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Telegram’s Pavel Durov Released from Custody
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, has been released from police custody after 4 days of questioning from French authorities about allegations that the app is facilitating illegal activities.
“An investigating judge has ended Pavel Dur...
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DOJ Takes Legal Action Against Georgia Tech
The Justice Department has joined a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the Georgia Institute of Technology of failing to meet its cybersecurity responsibilities in contracts with the US Department of Defense.
The original lawsuit, fil...
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Massive Oil Company Faces Aggressive Cyberattack
Haliburton, a massive oil field company, was recently forced to take its systems down after unknown hackers launched a devastating cyberattack. Some oil pipelines were also affected.
In a recent 8-K report sent to the Securities a...
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Man Hacked State Records To Fake His Death
A Kentucky man hacked into state registries and altered official records to fake his death.
The reason behind the hack was to avoid his child support payments.
On Monday, 39-year-old Jesse Kipf was sentenced to nine years in feder...
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Google Will Head to Court Over Alleged Data Harvesting in Chrome
Google will have to face a lawsuit over allegations that it collected users’ private information through its Chrome browser without their knowledge and consent, a US federal court has ruled.
The bad news for the tech giant comes f...
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New FAA Proposal Aims to Close Gaps in Aircraft Cybersecurity
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has put forward a new set of proposed rules this week to enhance the cybersecurity of airplanes, engines, and propellers. The move is part of a broader effort to protect modern aircraft f...
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Microsoft Prepares Beta for Controversial Windows Recall Feature
Microsoft’s contentious Windows Recall feature is making a return.
The tech giant recently revealed in an official blog post that the feature will be available to testers in the Windows Insider Program starting in October. Once it...
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ExpressVPN Browser Extension Gets Audited
ExpressVPN’s browser extension passed an independent audit by security firm Cure53. This is the second successful audit for the browser extension, and ExpressVPN has conducted 19 security audits for its apps, protocols, and more...
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Researchers Uncover Large-Scale Cyber Attacks On AWS Cloud Environments
Unit 42 researchers discovered a massive cyber campaign that affects more than 230 million unique cloud environments.
Hackers exploited exposed environment variable files (.env) to gain access to multiple organizations’ systems. ...
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Nigerian Scammer Found Guilty, Sentenced To 12 Years
A Nigerian national faces a 12-year and 7-month-long sentence for perpetrating multiple online scams.
Bamidele Omotosho pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and computer intrusi...