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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 14:19:35 +0000
Law enforcement officials say they’ve identified, sanctioned, and indicted the person behind LockBitSupp, the administrator at the heart of LockBit’s $500 million hacking rampage.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 17:36:14 +0000
The United States joined the United Kingdom and Australia today in sanctioning 31-year-old Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged leader of the infamous ransomware group LockBit. The U.S. Department of Justice also indicted Khoroshev as the gang’s leader “LockbitSupp,” and charged him with using Lockbit to attack more than 2,000 victims and extort at least $100 million in ransomware payments.
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Credit to Author: Alanna Titterington| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 13:59:15 +0000
How attackers use databases of stolen or leaked passwords to carry out credential stuffing attacks.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Quick Heal| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 06:29:04 +0000
Let’s face it: the digital landscape is a treacherous realm. Cyber attackers keep hunting for vulnerabilities, finding ways…
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Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000
The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself.
Read MoreThis week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Dr. Jean Twenge about smartphones, social media, and a teen mental health crisis.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 14:24:47 +0000
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection provided by their VPN without triggering any alerts to the user.
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Credit to Author: Alanna Titterington| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 12:05:57 +0000
A small program called Googerteller emits a sound every time your browser accesses Google and the most common advertising trackers.
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