Capital One Fined $80 Million for 2019 Data Breach Affecting 106 Million Users

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A United States regulator has fined the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp with $80 million over last year’s data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million credit card applicants of Americans. The fine was …

17-Year-Old ‘Mastermind’, 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

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A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According …

Unpatched Critical Flaw Disclosed in Zoom Software for Windows 7 or Earlier

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A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Zoom video conferencing software for Windows that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s computer running Microsoft Windows 7 or older. To successfully exploit the zoom vulnerability, all an …

Police Arrested Hundreds of Criminals After Hacking Into Encrypted Chat Network

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In a joint operation, European and British law enforcement agencies recently arrested hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals after infiltrating into a global network of an encrypted chatting app that was used to plot drug deals, money laundering, …

‘Satori’ IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison

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The United States Department of Justice yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old Washington-based hacker to 13 months in federal prison for his role in creating botnet malware, infecting a large number of systems with it, and then abusing those systems to carry …

InvisiMole Hackers Target High-Profile Military and Diplomatic Entities

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Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered the modus operandi of an elusive threat group that hacks into the high-profile military and diplomatic entities in Eastern Europe for espionage. The findings are part of a collaborative analysis by cybersecurity firm ESET and the …

A Bug in Facebook Messenger for Windows Could’ve Helped Malware Gain Persistence

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Cybersecurity researchers at Reason Labs, the threat research arm of security solutions provider Reason Cybersecurity, today disclosed details of a vulnerability they recently discovered in the Facebook Messenger application for Windows. The vulnerability, which resides in Messenger version 460.16, could …

New USBCulprit Espionage Tool Steals Data From Air-Gapped Computers

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A Chinese threat actor has developed new capabilities to target air-gapped systems in an attempt to exfiltrate sensitive data for espionage, according to a newly published research by Kaspersky yesterday. The APT, known as Cycldek, Goblin Panda, or Conimes, employs …

A New Free Monitoring Tool to Measure Your Dark Web Exposure

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Last week, application security company ImmuniWeb released a new free tool to monitor and measure an organization’s exposure on the Dark Web. To improve the decision-making process for cybersecurity professionals, the free tool crawls Dark Web marketplaces, hacking forums, and Surface …

How Cybersecurity Enables Government, Health, EduTech Cope With COVID-19

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The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact on our society has resulted in many dramatic changes to how people are traveling, interacting with each other, and collaborating at work. There are several trends taking place as a consequence …