The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree
The agency’s approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained. Source: Wired
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Facebook Moves Against ‘Evil Eye’ Hackers Targeting Uyghurs
The company’s investigation into a Chinese espionage campaign took researchers beyond Facebook’s own platforms. Source: Wired
Continue Reading‘Browser Isolation’ Takes On Entrenched Web Threats
Cloudflare says it’s possible to build a version of the notoriously slow and buggy tool without compromising on speed. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingThe Peculiar Ransomware Piggybacking Off of China’s Big Hack
DearCry is the first attack to use the same Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, but its lack of sophistication lessens the threat. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingChinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims
A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingChina and Russia's Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack
The full extent of the Solarwinds hack and Hafnium’s attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingGab's CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site
A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive’s name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingFar-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data
The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingHackers Tied to Russia's GRU Targeted the US Grid for Years
A Sandworm-adjacent group has successfully breached US critical infrastructure a handful of times, according to new findings from the security firm Dragos. Source: Wired
Continue ReadingFeds Indict North Korean Hackers for Years of Heists
The three men are allegedly part of a group that tried to steal $1.3 billion in an extended—and ongoing—cybercrime spree. Source: Wired
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