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Automattic blocks WP Engine’s access to WordPress resources
WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources and stopped delivering plugin updates to websites hosted on the platform, urging impacted users to choose other hosting providers.
- September 26, 2024
- 09:51 AM
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Tor says it’s "still safe" amid reports of police deanonymizing users
The Tor Project is attempting to assure users that the network is still safe after a recent investigative report warned that law enforcement from Germany and other countries are working together to deanonymize users through timing attacks.
- September 19, 2024
- 03:15 PM
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FBI: Reported cryptocurrency losses reached $5.6 billion in 2023
The FBI says that 2023 was a record year for cryptocurrency fraud, with total losses exceeding $5.6 billion, based on nearly 70,000 reports received through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
- September 12, 2024
- 02:27 PM
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Chinese hackers linked to cybercrime syndicate arrested in Singapore
Six Chinese nationals and a Singaporean have been arrested on Monday in Singapore for their alleged role in malicious cyber activities committed in connection with a "global syndicate."
- September 11, 2024
- 09:43 AM
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Wix to block Russian users starting September 12
Wix.com has announced it will stop providing services to Russian users on September 12, 2024, with all accounts from Russia, including free and premium, to be blocked and their websites taken down.
- September 10, 2024
- 11:21 AM
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Clearview AI fined €30.5 million for unlawful data collection
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) on Clearview AI for unlawful data collection using facial recognition, including photos of Dutch citizens.
- September 03, 2024
- 01:12 PM
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Admins of MFA bypass service plead guilty to fraud
Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K.
- September 02, 2024
- 01:46 PM
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Verkada to pay $2.95 million for alleged CAN-SPAM Act violations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires security camera vendor Verkada to create a comprehensive information security program as part of a settlement after multiple security failures enabled hackers to access live video feeds from internet-connected cameras.
- September 02, 2024
- 12:06 PM
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Docker-OSX image used for security research hit by Apple DMCA takedown
The popular Docker-OSX project has been removed from Docker Hub after Apple filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request, alleging that it violated its copyright.
- August 31, 2024
- 10:16 AM
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Researcher sued for sharing data stolen by ransomware with media
The City of Columbus, Ohio, has filed a lawsuit against security researcher David Leroy Ross, aka Connor Goodwolf, accusing him of illegally downloading and disseminating data stolen from the City's IT network and leaked by the Rhysida ransomware gang.
- August 30, 2024
- 10:44 AM
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US offers $2.5 million reward for hacker linked to Angler Exploit Kit
The U.S. Department of State and the Secret Service have announced a reward of $2,500,000 for information leading to Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya (Владимир Кадария) for cybercrime activities.
- August 28, 2024
- 05:12 PM
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Notion exits Russia and will terminate accounts in September
Notion has announced it will exit the Russian market and is terminating all workspaces and accounts identified linked to users in the country.
- August 27, 2024
- 02:41 PM
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Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) has imposed a fine of €290,000,000 ($325 million) on Uber Technologies Inc. and Uber B.V. over GDPR violations.
- August 26, 2024
- 12:29 PM
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Russian laundering millions for Lazarus hackers arrested in Argentina
The federal police in Argentina (PFA) have arrested a 29-year-old Russian national in Buenos Aires, who is facing money laundering charges related to cryptocurrency proceeds of the notorious North Korean hackers' Lazarus Group.'
- August 23, 2024
- 09:59 AM
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U.S. charges Karakurt extortion gang’s “cold case” negotiator
A member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group has been charged in the U.S. for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion crimes.
- August 22, 2024
- 09:05 AM
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Man sentenced for hacking state registry to fake his own death
A 39-year old man from Somerset, Kentucky, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for identity theft and faking his own death in government registry systems.
- August 21, 2024
- 06:11 PM
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Hackers linked to $14M Holograph crypto heist arrested in Italy
Suspected hackers behind the heist of $14,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from blockchain tech firm Holograph were arrested in Italy after living a lavish lifestyle for weeks in the country.
- August 19, 2024
- 12:25 PM
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Ransom Cartel, Reveton ransomware owner arrested, charged in US
Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and is now extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and running a malvertising operation from 2013 to 2022.
- August 13, 2024
- 09:33 AM
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WWH-Club credit card market admins arrested after cash spending spree
U.S. law enforcement has arrested two suspected admins of the WWH-Club stolen credit card marketplace after they went on a cash spending spree in Florida.
- August 10, 2024
- 10:16 AM
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SEC ends probe into MOVEit attacks impacting 95 million people
The SEC concludes its investigation into Progress Software's handling of the widespread exploitation of a MOVEit Transfer zero-day flaw that exposed data of over 95 million people.
- August 07, 2024
- 06:35 PM
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