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‘I went to prison for the £77m TalkTalk hacking. I could be sent back for ordering a McDonalds’

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dissent

Nicholas Fearn reports: As one of Britain’s most notorious cyber criminals, Daniel Kelley played a leading role in the 2015 TalkTalk data breach. The hack was catastrophic for the telecoms firm, resulting in a financial loss of £77 million (€90.7 million) and the stolen data of over 150,000 customers. Kelley would go on to spend…

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Patchwork of US State Regulations Becomes More Complex as Florida, North Carolina Ban Ransomware Payments

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Dissent

Scott Ikeda reports: The issue of banning ransomware payments has been contentious and hotly debated in governments throughout the world in the last few years, particularly as the problem seemed to grow out of control during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the US, the federal government has come down on the side of allowing payments but adding increasingly…

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Hackers are using cookies to sidestep two-factor authentication

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Dissent

Fionna Agomuah reports: “Cookie stealing” is among the latest trends in cybercrimes that hackers are using to bypass credentials and access private databases, according to Sophos. Typical security advice for organizations has been to move their most sensitive information to cloud services or to use multifactor authentication (MFA) as a safety means. However, bad actors…

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UPDATE NOW: Apple warns hackers could get ‘full admin access’ to iPhones, iPads, iMacs

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Dissent

AP and CNN report: Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. In security updates posted online on Wednesday and Thursday, Apple said the vulnerability affects iPhones dating back to the 6S model, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad…

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BlackByte ransomware gang is back with new extortion tactics

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: The BlackByte ransomware is back with version 2.0 of their operation, including a new data leak site utilizing new extortion techniques borrowed from LockBit. After a brief disappearance, the ransomware operation is now promoting a new data leak site on hacker forums and through Twitter accounts the threat actor controls. Read more at…

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Disrupting SEABORGIUM’s ongoing phishing operations

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Dissent

From Microsoft’s Blog: The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed and taken actions to disrupt campaigns launched by SEABORGIUM, an actor Microsoft has tracked since 2017. SEABORGIUM is a threat actor that originates from Russia, with objectives and victimology that align closely with Russian state interests. Its campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft…

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