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Trump Campaign Hacked: How Iran, China, Russia Are Targeting US Elections
Federal prosecutors in the United States have today filed criminal charges in the case. The hackers had allegedly targeted members of former president Donald Trump's campaign.
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British Flights Face "Extremely Dangerous Russian Jamming": Report
Jamming interrupts the satellite signals, including GPS, from reaching the aircraft and tricks the pilots into thinking they are somewhere they are not.
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Senior Executives' Emails
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts.
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UK's Sellafield Nuclear Plant Allegedly Hacked By China And Russia, Government Says...
Britain denied the claims and said it has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a cyber attack.
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US Warns Its Space Industry Against Cyberattacks, Hacking by Foreign Entities
US counterintelligence agencies on Friday warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs. US authorities have for years said Chinese hackers are targeting US space know-how, including having accessed computers ...
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Russia Says US Hacked Thousands Of Apple Phones In Spy Plot
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered an American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software.
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Russian Hackers Preparing to Launch New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukraine: Microsoft Report
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that Russian hackers could be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat that could target the organisations associated with the country's supply lines. The Redmond company said it discovered that Sandworm, a sophisticated Russian hacking team, was testing “additio...
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Hackers Using SwiftSlicer Wiper to Destroy Windows Files, Security Researchers Say
Sandworm, a group linked to Russia's foreign military intelligence agency might be behind a recent cyberattack in Ukraine, said cybersecurity company ESET. The hacking team allegedly deployed SwiftSlice . Once executed, the SwiftSlicer deletes shadow copies, recursively overwrites files in the system and non-system drives and then reboots the compu...
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Ransomware Incidents in 2021 Mostly Tied to Russian Hackers, US FinCEN Report Says
Ransomware incidents in the US in 2021 were mostly tied to Russian hackers, according to a report by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The report states that out of 793 ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN in the second half of 2021, 75 percent "had a nexus to Russia, its proxies, or persons acting on its behalf.
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Oasis DeFi App Banishes Sanctioned Wallet Holders, Withholds Access to Application
Oasis, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform on Thursday, August 12 announced that it is blocking crypto wallets that are sanctioned and marked as high risks by the government. Oasis is also tightening scrutiny around wallets that have a history with receiving funds via crypto mixers such as Tornado Cash. The step comes in the backdrop of back-to...
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Putin Predecessor Questions Ex-Soviet States' Sovereignty In "Hacked" Post
An aide to former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that the politician's social media account had been "hacked" after a post was published questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet countries.
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RaHDIt Hacker Group Leaks Personal Information of Russian Citizens Working With Ukrainian Intelligence: Report
The RaHDIt hacking group, based in Russia, has leaked personal information of Russian citizens who have collaborated with Ukrainian military intelligence, according to a report by Sputnik. The hackers leaked details of thousands of Ukrainian officers, their relatives and people living with them. The data on the alleged spies include representatives...
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Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia's Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban
Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday. Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack, saying it was in response to Vilnius's decision to block the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union to the Russian exclave of Kalini...
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Ukrainian Officials’ Phone Targeted by Hackers Amid Russian Invasion: Cybersecurity Expert
Ukrainian officials’ phones have been targeted by hackers as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, claims a senior cybersecurity official. Victor Zhora, the deputy head of Ukraine's State Special Communications Service, said that phones being used by the country's public servants had come under sustained targeting.
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Trump Campaign Hacked: How Iran, China, Russia Are Targeting US Elections
Federal prosecutors in the United States have today filed criminal charges in the case. The hackers had allegedly targeted members of former president Donald Trump's campaign.
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British Flights Face "Extremely Dangerous Russian Jamming": Report
Jamming interrupts the satellite signals, including GPS, from reaching the aircraft and tricks the pilots into thinking they are somewhere they are not.
-
Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Senior Executives' Emails
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts.
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UK's Sellafield Nuclear Plant Allegedly Hacked By China And Russia, Government Says...
Britain denied the claims and said it has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a cyber attack.
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US Warns Its Space Industry Against Cyberattacks, Hacking by Foreign Entities
US counterintelligence agencies on Friday warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs. US authorities have for years said Chinese hackers are targeting US space know-how, including having accessed computers ...
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Russia Says US Hacked Thousands Of Apple Phones In Spy Plot
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered an American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software.
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Russian Hackers Preparing to Launch New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukraine: Microsoft Report
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that Russian hackers could be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat that could target the organisations associated with the country's supply lines. The Redmond company said it discovered that Sandworm, a sophisticated Russian hacking team, was testing “additio...
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Hackers Using SwiftSlicer Wiper to Destroy Windows Files, Security Researchers Say
Sandworm, a group linked to Russia's foreign military intelligence agency might be behind a recent cyberattack in Ukraine, said cybersecurity company ESET. The hacking team allegedly deployed SwiftSlice . Once executed, the SwiftSlicer deletes shadow copies, recursively overwrites files in the system and non-system drives and then reboots the compu...
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Ransomware Incidents in 2021 Mostly Tied to Russian Hackers, US FinCEN Report Says
Ransomware incidents in the US in 2021 were mostly tied to Russian hackers, according to a report by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The report states that out of 793 ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN in the second half of 2021, 75 percent "had a nexus to Russia, its proxies, or persons acting on its behalf.
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Oasis DeFi App Banishes Sanctioned Wallet Holders, Withholds Access to Application
Oasis, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform on Thursday, August 12 announced that it is blocking crypto wallets that are sanctioned and marked as high risks by the government. Oasis is also tightening scrutiny around wallets that have a history with receiving funds via crypto mixers such as Tornado Cash. The step comes in the backdrop of back-to...
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Putin Predecessor Questions Ex-Soviet States' Sovereignty In "Hacked" Post
An aide to former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that the politician's social media account had been "hacked" after a post was published questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet countries.
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RaHDIt Hacker Group Leaks Personal Information of Russian Citizens Working With Ukrainian Intelligence: Report
The RaHDIt hacking group, based in Russia, has leaked personal information of Russian citizens who have collaborated with Ukrainian military intelligence, according to a report by Sputnik. The hackers leaked details of thousands of Ukrainian officers, their relatives and people living with them. The data on the alleged spies include representatives...
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Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia's Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban
Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday. Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack, saying it was in response to Vilnius's decision to block the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union to the Russian exclave of Kalini...
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Ukrainian Officials’ Phone Targeted by Hackers Amid Russian Invasion: Cybersecurity Expert
Ukrainian officials’ phones have been targeted by hackers as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, claims a senior cybersecurity official. Victor Zhora, the deputy head of Ukraine's State Special Communications Service, said that phones being used by the country's public servants had come under sustained targeting.
