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Category: NSA
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Hackers Hack Cybersecurity Conference
An online conference of Australian Institute of Company Directors (AIDC) on Monday to launch cybersecurity principles was hacked, leaving the institute’s boss and LinkedIn, the platform hosting the event with a bit of a PR problem. Thousands of would-be participants began to get antsy when they tried to log on for a 1pm start and… Read more
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Australian Companies to Face Fines of $50 Million for Data Breaches
Companies that fail to adequately protect people’s data could face fines of $50 million or more under new legislation to be introduced next week. After Optus and Medibank reported significant breaches of customer data, including sensitive health information, the Albanese government was now moving to increase penalties for serious or repeated breaches of customer data. The attorney general, who has… Read more
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Dutch Police Trick Ransomware Operators To Get Decryption Keys Free
Dutch police and other law enforcement agencies have managed to trick the DeadBolt ransomware operators into releasing 150 decryption keys for free. The method of obtaining decryption keys was found by a Dutch incident response company called Responders.NU, who shared the method with the police. The basis for the trick iss that it was possible to cancel an unconfirmed Bitcoin… Read more
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Australia’s Medibank Suffers Serious Data Breach
A hacker stole 200GB of confidential customer information from one of Australia’s largest health insurers as experts warn the breach is ‘very serious’. Medibank said it would work closely with the Australian Federal Police as it investigates the cyber-attack after the hackers responsible gained access to extremely sensitive information – including customer’s doctors’ visits. In… Read more
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Verizon Announces A User Data Breach
Verizon warned an undisclosed number of prepaid customers that attackers gained access to Verizon accounts and used exposed credit card info in SIM swapping attacks. “We determined that between October 6 and October 10, 2022, a third-party actor accessed the last four digits of the credit card used to make automatic payments on your account,” Verizon… Read more
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FBI Warns Dems and GOP of Chinese Hacking Prior To Midterm Elections
Chinese government hackers are scanning U.S. political party domains ahead of next month’s midterm elections, looking for vulnerable systems as a potential precursor to hacking operations, and the FBI is making a big push to alert potential victims to batten down the hatches. Over the past week, FBI agents in field offices across the country have… Read more
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2K Games Warns Users Their Stolen Data Is For Sale Online
Video game publisher 2K emailed users to warn that some of their personal info was stolen and put up for sale online following a September 19 security breach. 2K confirmed that its help desk platform was hacked and used by the attackers to target customers using fake support tickets that pushed Redline Stealer malware via embedded links. The… Read more
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India’s Tata Power Suffers A Cyberattack
Multibillion-dollar Indian energy giant Tata Power announced on Friday that it is dealing with a cyberattack impacting some of its systems. A spokesperson for the company stated the attack targeted its IT infrastructure, but added that critical systems haven’t been disrupted. “The Company has taken steps to retrieve and restore the systems,” the spokesperson said. “All… Read more
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Ransomware Micro Attacks On Home Users
A ransomware attack delivered by fake Windows 10 and antivirus software updates is targeting home users, using sneaky techniques to stay undetected before encrypting files and demanding a ransom payment of thousands of dollars. The Magniber campaign, detailed by HP Wolf Security, is unusual for 2022 in the way it focuses on generating relatively small ransom… Read more
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Crypto Platform Mango Markets Drained of More than $100 Million in Flash Loan Attack
Mango Markets, a cryptocurrency trading platform, was robbed of more than $100 million on Tuesday night after a hacker used a flash loan attack to exploit the platform. Flash loan attacks involve hackers borrowing funds that do not require collateral, buying a significant amount of a cryptocurrency to artificially raise its price and then offloading… Read more