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U.S. Treasury Cracks Down on Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for State-Sponsored Hacking
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U.S. Treasury Cracks Down on Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for State-Sponsored Hacking

U.S. Treasury Department sanctions a Beijing-based cybersecurity firm for allegedly attacking the critical infrastructure of the United States multiple times, focusing attention on China-related state-sponsored cyber threats.Brandon Ned, in the…
Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Treasury in Major Cybersecurity Incident
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Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Treasury in Major Cybersecurity Incident

In a frightening trend for U.S. national security, the U.S. Treasury Department revealed a “major” state-sponsored hacking incident by China. The hack, which took place earlier this month, provided the…
Brazilian Hacker Faces Charges for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin Following Breach of 300,000 Accounts
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Brazilian Hacker Faces Charges for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin Following Breach of 300,000 Accounts

Junior Barros De Oliveira, a Brazilian national, is presently being seriously accused in the United States for his alleged involvement in a huge extortion racket. The indictment charges that he…
NGate Android Malware Steals NFC Data and Clones No-Contact Payment Cards
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NGate Android Malware Steals NFC Data and Clones No-Contact Payment Cards

Experts in cybersecurity have discovered a new type of Android malware that can fraudulently transfer contactless payment information from actual credit and debit cards to a device under the control…
Hardware Backdoor Found in RFID Cards Used in Offices and Hotels All Over the World
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Hardware Backdoor Found in RFID Cards Used in Offices and Hotels All Over the World

A hardware backdoor that could allow unauthorized access to hotel rooms, office doors, and other secure areas has been found in a particular model of MIFARE Classic contactless cards by…
Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of More Than 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users
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Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of More Than 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users

Due to a serious security flaw, almost one billion users of cloud-based pinyin keyboard applications have had their keystrokes compromised. An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Toronto called…
Ukrainian Officials Arrest Author of World’s Biggest Phishing Service U-Admin
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Ukrainian Officials Arrest Author of World’s Biggest Phishing Service U-Admin

Last week law enforcement officers in Ukraine, in cooperation with officials from the United States and Australia shut down one of the biggest phishing providers in the world that had…
Ajit Varadaraj Pai of the #FCC has been #DOXED! #OpNetNeutrality #OpDefendTheNet
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Ajit Varadaraj Pai of the #FCC has been #DOXED! #OpNetNeutrality #OpDefendTheNet

Ajit Varadaraj Pai of the Federal Communications Commission has been doxed. The full text was on Pastebin but has since been removed. The hack was a part of #OpNetNeutrality / #OpDefendTheNet…
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