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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Israel's NSO Group Found Liable For Pegasus Hacking Of WhatsApp Users
A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Anonymous Coder Nearly Hacks Huge Chunk Of The Internet. How Grave Was It
Outside the world of open-source software, its likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems.
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MOVEit Hack Compromised Data at Around 600 Organisations Globally; Fallout Is Only Beginning: Cyber Analysts
A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at about 600 organizations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated by Reuters. But more than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed. The tallies show ...
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AI Being Misused for Creating Malicious Software, Claims Canadian Cyber Official
Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals.
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Explained: How MOVEit Breach Shows Hackers' Interest in File Transfer Tools
Ransom-seeking hackers have increasingly turned a greedy eye toward the world of managed file transfer (MFT) software, plundering the sensitive data being exchanged between organizations and their partners in a bid to win big payouts. Governments and companies globally are scrambling to deal with the consequences of a mass compromise made public on...
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US Government Agencies Hit in Global Hacking Campaign, Doesn't Expect Significant Impact
The US government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have significant impact, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said several federal bodies had experienced intrusions following th...
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US Government Agencies Hit In Global Cyber Attack
Several U.S. federal government agencies have been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday.
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Video: Engineer Shares How Chrome Dino Game Hack Landed Him An Interview At Google
A software engineer recently shared how a simple hack for the classic "Dino game" landed him an interview at Google a couple of years ago.
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Indian 'Hack-for-Hire' Companies Infiltrate VIPs Phones, Emails for Private Investigators: Report
An undercover investigation has exposed illegal “hack-for-hire” firms, that are operating across India and infiltrate emails and phones of VIPs and states for a fee paid by private investigators. Malicious software which takes control of computer cameras and microphones, and allows hackers to view and listen to their victims are some of the met...
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Russian "Hacker" Who Manipulated Joint Entrance Exam Last Year Gets Bail
A special court has granted bail to Russian national Mikhail Shargen, who was arrested by the CBI for allegedly hacking the JEE examination software which had benefitted over 800 aspirants, officials said Wednesday.
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For JEE Mains, A Russian Allegedly Hacked Software For Cheating: 10 Facts
The national entrance exam, JEE Mains, which determines the fates of lakhs of students was compromised last year, the CBI said today, as it interrogated a Russian man who was allegedly at the centre of the scam.
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Pegasus Maker NSO Group CEO Resigns Ahead of Reorganisation
Pegasus spyware creator NSO Group on Sunday announced that its CEO Shalev Hulio had resigned, while the company would cut 100 jobs ahead of a restructuring effort. Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat has been appointed to oversee the reorganisation, which comes as the company is facing legal action over accusations that its software has been used ...
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DEF CON Hacker Tournament Brings Together World's Best in Las Vegas
In the carpeted ballroom of one of the largest casinos in Las Vegas, the few dozen hackers competing in the challenge sat hunched over laptops from Friday through Sunday during the DEF CON security conference that hosts the event.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Israel's NSO Group Found Liable For Pegasus Hacking Of WhatsApp Users
A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Anonymous Coder Nearly Hacks Huge Chunk Of The Internet. How Grave Was It
Outside the world of open-source software, its likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems.
-
MOVEit Hack Compromised Data at Around 600 Organisations Globally; Fallout Is Only Beginning: Cyber Analysts
A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at about 600 organizations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated by Reuters. But more than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed. The tallies show ...
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AI Being Misused for Creating Malicious Software, Claims Canadian Cyber Official
Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals.
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Explained: How MOVEit Breach Shows Hackers' Interest in File Transfer Tools
Ransom-seeking hackers have increasingly turned a greedy eye toward the world of managed file transfer (MFT) software, plundering the sensitive data being exchanged between organizations and their partners in a bid to win big payouts. Governments and companies globally are scrambling to deal with the consequences of a mass compromise made public on...
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US Government Agencies Hit in Global Hacking Campaign, Doesn't Expect Significant Impact
The US government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have significant impact, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said several federal bodies had experienced intrusions following th...
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US Government Agencies Hit In Global Cyber Attack
Several U.S. federal government agencies have been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday.
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Video: Engineer Shares How Chrome Dino Game Hack Landed Him An Interview At Google
A software engineer recently shared how a simple hack for the classic "Dino game" landed him an interview at Google a couple of years ago.
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Indian 'Hack-for-Hire' Companies Infiltrate VIPs Phones, Emails for Private Investigators: Report
An undercover investigation has exposed illegal “hack-for-hire” firms, that are operating across India and infiltrate emails and phones of VIPs and states for a fee paid by private investigators. Malicious software which takes control of computer cameras and microphones, and allows hackers to view and listen to their victims are some of the met...
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Russian "Hacker" Who Manipulated Joint Entrance Exam Last Year Gets Bail
A special court has granted bail to Russian national Mikhail Shargen, who was arrested by the CBI for allegedly hacking the JEE examination software which had benefitted over 800 aspirants, officials said Wednesday.
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For JEE Mains, A Russian Allegedly Hacked Software For Cheating: 10 Facts
The national entrance exam, JEE Mains, which determines the fates of lakhs of students was compromised last year, the CBI said today, as it interrogated a Russian man who was allegedly at the centre of the scam.
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Pegasus Maker NSO Group CEO Resigns Ahead of Reorganisation
Pegasus spyware creator NSO Group on Sunday announced that its CEO Shalev Hulio had resigned, while the company would cut 100 jobs ahead of a restructuring effort. Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat has been appointed to oversee the reorganisation, which comes as the company is facing legal action over accusations that its software has been used ...
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DEF CON Hacker Tournament Brings Together World's Best in Las Vegas
In the carpeted ballroom of one of the largest casinos in Las Vegas, the few dozen hackers competing in the challenge sat hunched over laptops from Friday through Sunday during the DEF CON security conference that hosts the event.
