Andy Greenberg reports: WHEN SECURITY RESEARCHERS piece together the blow-by-blow of a state-sponsored hacking operation, they’re usually following a thin trail of malicious code samples, network logs, and connections to faraway servers. That detective work gets significantly easier when hackers record what they’re doing and upload the video to an unprotected server on the open internet….
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“We take data protection very seriously,” New Zealand Friday edition
There were two incidents concerning New Zealand leaks or breaches in my news feed this morning. One of them caught my attention because the story didn’t seem accurate — and not because the reporters weren’t reporting accurately, but because the entity may not have been fully transparent or accurate about the incident. First: Mandy Te,…
Russian hackers suspected in Covid-19 vaccine intellectual property theft, report says
Alaric Dearment reports: Computer hackers “almost certainly” part of Russian intelligence services have a new target: Covid-19 vaccine development efforts. In a report Thursday, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment said that the hacker group APT29, also known as “Cozy Bear” and “The Dukes,” had been targeting various organizations involved with Covid-19…
A hacker used Twitter’s own ‘admin’ tool to spread cryptocurrency scam
Zack Whittaker reports: A hacker allegedly behind a spate of Twitter account hacks on Wednesday gained access to a Twitter “admin” tool on the company’s network that allowed them to hijack high-profile Twitter accounts to spread a cryptocurrency scam, according to a person with direct knowledge of the incident. The account hijacks hit some of the most prominent…
Whose data are these — and are they real? NightLion v. Troia, Round 2
July 28 — Please see the correction notice and update at the bottom of this post. On Sunday, a person or persons calling themself “NightLion” revealed that they had hacked DataViper.io. Data Viper is a service its founder, Vinny Troia, describes as “A Threat Intelligence Platform Designed To Provide Organizations, Investigators, And Law Enforcement With…
Revenge is mine, saith a hacker. No big deal, saith a researcher.
Vinny Troia, a self-described security researcher and and the owner of cybersecurity firms Night Lion Security and DataViper.io, will be the opening keynote speaker at SecureWorld’s virtual conference this coming Wednesday. He has promoted himself and his talk by claiming that he will reveal all of the identities of key members of thedarkoverlord, GnosticPlayers, and…