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Russian Outages Caused By Ukrainian Hackers Continue
The Ukrainian hacker group known as the BO Team launched a devastating assault on Russian infrastructure last Monday, temporarily crippling its courts and state-ran media companies. Some of the outages have lasted for more than...
The Largest US Water Company Gets Hacked
American Water Works was the victim of a cyberattack. The report states that hackers were able to breach their network and various systems on Oct. 3. This caused the company to pause billing while it fixed the issue. It was also f...
NordVPN Replaces Warrant Canary With Transparency Reports
NordVPN announced last month that it was transitioning from a warrant canary to detailed transparency reports to inform its users of government inquiries. Many tech firms use warrant canaries to indirectly inform their customers w...
Mozilla Introduces Tool That Scrubs Leaked Data From the Web
Mozilla has introduced a new feature, Mozilla Monitor Plus, that automatically searches data brokers for your personal information and removes any leaked data.
Mozilla Monitor Plus, the enhanced paid version of the Mozilla Moni...
NordVPN Introduces Post-Quantum Encryption
NordVPN, one of the best VPNs on the market, has unveiled a major update to enhance data privacy— quantum-resistant encryption, a cutting-edge technology that’ll withstand future quantum computing threats.
Quantum-resilient enc...
Ukrainian Hackers Launch Major Cyberattack on Russian State Media VGTRK on Putin's Birthday
On Oct. 7, Russian state media company VGTRK was the target of a significant cyberattack, which a Ukrainian government source attributed to Kyiv's hackers. The attack coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 72nd birthday...
Indiana Man Admits to $37 Million Crypto Heist, Impacting 571 Victims Globally
A major crypto scam orchestrated by 21-year-old Evan Frederick Light of Indiana led to more than $37 million in losses, affecting 571 victims. The heist, which occurred in 2022, targeted an investment company in Sioux Falls, South...
Cybersecurity Alert: Chinese Hackers Breach US Telecom Networks
Chinese state-sponsored hackers, identified as the group Salt Typhoon have infiltrated the networks of major US telecom companies, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies.
According to reports, the hackers accessed...
Chinese Nationals Defrauded Apple of More Than $2.5M in iPhone Scam
Two Chinese nationals have been sentenced to prison for orchestrating a scheme that defrauded Apple of more than $2.5 million. Court documents reveal that from June 2017 to December 2019, Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue executed a sch...
US Seizes 100 Domains Used By Russian Spear Phishing Campaigns
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) seized over 100 domains used by Russian-backed hackers to infiltrate government agencies. The DoJ unsealed a warrant to take down 41 domains while working alongside Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Uni...