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US officials delayed a ban on American technology exports to Chinese tech giant Huawei until mid-August, saying the time was needed to allow for software updates and other contractual obligations. [Read More]
TeamViewer confirms it was hacked in 2016 -- likely by Chinese cyberspies -- but the company decided not to make the breach public as it found no evidence that it affected users. [Read More]
Hackers had access to Stack Overflow systems for nearly a week before the attack was detected and some user data was exposed after all. [Read More]
The number of hacktivist attacks that resulted in quantifiable damage has declined by 95 percent since 2015, according to IBM. [Read More]
Stack Overflow, the popular Q&A platform for programmers, said hackers gained access to production systems over the weekend. [Read More]
Authorities in the United States and Europe announced the takedown of a cybercrime network that used the GozNym malware to steal an estimated $100 million from victims. [Read More]
The Singapore Red Cross said Thursday its website had been hacked and the personal data of more than 4,000 potential blood donors compromised in the latest cyber attack on the city-state. [Read More]
The Chinese government appears to have centralized control over several hacking groups previously believed to be separate threat actors. [Read More]
The BlackTech cyber-espionage group has been performing man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks on the update process of the ASUS WebStorage application to deliver the Plead backdoor to their targeted victims, ESET reports. [Read More]
The UK Supreme Court has delivered a ruling that ensures that intelligence agency surveillance action can be challenged in the courts, and is subject to the rule of law. [Read More]
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Cybercrime
it’s crucial to remember that accessing and obtaining DDW data safely and effectively in support of an intelligence operation requires highly specific skills and infrastructure that, unfortunately, not all vendors possess.
Organizations may not be able to mitigate BEC scams entirely; however, tightening up processes will ensure data exposure is kept to a minimum.
The 2020 elections will be hotly contested, and the integrity of the election will need to be beyond repute to ensure citizens confidence in a free and fair election.
Online "card shops" can be invaluable resources for those seeking to better understand and combat fraud and cybercrime.
The origin story of Mimikatz — a post-exploitation module that has enabled criminals to steal millions of passwords around the world — reads like an over-the-top spy thriller.
The abundance of compromised card data and other assets available online continues to hinder the fight against card-not-present (CNP) fraud.
Cybercriminals rely on tried and trusted methods for phishing; as long as there is even a four percent chance that phishing techniques will be successful, they will continue to use them.
The current state of automated teller machine (ATM) security is far from optimal, but the unique security challenges around ATMs make improvements difficult.
Against the ongoing backdrop of cyber conflict between nation states and escalating warnings from the Department of Homeland Security, critical infrastructure is becoming a central target for threat actors.
There have been so many high-profile breaches that a person’s entire life could be laid out, triangulated and, ultimately, faked by someone with the wrong set of intentions.
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