticated social engineering and malware tactics hike crypto phishing scams on social media.
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The hacking from North Macedonia was aimed at PDVSA and not at the elections
The Caracas regime tried to establish a version according to which the delay in announcing the results of the June 28 elections, and their subsequent announcement without public minutes...
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Telegram malware scams surge 2,000%, posing new threat to crypto investors
Scam Sniffer urges caution as Telegram scams outpace traditional crypto theft methods
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Russian hackers attack WhatsApp accounts of ministers globally
FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives attackers access to account.
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Revealed: strange six-word Google search term that could expose you to hackers
Google users could endure disastrous consequences if they type an unusual search request into the site, experts say after research into computer and data hacking
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Nigeria arrests 113 foreigners in a cybercrime crackdown
In a bid to tackle rising cyber threats, Nigeria’s police force detains over 100 foreign nationals linked to sophisticated online scams.
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Milan prosecutors allege that hacked information from state security databases was sold to wealthy clients
Italian probe reveals “gigantic and alarming market of confidential data,” prosecutors say.
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Bulgaria’s hacking ’Elves’ expose election fraud scheme
Hacktivists have released a list of individuals purportedly involved in election fraud.
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Chinese hackers have breached U.S. court wiretap systems, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal
Chinese hackers accessed the networks of U.S. broadband providers and obtained information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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Bahrain fails in its attempt to block a lawsuit in the UK over spyware used against dissidents
Bahrain cannot claim state immunity to block a lawsuit brought in Britain by two dissidents who say its government hacked their laptops with spyware, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Friday.
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TruFlation offers $500K bounty to recover funds stolen in hack
The decentralized data company is offering a reward for returning the stolen funds or for identifying the hacker in a way that leads to a conviction.
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Sellafield issues an apology after pleading guilty to a series of cybersecurity failings
Nuclear site awaits sentencing over breaches that it admitted could have threatened national security
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Israeli private eye appears in London court over alleged hacking offences
An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States for allegedly carrying out a "hacking for hire" campaign appeared in a London court on Friday, ahead of his fight against extradition to the U.S. next year.
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Hacker sentenced to prison after Jobcentre experiences cyber attacks
A university student who created malware targeting government websites while living with his parents has been jailed for 21 months.
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A former UK prime minister has demanded an investigation into the CEO of the Washington Post
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a criminal investigation of Washington Post Publisher William Lewis’ involvement in allegedly deleting emails related to a phone hacking scandal while he worked as an executive for Rupert Murdoch’s media company.
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Genetic testing firm 23andMe investigated over hack
The data watchdogs of the UK and Canada will investigate genetic testing company 23andMe over a data breach in October 2023.
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Half a billion Ticketmaster customers’ data allegedly stolen in major hack
Hundreds of millions of Ticketmaster customers could be at risk after hackers allegedly stole their data – including partial credit card details.
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Shock ensues as 330 schools hacked, with images and children’s information potentially being sold online to predators
Cyber experts have identified two reasons why schools might be particularly vulnerable to being hacked