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DeFi Platfrom “Team Finance” Has $15 Million Stolen
Decentralized finance platform Team Finance confirmed on Thursday that hackers exploited a vulnerability and stole $14.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. Several blockchain security companies alerted the company of the hack before it released a statement about the issue. In a twitter statement, Team Finance said an analysis of the incident showed that it began at… Read more
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Hackers maintained access inside military organization’s network, U.S. officials reveal
U.S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence officials revealed on Tuesday that sophisticated hackers infiltrated a likely U.S. military contractor and maintained “persistent, long-term” access to their system. The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI released a detailed, joint advisory containing the notification, explaining that in November 2021 CISA responded to a… Read more
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90% of All Organizations Affected by Ransomware
An annual SpyCloud survey found that 90% of organizations were impacted by ransomware over the past twelve months, an alarming increase from last year’s 72.5%. To compile the 2022 Ransomware Defense Report, SpyCloud asked over 300 individuals in active IT security roles at U.S., UK and Canadian organizations with at least 500 employees to evaluate the threat of ransomware, as… Read more
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CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Critical Atlassian Bitbucket Server Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed critical flaw impacting Atlassian’s Bitbucket Server and Data Center to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2022-36804, the issue relates to a command injection vulnerability that could allow malicious actors to gain arbitrary code execution on susceptible… Read more
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Fast Company Website Hacked
Fast Company took its website offline after it was hacked to display stories and push out Apple News notifications containing obscene and racist comments. Today, the hacker shared how they allegedly breached the site. The site today shows a statement from the company confirming they were hacked on Sunday afternoon, followed by an additional hack… Read more
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FCC Warns of the Rising Threat of Smishing Attacks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an alert to warn Americans of the rising threat of smishing (robotexts) attacks aimed at stealing their personal information or for financial scams. “The FCC’s Robocall Response Team is alerting consumers to the rising threat of robotexts. Substantial increases in consumer complaints to the FCC, reports by non-government robocall… Read more
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The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
A bipartisan bill that seeks to strengthen national security against quantum-computing threats has been introduced in the US Senate. Co-sponsored by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), the bill was introduced in the House in April and passed in July. The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act addresses federal agencies’ preparedness for quantum computing and requires… Read more
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Didi Fined $1.2 Billion for Violating China’s Data Policies
China’s internet regulator on Thursday fined ride-hailing giant Didi $1.2 billion for the company’s voracious data collection policies and lackluster security protections around sensitive user information. The Cyberspace Administration of China said it concluded a network security review of the company and found “illegal activities” and violations of the country’s Network Security Law, Data Security Law and… Read more
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69 Million User Profiles Stolen in Neopet Hack
Neopets, a site that allows users to collect digital pets and trade pet-related items, has been hit by a data breach that’s thought to have affected around 69 million users. Sensitive information such as email addresses, passwords, country, zip code, gender, and birthdays are all included in the leaked database. A hacking forum user named… 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