2024
UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy Four UK-based proponents of human rights and critics of Middle Eastern states today filed a report with London's Metropolitan Police they hope will lead to charges against Pegasus peddler NSO Group.…
Tor insists its network is safe after German cops convict CSAM dark-web admin
Outdated software blamed for cracks in the armor The Tor project has insisted its privacy-preserving powers remain potent, countering German reports that user anonymity on its network can be and has been compromised by police.…
FBI boss says China ‘burned down’ 260,000-device botnet when confronted by Feds
Plus: Wray tells how bureau helps certain victims negotiate with ransomware crooks China-backed spies are said to have tore down their own 260,000-device botnet after the FBI and its international pals went after them.…
Lebanon now hit with walkie-talkie blasts as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war
Second wave of exploding gear pushes death toll higher First it was pagers, now Lebanon is being rocked by Hezbollah's walkie-talkies detonating across the country.…
Chinese spies spent months inside aerospace engineering firm’s network via legacy IT
Getting sloppy, Xi Exclusive Chinese state-sponsored spies have been spotted inside a global engineering firm's network, having gained initial entry using an admin portal's default credentials on an IBM AIX server.…
Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform
Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of organized crime, Ghost, cops have now named the suspect they cuffed last night, who is charged with being the alleged…
Despite Russia warnings, Western critical infrastructure remains unprepared
'Lives will be lost' as Moscow ramps up offensive cyber military units Feature As Russian special forces push more overtly into online operations, network defenders should be on the hunt for digital intruders looking to carry out cyberattacks that end in physical destruction and harm.…
Australian Police conducted supply chain attack on criminal collaborationware
Sting led to cuffing of alleged operator behind Ghost – an app for drug trafficking, money laundering, and violence-as-a-service Australia's Federal Police (AFP) yesterday arrested and charged a man with creating and administering an app named Ghost that was allegedly "a dedicated encrypted communication platform … built solely…
Rhysida ransomware gang ships off Port of Seattle data for $6M
Auction acts as payback after authority publicly refuses to pay up The trend of ransomware crews claiming to sell stolen data privately instead of leaking it online continues with Rhysida marketing the data allegedly belonging to Port of Seattle for 100 Bitcoin (around $5.9 million).…
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