The French newspaper Le Monde said it has received evidence of the involvement of the cybercriminals from APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear) and Sandworm in hacking the email of the campaign headquarters of French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017. Because of the cyberattack, the criminals uploaded tens of thousands …
Read More »US authorities promised $ 5,000,000 for the Russian hacker from Evil Corp, who developed Dridex
US authorities have promised a reward of $ 5,000,000 for information about the Russian hacker from Evil Corp. The US Department of Justice has brought charges against two Russians, who, according to law enforcement authorities, are behind the development of Dridex malware and many other programs. The indictment states that …
Read More »Lazarus ATP group armed with macOS hacking technology
The Lazarus ATP group, which experts often link to North Korea government, has been armed with new technology to hack macOS computers. K7 Computing Security Analyst Dinesh Devadoss discovered the first malware in the Lazarus arsenal to run in Mac memory. “Another #Lazarus #macOS #trojan.Contains code: Loads Mach-O from memory …
Read More »British politician Ben Bradshaw claims to be a victim of Russian cyberattack
Russian cyberattack on British politician: British Labor MP Ben Bradshaw, known for criticizing the Russian government, claims to be the victim of a phishing attack. According to the politician, he received an email allegedly from Russia containing complex malware, as reported the Guardian newspaper. “Bradshaw – who has repeatedly raised …
Read More »Europol disabled more than 30 thousand pirated sites
As part of a joint operation conducted with the participation of law enforcement agencies from the EU and the USA, Europol disabled 30 506 pirated sites distributing counterfeit and unlicensed products. Domain names were used to sell various pirated products and services, including counterfeit pharmaceuticals and films, illegal streaming services, …
Read More »American blockchain expert arrested for attending conference in North Korea
Cryptocurrency and blockchain expert Virgil Griffith is arrested in the United States for attending a conference in sanctioned North Korea. According to the press service of the US Department of Justice, attending a conference on cryptocurrencies in Pyongyang in April this year, Virgil Griffith violated the sanctions imposed by the …
Read More »Twitter will postpone mass “cleaning” of the service from outdated pages
Twitter management has revised its decision to mass “clean” the social network of outdated pages. The reason is the numerous complaints from users about the inability to perpetuate the accounts of deceased people. Recently, the Twitter administration began to send notifications to users who have not logged into their accounts …
Read More »Europol detained 79 people suspected of online fraud
Europol, together with law enforcement agencies in several countries, detained 79 people suspected of online fraud with airline tickets. According to the Europol press service, on November 18-22 this year, at more than 200 airports around the world was held the twelfth international multidisciplinary operation Global Airline Action Days (GAAD). …
Read More »Google Play deleted open-sourced LibreTorrent from its catalogues, which caused dissatisfaction of the developer and customers
The publication in TorrentFreak reports that recently the Google Play deleted an Android client of the open-sourced LibreTorren, allegedly due to a violation of the platform rules. The author of LibreTorrent, a Russian developer and student, Yaroslav Pronin, believes that this could be due to the appearance of many clones …
Read More »WWW creator introduced “Contract for the Web” – the principles of protecting the Internet from manipulation and fake
The creator of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee introduced the “Network Contract” – an action plan to protect the Internet from political manipulation, fakes, privacy violations and other harmful influences. A “contract for the Web” requires governments, companies, and individuals to make specific commitments to protect the network from …
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