cybersecurity

US government charges three Iranian hackers with Trump campaign hack

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of a four-year-long hacking campaign that included this year’s hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.  On Friday, U.S. prosecutors published an indictment accusing Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi of […]

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Iranian hackers charged with hacking Trump campaign to ‘stoke discord’

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of a four-year-long hacking campaign that included this year’s hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.  On Friday, U.S. prosecutors published an indictment accusing Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi of

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UK data watchdog confirms it’s investigating MoneyGram data breach

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The U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed it’s investigating MoneyGram after receiving a data breach report from the U.S.-based money transfer giant. The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office, which requires that organizations report data breaches within 72 hours of discovering the incident, confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday that the watchdog had received a report from MoneyGram

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Kaspersky defends force-replacing its security software without users’ explicit consent

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Earlier this week, some U.S. customers of Kaspersky’s antivirus were surprised to find out that the Russian-made software disappeared from their computers and had been replaced by a new antivirus called UltraAV, owned by American company Pango.  The move was the result of the U.S. government’s unprecedented ban on Kaspersky, which prohibited the sale of

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India’s Star Health says it’s investigating after hacker posts stolen medical data

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Star Health and Allied Insurance, one of India’s biggest health insurance firms, is investigating a cybersecurity incident that allegedly leaked sensitive data associated with its customers, including their medical records. The Chennai-headquartered insurance giant told TechCrunch that a “forensic investigation” is ongoing after data allegedly stolen from the company was shared online. A hacker group

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MoneyGram blames ‘cybersecurity issue’ for ongoing days-long outage

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U.S.-based money transfer giant MoneyGram has blamed an unspecified “cybersecurity issue” for an ongoing days-long outage affecting the company and its users. In a post on X on Monday, MoneyGram said it had “identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of our [sic] systems.” The company previously said a “network outage” was the cause of the

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Torq, which automates cybersecurity workflows, raises $70M in new capital

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As the volume of cyberattacks grows, there’s increasing interest from the corporate sector in tech to help automate responses to breaches. Per a 2023 survey from analytics firm Devo, 80% of security leaders expected expanded investments in security automation technology this year; most cited the tech’s potential to support cyber threat mitigation. Projections say that the market

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Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software

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Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new one called UltraAV, according to several customers who posted on social media. And some of the customers said they had no idea this was going to happen.  “Woke up to

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