Tag: security

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

Several government departments are investigating TP-Link routers over Chinese cyberattack fears, but the company denies links. Source

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North Korean hackers are posing as software development recruiters to target freelancers

North Korea is hiding malware in GitHub projects The projects are then sent to developers as a coding test BeaverTail malware is then used to steal credentials and crypto Freelance software developers are the latest target of North Korean hackers looking to spread infostealing malware, experts have warned. The latest…

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Over a million clinical records exposed in data breach

A clinical research organization’s dataset has been discovered online The documents include Personally Identifiable Information (PII) It’s not clear whether criminals have accessed the information A dataset belonging to a clinical research firm has been discovered publicly exposed online without an encryption or password-protection. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the…

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Hackers are targeting Signal with new QR code-linked cyberattack

Google researchers are warning of an ongoing phishing campaign It distributes QR codes which grant the attackers access to people’s Signal accounts The targets are mostly military personnel, experts warn Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been increasingly targeting Signal Messenger users, with QR code-powered phishing attacks, malware, and more, experts…

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UK private health services firm told to pay up $2m for ransomware hit

UK healthcare organization HCRG reportedly hit by ransomware attack Over 2.5TB of data offered for sale by Medusa ransomware gang Latest in a series of ransomware attacks targeting healthcare orgs A private health and social services provider, the HCRG Care Group, has reportedly suffered a cyberattack at the hands of…

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US soldier pleads guilty to AT&T and Verizon cyberattacks, linked to Snowflake data theft

A US Army soldier is facing charges linked to the Snowflake hack The accused faces $500,000 in fines and 20 years behind bars The soldier intends to plead guilty to all charges A US army soldier accused of two counts of unlawfully transferring confidential phone records has said he intends…

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