Poor Password Security Led to Recent Water Treatment Facility Hack

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New details have emerged about the remote computer intrusion at a Florida water treatment facility last Friday, highlighting a lack of adequate security measures needed to bulletproof critical infrastructure environments. …

Iranian Hackers Utilize ScreenConnect to Spy On UAE, Kuwait Government Agencies

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UAE and Kuwait government agencies are targets of a new cyberespionage campaign potentially carried out by Iranian threat actors, according to new research. Attributing the operation to be the work …

Dependency Confusion Supply-Chain Attack Hit Over 35 High-Profile Companies

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In what’s a novel supply chain attack, a security researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies’ internal systems, including that of Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and …

Ukrainian Police Arrest Author of World’s Largest Phishing Service U-Admin

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Law enforcement officials in Ukraine, in coordination with authorities from the U.S. and Australia, last week shut down one of the world’s largest phishing services that were used to attack …

Hacker Tried Poisoning Water Supply After Breaking Into Florida’s Treatment System

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Hackers successfully infiltrated the computer system controlling a water treatment facility in the U.S. state of Florida and remotely changed a setting that drastically altered the levels of sodium hydroxide …

Detailed: Here’s How Iran Spies on Dissidents with the Help of Hackers

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Twin cyber operations conducted by state-sponsored Iranian threat actors demonstrate their continued focus on compiling detailed dossiers on Iranian citizens that could threaten the stability of the Islamic Republic, including …