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'Large number' Of Americans' Metadata Stolen By Chinese Hackers "Salt Typhoon"
A large number of Americans' metadata has been stolen in the sweeping cyberespionage campaign carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed "Salt Typhoon," a senior U.S. official told journalists on Wednesday.
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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US and Allies Accuse China of Global Hacking Spree, Chinese Embassy Denies
The United States and its allies accused China of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking.
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Israeli Charged in Global Hacker-for-Hire Scheme Wants Plea Deal, Court Filing Shows
An Israeli private detective detained in New York since 2019 on charges of involvement in a hacker-for-hire scheme wants a plea deal, according to a letter filed in court by his lawyer.
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Microsoft Warns Chinese Hackers Plundering Email Inboxes Using Flaws
A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - an example of how commonly used programs can be exploited to cast a wide net online.
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WhatsApp Sues Israeli Firm NSO Group Over Cyber-Espionage
WhatsApp on Tuesday sued Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it of using the Facebook-owned messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists, human rights activists and others.
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Russia Dismisses Hacking Reports as 'Unsavoury'
Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries as an "unsavoury" interpretation of a security report.
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Cyberespionage Campaign Targets UN Relief Agencies, International Red Cross: Researchers
A coordinated cyberespionage campaign using phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers has targeted UN relief agencies, the International Red Cross, and other non-governmental organisations groups for the past 10 months, a cybersecurity firm reported.
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Kaspersky Lab Software Banned for Sensitive Computers by Lithuania
Kaspersky Lab software will be removed from computers that control critical infrastructure such as energy, finance or transport including those run by private companies.
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CIA Pulled Officers From China After Government Hack: Report
While the hacks targeting the US Office of Personnel Management this year have been widely blamed on China, Beijing has denied all involvement.
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Kremlin-Backed Hackers Spying on Europe, Asia, US: F-Secure
The report "links a number of state-sponsored cyber attacks to a hacking group engaged in Russian intelligence gathering."
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US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of US government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is eyeing fines and other trade actions it may take against Beijing or any other country guilty of cyberespionage.
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New version of Flame virus uncovered: Researchers
A new cyberespionage tool linked to the Flame virus has been infecting computers in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere, security researchers said today.
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Britain warned businesses of China spy threat
British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain's security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies' computers.
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'Large number' Of Americans' Metadata Stolen By Chinese Hackers "Salt Typhoon"
A large number of Americans' metadata has been stolen in the sweeping cyberespionage campaign carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed "Salt Typhoon," a senior U.S. official told journalists on Wednesday.
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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US and Allies Accuse China of Global Hacking Spree, Chinese Embassy Denies
The United States and its allies accused China of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking.
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Israeli Charged in Global Hacker-for-Hire Scheme Wants Plea Deal, Court Filing Shows
An Israeli private detective detained in New York since 2019 on charges of involvement in a hacker-for-hire scheme wants a plea deal, according to a letter filed in court by his lawyer.
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Microsoft Warns Chinese Hackers Plundering Email Inboxes Using Flaws
A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - an example of how commonly used programs can be exploited to cast a wide net online.
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WhatsApp Sues Israeli Firm NSO Group Over Cyber-Espionage
WhatsApp on Tuesday sued Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it of using the Facebook-owned messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists, human rights activists and others.
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Russia Dismisses Hacking Reports as 'Unsavoury'
Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries as an "unsavoury" interpretation of a security report.
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Cyberespionage Campaign Targets UN Relief Agencies, International Red Cross: Researchers
A coordinated cyberespionage campaign using phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers has targeted UN relief agencies, the International Red Cross, and other non-governmental organisations groups for the past 10 months, a cybersecurity firm reported.
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Kaspersky Lab Software Banned for Sensitive Computers by Lithuania
Kaspersky Lab software will be removed from computers that control critical infrastructure such as energy, finance or transport including those run by private companies.
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CIA Pulled Officers From China After Government Hack: Report
While the hacks targeting the US Office of Personnel Management this year have been widely blamed on China, Beijing has denied all involvement.
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Kremlin-Backed Hackers Spying on Europe, Asia, US: F-Secure
The report "links a number of state-sponsored cyber attacks to a hacking group engaged in Russian intelligence gathering."
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US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of US government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is eyeing fines and other trade actions it may take against Beijing or any other country guilty of cyberespionage.
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New version of Flame virus uncovered: Researchers
A new cyberespionage tool linked to the Flame virus has been infecting computers in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere, security researchers said today.
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Britain warned businesses of China spy threat
British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain's security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies' computers.
