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The EU sanctioned six people for their involvement in cyber attacks against critical infrastructure and essential services, like health and banking. “With these new listings, the EU and its member states reaffirm their willingness to step up efforts to provide a stronger … response to persistent malicious cyber activities targeting the EU,” a statement from the European Council read. There are currently 14 individuals and four entities that are sanctioned for cyber crimes against the EU, according to the statement. Sanctions include an asset freeze and travel ban. Those listed are unable to re...
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Turkey’s biggest cryptocurrency market BtcTurk said in an announcement on Saturday that their exchange had been hacked, while a popular Bitcoin analyst claimed that the amount of money stolen amounted to nearly 51 million euros. “Our teams have detected that there was a cyber attack on our platform on June 22, 2024, which caused uncontrolled withdrawals to be processed. Only some of the balances in the hot wallets of 10 cryptocurrencies were affected by the cyber attack in question, and our cold wallets, where most of the assets are kept, are safe,” the exchange said in the statement. A hot wa...
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Washington (AFP) - Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a "cascade of avoidable errors" that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials. Microsoft President Brad Smith spent more than three hours answering questions from members of the House Committee on Homeland Security in Washington, assuring them cybersecurity is being woven more deeply into the technology company's culture. "Microsoft accepts responsibility for each and every one of the issues cited" in a scathing US government report about the breach "without equivocation or hesitat...
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A new study has revealed the most dangerous (ie: hackable) pop-culture passwords to have, and comic book superheroes rank high. The study, which was carried out by Mailsuite, analysed 300 million hacked accounts, and identified the passwords with references to pop-culture you should be avoiding. So, which one is the most dangerous? Turns out the Man of Steel himself, as ‘Superman’ is the most hackable password. The DC superhero showed up in 584,697 data breaches. The second spot went to rock band Blink-182, appearing in 482,244 breaches, while bronze goes to Superman’s DC neighbour Batman, wit...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Social media giant Meta says its bid to thwart coordinated disinformation campaigns created through ever-improving generative AI is working, despite widespread concerns. Meta's latest study on "coordinated inauthentic behavior" on its platforms comes as fears mount that generative AI will be used to trick or confuse people in upcoming elections worldwide, notably in the United States. "What we've seen so far is that our industry's existing defenses, including our focus on behavior rather than content in countering adversarial threats, already apply and appear to be effect...
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Der russische Nachrichtendienst GRU wurde von der deutschen Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock beschuldigt, einen "absolut unerträglichen" Cyberangriff begangen zu haben. Baerbock erklärte, dass im vergangenen Jahr russische staatliche Hacker hinter einem Cyberangriff standen, der die SPD ins Visier genommen hatte. Im Juni 2023 gab die SPD bekannt, dass zu Beginn des Jahres Cyberkriminelle die E-Mail-Konten ihrer Führungskräfte angegriffen hatten. Das ergab eine Untersuchung der deutschen Regierung unter der Leitung des Außenministeriums. "Russische staatliche Hacker haben Deutschland im Cybers...
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The iconic V-finger sign, commonly used to represent peace, is often a go-to gesture when people pose for pictures. However, a video being shared widely on WhatsApp and other social media networks warns people against using it. The clip claims fraudsters can use the images to take high-quality copies of their fingerprints, which they then use to hack into their phones and accounts to steal their money and data. But how well-founded are the claims? Simply put, it's technically possible but very unlikely in practice. Hackers could in theory extract copies of our fingerprints from the selfies we ...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Hackers linked to Russia's intelligence service broke into email accounts of senior Microsoft executives, according to a regulatory filing available Friday. Microsoft identified the cyber attacker as a group referred to as "Midnight Blizzard," which it said has been connected to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service by US and British governments. "This threat actor is known to primarily target governments, diplomatic entities, non-government organizations, and IT service providers primarily in the US and Europe," Microsoft said in a blog post in August last year detailing...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Personal genetics firm 23andMe on Tuesday confirmed that hackers using stolen passwords accessed the personal information about 6.9 million of its members. While the hackers were only able to get into about 14,000 accounts, or 0.1 percent of its customers, they were able to see information shared by genetically linked relatives at 23andMe, a spokesperson said in reply to an AFP inquiry. 23andMe is in the process of notifying affected customers and has hardened account security by requiring users to reset passwords and set up a second authentication method such as sending ...
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By Hera Rizwan Last week, several opposition leaders in India received an identical message on their iPhones. “State-sponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhone,” the message read. Among the politicians who received the alert were Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, MP and chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, Asaduddin Owaisi, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and party's spokespersons, Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate. However, the tech giant Apple on October 31,issued a statement saying that it does not attribute “state-sponsored a...
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