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UN General Assembly approves cybercrime treaty despite industry backlash
The agreement provides a framework for how law enforcement agencies in different countries coordinate on cybercrime ...
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FBI attributes largest crypto hack of 2024 to North Korea’s TraderTraitor
The biggest crypto heist of 2024 was conducted by seasoned cybercriminals working on behalf of North Korea’s government, according to the FBI. On Tuesday, the agency partnered with the Defense ...
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West Virginia city latest municipality hit with cyberattack
The city of Beckley, West Virginia is dealing with a cyberattack, it announced Thursday in a notice posted on social media. City officials said they recently discovered issues with their computer ...
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France announces Vincent Strubel as new top cybersecurity official
The French government on Thursday named Vincent Strubel the new chief of its national cybersecurity agency. Strubel previously spent fifteen years at ANSSI — the Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des ...
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Financial institutions in Portugal and Spain targeted by new Raspberry Robin malware
Hackers are using a new version of the Raspberry Robin worm to target Spanish and Portuguese financial and insurance institutions, according to research published by Security Joes on Monday. This worm ...
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Irish privacy watchdog fines Meta $400 million amid disagreement among European authorities
Ireland’s data privacy watchdog has handed down a €390 million (about $413 million) fine to Meta after two years-long inquiries into the data processing operations of Facebook and Instagram. The ...
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LastPass confirms credential stuffing attack against some of its users
Password manager app LastPass said today that a threat actor has launched a credential stuffing attack against its users in an attempt to gain access to their cloud-hosted password vaults. In an email ...
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With car privacy concerns rising, automakers may be on road to regulation
This is the third and final part in a series on automobile privacy. Read part 1 and part 2 here. Faye Francy decided to buy a used car from a dealer a few hours from her house. After writing a check ...
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Canada's largest children's hospital struggles to recover from pre-Christmas ransomware attack
UPDATE: The LockBit ransomware group posted an apology to Hospital for Sick Children on Saturday morning, offering the hospital a decryptor for free. Hospital for Sick Children told The Record that it ...
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This app will self-destruct: How Belarusian hackers created an alternative Telegram for activists
When a 25-year-old activist from Minsk who goes by Pavlo was detained by Belarusian KGB security forces last summer, he knew they would search his phone, looking for evidence of his involvement in ...
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LockBit ransomware used in attack on Ohio town’s court, police department and more
The city of Mount Vernon, Ohio said its police department, municipal court and other government offices were affected by a ransomware attack that started on December 19. On Tuesday, the city’s ...