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Google Stopped 1.2 Million Harmful Apps – Helix22 Protects Your Data From All Apps
According to data shared by Google on Wednesday, its automated systems helped block 1.2 million “policy violating apps” from being published on Google Play, thus preventing billions of “harmful installations.” In addition, the internet giant blocked 190,000 accounts belonging to bad developers, and it closed half a million developer accounts that were abandoned or inactive. The company… Read more
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Coca-Cola Targeted for Cyber Attack After An On-Line Vote Picked Them
Coca-Cola Co. is investigating a possible data breach after the Stormous ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the company and stolen data. Stormous claimed on its dark web page today that it had hacked some of Coca-Cola’s servers and had downloaded 161 gigabytes of data without the company’s knowledge. The group is offering to sell the stolen… Read more
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India Enacts 6 Hour Mandatory Cybersecurity Incident Reporting
In what is likely the shortest breach reporting timeline globally, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, CERT-In, has mandated that starting June 28, both government and private organizations in the country must inform the agency within six hours of discovering a cybersecurity incident. “Any service provider, intermediary, data center, body corporate and Government organization shall mandatorily report… Read more
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62 Nations To Draft Policy For The Declaration For the Future of the Internet
Anyone who has worked in information security field over the past 30 years quickly learn that most of the public Internet was not built with security or privacy in mind. The Biden administration wants the next 30 years of web surfing to look different. The United States is partnering with 61 other nations to sketch… Read more
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Will Elon Musk Sell Out Twitter Users For Chinese Market Access? – Probably Not…But He Could
ELON MUSK SECURED an agreement on Monday to buy Twitter for about $44 billion and take the company private. In his initial comments about the move, Musk discussed a range of goals from “making the algorithms open source to increase trust” to addressing spambots and “authenticating all humans.” There isn’t more information available yet on how Musk will steer Twitter,… Read more
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DeFi Platform Beanstalk Hit With $182 Million Theft Via A “Flash Loan”
On April 17th, the decentralized finance (DeFi) project Beanstalk Farms was exploited for $182 million after an attacker mounted a lightning-fast hostile takeover, buying a controlling stake of tokens and immediately voting to send themself all of the funds. The incident sparked discussion around “governance attacks,” a way of manipulating blockchain projects that use decentralized… Read more
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Rio De Janeiro Gov’t Suffers Ransomware Attack
The Secretary of State for Finance of Rio de Janeiro confirmed on Friday that it was dealing with a ransomware attack on its systems. The LockBit ransomware group claimed to have attacked systems connected to the government offices, stealing about 420 GB. The group threatened to leak the stolen data on Monday. Rio de Janeiro… Read more
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Sunwing Airline Delays Caused By Data Security Breach Continue For Fifth Day
Sunwing Airlines Inc. says the network-wide system outage that has grounded travellers and delayed flights to and from sun destinations is still not resolved. The Toronto-based carrier continues to advise customers travelling over the next few days to check their flight status before heading to the airport. Sunwing has apologized for the ongoing delays, which… Read more
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Five Eyes Nations Issue Joint Warning Regarding Critical Infrastructure Threats From Russia Hacking Groups
Yesterday, Five Eyes cybersecurity authorities warned critical infrastructure network defenders of an increased risk that Russia-backed hacking groups could target organizations within and outside Ukraine’s borders. The warning comes from cybersecurity agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a joint cybersecurity advisory with info on Russian state-backed hacking operations and… Read more
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Congress To Table a Bill For Quantum Encryption Preparedness – Helix22 is Mission Ready Today
Congress wants the federal government to have a plan in place for protecting federal IT systems and assets from future hacks carried out by quantum computers. Though the tangible threat of quantum codebreaking might still be in the future, the widespread replacement of much of the older, classical encryption underpinning systems and data is likely… Read more