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EU cyber agency confirms ransomware attack causing airport disruptions 

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The airport disruptions across Europe that began over the weekend were caused by a ransomware attack, according to the European Union’s cybersecurity agency ENISA on Monday.   “ENISA is aware of the ongoing disruption of airports’ operations, which were caused by third-party ransomware incident. At this moment, ENISA cannot share further information regarding the cyberattack,” […]

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Unit 221B raises $5 million to help track and disrupt today’s top hacking groups

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For years, some of the most dangerous hacking threats have come from adversarial nation-state hackers conducting espionage, Russian ransomware gangs targeting critical infrastructure, and governments targeting journalists with spyware that can punch through the security of almost any phone.   But a new phenomenon of mostly English-speaking young adults and teenage hackers has risen to

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US government charges British teenager accused of at least 120 ‘Scattered Spider’ hacks

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The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed federal charges against British teenager Thalha Jubair, who prosecutors accuse of being involved in at least 120 cyberattacks, including the U.S. Courts system, and the extortion of dozens of U.S. companies.  Jubair, 19, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in East London, according to a statement

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Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

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President Donald Trump made countering immigration one of his flagship issues during last year’s presidential campaign, promising an unprecedented number of deportations.  In his first eight months in office, that promise turned into around 350,000 deportations, a figure that includes deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE (around 200,000), Customs and Border Protection (more

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ICE unit signs new $3 million contract for phone hacking tech

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement arm Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has signed a contract worth $3 million with Magnet Forensics, a company that makes a phone hacking and unlocking device called Graykey.   The contract, which appeared on Tuesday in a federal government procurement database, said it is for software licenses for

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Jaguar Land Rover to pause production for third week due to cyberattack 

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Luxury car-maker Jaguar Land Rover said Tuesday it will not resume vehicle manufacturing operations until at least September 24 due to a cyberattack earlier this month. In a new statement, the company said it informed colleagues, suppliers, and partners that the halt in production will extend into its third week. The company said this was

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Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

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Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’ phones.  The phone maker said the security flaw, discovered in a software library for displaying images on Samsung devices, allows hackers to remotely plant malicious code on Samsung devices running Android 13 through the most recent version,

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Company that owns Gucci, Balenciaga, other brands confirms hack

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Kering confirmed a data breach affecting customers of its luxury brands Gucci, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Lauren, and others, on Monday.  Hackers stole sensitive customer data such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, and the total amount of money they spent in stores all over the world. The BBC first reported the

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Israel announces seizure of $1.5 million from crypto wallets tied to Iran

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Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it was ordering the seizure of 187 crypto wallets that allegedly belong to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.  In a document detailing the seizure order, the ministry’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing (NBCTF) said it was “convinced that the cryptocurrency wallets” in the list

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Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

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President Donald Trump made countering immigration one of his flagship issues during last year’s presidential campaign, promising an unprecedented number of deportations.  In his first eight months in office, that promise turned into around 350,000 deportations, a figure that includes deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (around 200,000), Customs and Border Protection (more than 132,000),

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