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Ransomware gang is auctioning off victims’ confidential data
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Ransomware operators say they’re auctioning off victims’ confidential data in an attempt to put further pressure on them to pay hefty fees for its safe …
Google fixes Android flaws that allow code execution with high system rights
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Google has shipped security patches for dozens of vulnerabilities in its Android mobile operating system, two of which could allow hackers to remotely execute malicious code with extremely high system …
Apple fixes bug that could have given hackers full access to user accounts
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Sign in with Apple—a privacy-enhancing tool that lets users log into third-party apps without revealing their email addresses—just fixed a bug that made it possible for attackers to gain unauthorized …
Walmart employees are out to show its anti-shoplifting AI doesn’t work
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In January, my coworker received a peculiar email. The message, which she forwarded to me, was from a handful of corporate Walmart employees calling themselves the “Concerned Home Office Associates.” …
An advanced and unconventional hack is targeting industrial firms
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Attackers are putting considerable skill and effort into penetrating industrial companies in multiple countries, with hacks that use multiple evasion mechanisms, an innovative encryption scheme, …
Border Patrol flies anti-terrorism drone over Minneapolis protestors
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis on Friday to protest the death of George Floyd, a local black man who died after a …
Cisco security breach hits corporate servers that ran unpatched software
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Six servers Cisco uses to provide a virtual networking service were compromised by hackers who exploited critical flaws contained in unpatched versions the open source software service relies on, the …
Russian hackers are exploiting bug that gives control of US servers
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A Russian hacking group tied to power-grid attacks in Ukraine, the world’s most destructive data wiper worm, and other nefarious Kremlin operations is exploiting a vulnerability that allows it to …