Category: Hacking
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Hacking Is Now The #1 Concern To IT Public Service Professionals
Hacking is the largest source of security threats to the public sector, surpassing insiders for the first time in five years, according to a new survey. In a new report, 56% of respondents said the general hacking community was one of the largest source of security threats at public sector organizations, followed by careless or… Read more
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Walmart Owned Cleartrip Suffers a Major Data Breach
Airline- and hotel-booking website Cleartrip said it has suffered a major data breach in its internal systems, in an emailed communication to customers on Monday. “This is to inform you that there has been a security anomaly that entailed illegal and unauthorised access to a part of Cleartrip’s internal systems,” the email read. The Flipkart-owned company clarified… Read more
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Helix22 Data Security is Quantum Proof
Quantum computing threatens all information currently protected by 2048-bit RSA encryption. This means everything you are d0ing now, and consider to be secure, will eventually be hacked. When it comes to transmissions, almost all data is secured by distributing a shared key to the sender and receiver, and then using this common key to encrypt… Read more
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Cybersecurity Firms Being Used In New Phishing Attacks to Bypass Cybersecurity
A new callback phishing campaign is impersonating prominent security companies to try to trick potential victims into making a phone call that will instruct them to download malware. Researchers at CrowdStrike Intelligence discovered the campaign because CrowdStrike is actually one of the companies, among other security firms, being impersonated, they said in a recent blog post. … Read more
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Journalists Are A Growing Target for Tracking and Surveillance Attacks
State-sponsored hackers from China, North Korea, Iran and Turkey have been regularly spying on and impersonating journalists from various media outlets in an effort to infiltrate their networks and gain access to sensitive information, according to a report released on Thursday by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. The report reveals that government-backed hackers used various tools to… Read more
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Microsoft Reports Phishing Campaign Can Hack You Even With MFA
On Tuesday, Microsoft detailed an ongoing large-scale phishing campaign that can hijack user accounts when they’re protected with multi-factor authentication measures designed to prevent such takeovers. The threat actors behind the operation, who have targeted 10,000 organizations since September, have used their covert access to victim email accounts to trick employees into sending the hackers… Read more
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Millions in Crypto Stolen in Phishing Attacks on Uniswap Users
A phishing attack on users of Uniswap, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, has caused millions of dollars in losses. The incident first came to light on Monday when Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said his threat intelligence team “detected a potential exploit on Uniswap V3 on the ETH blockchain.” “The hacker has stolen 4,295 ETH [about $4.6… Read more
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Apple To Launch Lockdown Mode – Helix22 Offers Cybersecurity And You Can Still Use Your Device
Apple has announced an expansion to its security arsenal with a new feature called Lockdown Mode, which will be introduced officially this fall with iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura. This optional feature will be of particular interest for individuals who might be at higher risk than the average user of a cybersecurity attack. Lockdown… Read more
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French Telco, La Poste Mobile, Down Due To Ransomware
French mobile phone network La Poste Mobile is still struggling to recover from a ransomware attack that has crippled its administrative and management services. The company’s website is down, with a lengthy message to customers explaining that the ransomware attack began on July 4. While service has not been affected, the company noted that customer… Read more
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States Are Looking to Ban Ransomware Payouts
Florida recently signed HB 7055, which, among other things requires that all state agencies report cybersecurity and ransomware incidents, and that every state employee receives substantive training in cybersecurity. All good things. However, they have also joined the increasing number of states, beginning with North Carolina in April of this year, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona (HB 2145) and New York which have either… Read more