Category: attack

Tesla worked with the FBI to block a million dollar ransomware attack

[ad_1] The employee immediately informed Tesla, and the company contacted the FBI, which launched a sting operation. Agents arrested Kriuchkov in Los Angeles as he was attempting to leave the US.  As Electrek points out, during the sting operation, FBI agents obtained info about previous attacks led by Kriuchkov’s associates. They didn’t confirm which companies […]

Travelex hack knocks out Samsung Pay international money transfers

[ad_1] In a call, a customer service representative for Travelex confirmed that Samsung Pay payments are down and will continue to be until Travelex resolves the ongoing issue. Any users attempting to make a transfer will be unable to complete the process. While a number of Britain’s biggest banks have been affected by the attack, […]

The first in-the-wild BlueKeep attack isn’t as dangerous as feared

[ad_1] There’s been a “spike” in traffic related to the flaw, Rendition Infosec’s Jake Williams told Wired, but it hasn’t hit “critical mass.” This doesn’t rule out the possibility of a more serious BlueKeep attack. There were still 735,000 computers open to BlueKeep as of August, according to Errata Security. However, the window of opportunity […]

Apple tries to clear up Google’s claims about iOS vulnerabilities

[ad_1] Apple reiterates that the vulnerabilities Google highlighted were fixed in February. It says the attack affected fewer than a dozen websites that were targeted at the Uighur community. Apple believes the website attacks were only operational for about two months, not two years, as the Google security researchers wrote. Apple reportedly fixed the issue […]

UN claims North Korea hacks stole $2 billion to fund its nuclear program

[ad_1] South Korea appears to be the hardest hit country, suffering at least 10 attacks. India was the victim of three attacks, with Bangladesh and Chile the victim of two each. Meanwhile, Costa Rica, Gambia, Guatemala, Kuwait, Liberia, Malaysia, Malta, Nigeria, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Tunisia and Vietnam suffered one attack each. The attacks were […]

Facebook unveils a ‘one-strike’ policy for live streaming violations

[ad_1] The policy applies not just to violations on Facebook Live streaming alone. Users could also be banned from live streaming if they share links to statements from terrorist groups without any context, for instance. Rosen said that Facebook plans to expand the restrictions to other parts of the platform and soon, users who violate […]

Evidence mounts that Russian hackers are trying to disrupt the EU elections

[ad_1] Both groups have previously been linked to Russia. APT28 was allegedly behind the 2016 Democratic National Convention hack, while Sandworm is believed to be the malicious actor involved in last year’s NotPetya ransomware attacks on mainly Ukrainian facilities. FireEye says that latest efforts of both groups appears to be co-ordinated — although each have […]