British director Daniel Gordon explores the dangers of cybercrime by focusing on the 2016 theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank. A group of hackers planned to steal $1 billion by hacking the bank’s online accounts. However, a single typing mistake stopped them, preventing what could have been the biggest online theft in […]
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WikiLeaks announced that its founder, Julian Assange, is free and has left the UK on Monday afternoon. Assange had been imprisoned for five years in a maximum-security prison. This news came shortly after the U.S. judiciary announced that it had reached an agreement with the Australian citizen for a guilty plea in exchange for his
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Everyone loves a good life hack. I was watching this Indian film called Shaitaan by Ajay Devgn and Jyothika. That got me thinking about a tech life hack that’s been around forever: putting your wet phone in a bag of uncooked rice. Sure, most high-end phones are water-resistant these days, so they can handle a
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Mr. Robot has made some short videos to show fsociety’s plans and to warn their enemies about what they are going to do next. The person in the videos wears a plastic mask, a top hat, a tuxedo, and carries a cane. Their voice is changed to sound different. In the first season, Mr. Robot
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Chris Wysopal co-founded Veracode, a company focused on software security, which is now worth $2.5 billion. They were among the first to offer software security through the cloud. In his interview, Chris talks about his early days as a member of a famous hacker group called “L0pht,” known for finding flaws in big software companies
Palo Alto Networks has shared more details of a critical security flaw impacting PAN-OS that has come under active exploitation in the wild by malicious actors. The company described the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-3400 (CVSS score: 10.0), as “intricate” and a combination of two bugs in versions PAN-OS 10.2, PAN-OS 11.0, and PAN-OS 11.1 of the software.
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Chinese authorities claim to have found a solution to identify users of Apple’s AirDrop, an encrypted feature on Apple phones that allows anonymous content sharing with nearby devices of the same brand. China closely monitors media and the internet, exercising control over any content that may portray state policies negatively or cause disruptions. To evade
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The lack of cybersecurity skills is a global challenge. In regions like the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America, there is a pressing need to address this issue, especially as organizations rapidly embrace digital transformation. Due to the fast-paced growth of cyber threats, there is a need for a new generation of qualified young
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In a shocking turn of events, more than 2600 companies and major government entities worldwide fell victim to the largest cyberattack of the year, affecting nearly 90 million individuals across 30 countries. This breach primarily targeted US government institutions and companies, comprising 88% of the total victims, followed by Canada at 6%, Germany at 1.6%,
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The eight rules include bans on attacks on hospitals, hacking tools that spread uncontrollably and threats that engender terror among civilians. Based on international humanitarian law, the rules are: IT Army of Ukraine vs Killnet Killnet, which has 90,000+ supporters on its Telegram channel. KillNet is a Russia-aligned hacktivist group that gained notoriety during the first