CrowdStrike tells Congress of two process changes to address July outage incident
CrowdStrike is making two changes to how it pushes out updates for its security tools after a July incident left thousands of airports, businesses and governments scrambling to...
Discover Latest Ransomware Tactics and Zero Trust Strategies in This Expert Webinar
Sep 24, 2024The Hacker NewsWebinar / Cybersecurity
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New twist on sextortion scam includes pictures of people’s homes
The extortion attempt arrives as an email with a PDF attached. When opened, the document includes a photo of a family's home, and often the person's address and...
Sweden says Iran behind cyberattack calling for revenge on Quran burners
Sweden’s domestic intelligence agency announced on Tuesday that hackers acting on behalf of the Iranian government were behind a cyberattack last year aimed at provoking divisions in the...
Exclusive: State Department cyber bureau preps funding blitz aimed at boosting allies defenses
The U.S. State Department’s cyber bureau is ready to shell out almost $35 million in foreign aid for an array of projects around the world, as Washington aims...
Telegram says it will share phone numbers and IP addresses of ‘bad actors’ to...
The popular messaging service Telegram has updated its terms of service to discourage “bad actors” from “jeopardizing the integrity” of the platform, according to its founder Pavel Durov....
Russian hackers have shifted tactics in third year of war, Ukraine cyber agency says
Ukraine’s cyber agency has observed “a significant change” in the use of cyberattacks by Russian hackers in recent months, according to a new report. Whereas in the...
Biden administration proposes rule banning Chinese, Russian connected vehicles and parts
The Department of Commerce on Monday announced it is proposing a rule which would ban the sale or import of connected vehicles containing specific software and hardware produced...
Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks
A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets.
"Rather than demand a ransom for...
Airline exec settles hack-for-hire case against law firm, pledging to ‘vigorously’ prosecute other alleged...
The aviation executive Farhad Azima settled litigation this week against the law firm Dechert and two of its former attorneys who he alleged were involved in the hacking...
