Today: November 13, 2024
Today: November 13, 2024

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Explainer-What is Lockbit? The digital extortion gang on a cybercrime spree

A cybercriminal group named Lockbit, which on Friday said it breached the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China(ICBC), has hacked

Explainer-What is Lockbit? The digital extortion gang on a cybercrime spree
News|Technology

Aviation sector seeks urgent solutions for GPS interference

The aviation industry will press regulators this week for urgent action to help tackle GPS "spoofing" amid a surge

Aviation sector seeks urgent solutions for GPS interference
Crime|Technology

Ukraine arrests father-son duo in Lockbit cybercrime bust

Police in Ukraine said on Wednesday they had arrested a father-son duo who belonged to the cybercrime gang Lockbit, which was disrupted by an

Ukraine arrests father-son duo in Lockbit cybercrime bust
Business|Economy|News|US

US sanctions Chinese cyberespionage firm, saying it hacked US energy industry

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on a China-based firm it said was a Ministry of State Security front company, accusing it of serving

US sanctions Chinese cyberespionage firm, saying it hacked US energy industry
Europe|News|Technology|World

What is GPS jamming and why is it a problem for aviation?

Estonia has accused neighbouring Russia of jamming GPS navigation devices in airspace above the Baltic

What is GPS jamming and why is it a problem for aviation?
Crime|Technology|US|World

UK and allies unmask and sanction Russian leader of LockBit cybercrime gang

Britain, the U.S. and Australia have sanctioned and unmasked a senior Russian leader of the notorious cybercrime gang LockBit, the British

UK and allies unmask and sanction Russian leader of LockBit cybercrime gang
News|Technology

Britain and US sound alarm over growing Chinese cyber threat

U.S. and British officials warned on Tuesday of a growing cyber threat from China, with the White House cyber director saying

Britain and US sound alarm over growing Chinese cyber threat
Business|News|Technology|US

Some US lawmakers call for more scrutiny of news app NewsBreak over Chinese origins

Three U.S. lawmakers have called for more scrutiny of NewsBreak, a popular news aggregation app in the United States, after Reuters

Some US lawmakers call for more scrutiny of news app NewsBreak over Chinese origins
Crime|Europe|News|Technology|World

ICC probes cyberattacks in Ukraine as possible war crimes, sources say

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian

ICC probes cyberattacks in Ukraine as possible war crimes, sources say
Business|News|Technology|World

What caused the global cyber outage?

A global tech failure disrupted operations across multiple industries on Friday, halting flights and upending everything from banking to healthcare

What caused the global cyber outage?
Asia|News|Political

North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US and allies

By James Pearson and Sarah N.

North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US and allies
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Hunt for origins of Lebanon pager attack widens to Bulgaria, Norway

(This Sept. 19 story has been corrected to remove reference to lawyer Vladimir Kuzmanov, who has no link to Norta Global Ltd, and was misidentified) By Nerijus Adomaitis, Krisztina Than and James

Hunt for origins of Lebanon pager attack widens to Bulgaria, Norway
MidEast|World

How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah

The batteries inside the weaponised pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to

How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah
News|Science|Technology

GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines, researchers say

A recent surge in GPS “spoofing”, a form of digital attack which can send commercial airliners off course, has entered an intriguing new dimension, according to

Business|Technology|US

US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran

The White House convened a meeting with representatives of Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, Cloudflare and civil society activists on Thursday in a bid to

US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran
Business|Finance|Technology

Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again

Elements of Friday’s global IT outage, which grounded planes and hit services from banking to healthcare, have occurred before and until more contingencies are

Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again
Business|Technology|US|World

Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI

Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a small

Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI
Business|Technology|World

North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash

Using fake names, sham LinkedIn profiles, counterfeit work papers and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking employment in Western tech companies

North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash
Business|Finance|Technology

ICBC paid ransom after hack that disrupted markets, cybercriminals say

China’s biggest lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has paid a ransom to cybercriminals who hacked the bank last week, a representative of

ICBC paid ransom after hack that disrupted markets, cybercriminals say
News|Technology

Can online voting be secure? Experts in Las Vegas try to hack new platform

Hackers from around the world gathered in a small conference room in Las Vegas on Friday to test their skills against a new online voting platform, in a bid to

Can online voting be secure? Experts in Las Vegas try to hack new platform
News|Technology|US

As losses mount, CrowdStrike says bug in quality-control process led to botched update

A software bug in CrowdStrike's quality-control system caused the software update that crashed computers globally last week, the U.S. firm said on Wednesday, as

As losses mount, CrowdStrike says bug in quality-control process led to botched update
Crime|News|Technology

Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang

Internal data from Boeing, one of the world's largest defence and space contractors, was published online on Friday by Lockbit, a cybercrime gang which extorts its

Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang

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