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The White House Hosts the 2nd International Counter Ransomware Summit
The White House is hosting its second annual summit, involving dozens of countries and tech companies, to thwart the threat of ransomware attacks. The second International Counter Ransomware Summit will focus on priorities such as ensuring systems are more resilient to better withstand attacks and disrupt bad actors planning such assaults. Among the administration officials… Read more
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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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Polish Parliament Hit by Cyberattack
Cyberattacks hit the Polish parliament on Thursday, bringing down the voting system in the legislature, parliamentary authorities said. “The attack was multi-directional, including from inside the Russian Federation,” the Polish Senate said in a statement. Polish Senate speaker Tomasz Grodzki said it may be linked to the Senate’s vote Wednesday declaring the Russian government a… Read more
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“steal now, decrypt later” Not an Issue as Helix22 Already Offers Quantum Proof Encryption
While quantum computers are still a few years in the making, IBM, Google, and Honeywell are spending millions and Governments are spending billions to further develop the technology. As a result, quantum computers may be a single breakthrough away from cracking the asymmetric cryptography that most internet communications around the world depend upon. Asymmetric encryption… Read more
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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