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CISA, FBI urge Americans to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers

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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict […]

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot and killed in New York

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Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning while walking toward the New York Hilton Midtown for his company’s annual investor conference. According to emerging media reports, Thompson was fired on from roughly 20 feet away by a masked gunman, who appeared to be waiting for Thompson, and

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Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks

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Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data and disrupting emergency services. Inc Ransom, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for an attack on NHS Scotland earlier this year, now claims to have breached the Alder Hey Children’s

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Business leaders among Pegasus spyware victims, says security firm

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Security firm iVerify said a leader of a big company was among several individuals whose iPhones were recently targeted with the Pegasus spyware.  While journalists, human rights defenders, lawmakers, and political officials are frequent targets of state surveillance, reports of spyware compromising the phones of business leaders are rare, but not unheard of. The findings

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US says Chinese hackers are still lurking in American phone networks

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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict the hackers, in part because

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FTC bans two data brokers from collecting and selling Americans’ sensitive location data

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Two U.S. data brokers have agreed not to collect private location data on Americans as part of a pair of settlements with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which accused the companies of unlawfully tracking millions of people near to sensitive locations like healthcare facilities and military bases. The two settlements, announced Tuesday, will prohibit Virginia-based

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US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule that would block data brokers from selling personal and financial information on Americans, including their Social Security numbers and phone numbers, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.  In proposing the new rules, months after President Biden signed an executive order to curb the sale of

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US government contractor ENGlobal says operations are ‘limited’ following cyberattack

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ENGlobal Corporation, a provider of engineering and automation services to the U.S. energy sector and federal government, says it has restricted access to its IT systems following a cyberattack, limiting the company to essential business operations only. In an 8-K filing with the SEC on Monday, Texas-based ENGlobal said it became aware of a “cybersecurity

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An Apple employee is suing the company over monitoring employee personal devices

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An Apple ad-tech employee filed a lawsuit against his employer on Sunday over how the company monitors its employees, reports Semafor. Apple wants its employees to use Apple devices for work but work-issued devices are so restricted that many employees use personal devices, or tie their work devices to their personal iCloud. To do so,

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Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe

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For the last few years, the Polish government under Donald Tusk has been investigating the use — and alleged abuse — of Pegasus phone spyware by the previous government.  On Monday, the former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was arrested and forcibly taken to testify before parliament, as part of the current

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