Lucy Ingham reports: Along-awaited report by the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission has been published, warning of a “catastrophic cyberattack” that leaves the nation in tatters. The report begins with an unorthodox start: a piece of fiction written by American political scientist Peter Singer and national security writer and analyst August Cole entitled “A Warning From Tomorrow”. Written…
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Chinese Hackers ‘Weaponize’ Coronavirus Data For New Cyber Attack: Here’s What They Did
Zak Doffman reports: We have seen multiple stories about coronavirus-related information being used to disguise malware-laced messages and apps, which are now being distributed by threat actors around the world. Well, Chinese state-sponsored hackers are keen to get in on the act—at least according to the team at Check Point. In research published today, March 12, the firm exposes…
LinkedIn Appeals Important CFAA Ruling Regarding Scraping Public Info Just As Concerns Raised About Clearview
Mike Masnick writes: Last fall we were happy to see the 9th Circuit rule against LinkedIn in its CFAA case against HiQ. If you don’t recall, the CFAA is the “anti-hacking” law that has been widely abused over the years to try to shut down perfectly reasonable activity. At issue is whether “scraping” information violates a…
Israeli spyware company accused of WhatsApp hack: Facebook lied in lawsuit
Tal Shahaf of Reuters reports: A fierce legal battle between Facebook and Israeli cyber security firm NSO ramped up this week with the latter telling a California court that the social media giant lied about providing material related to its lawsuit against the high-tech firm. Facebook is suing NSO for allegedly spying on smartphone users…
Hackers are targeting other hackers by infecting their tools with malware
Zack Whittaker reports: A newly discovered malware campaign suggests that hackers have themselves become the targets of other hackers, who are infecting and repackaging popular hacking tools with malware. Cybereason’s Amit Serper found that the attackers in this years-long campaign are taking existing hacking tools — some of which are designed to exfiltrate data from a database through…
All bets off as children’s data is leaked
ITPro reports: The way that the Department for Education (DfE) handles sensitive data on children and students needs a thorough independent investigation, experts argue, following revelations that one of its datasets had been used to help betting companies target new customers. The data scare was flagged in an investigation by The Sunday Times, but IT Pro’s sister…