Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing”, Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn. He called it…
DetailsRail technology company, Wabtec, has disclosed a data breach that affected sensitive user information, including passport, social security numbers, and medical records. Wabtec is a 150-year-old company with over 27,000 employees worldwide. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it is known for its rail braking systems, locomotives, air conditioning, and heating systems, among other things. The company…
DetailsAttackers behind the recent Twitter leak that exposed details of over 400 million users opted to share details of millions of Twitter users for free. Threat actors posted an ad on a popular hacking forum claiming they are giving away over 200 million unique records collected in a recent Twitter data leak. According to Hudson…
DetailsA new malware campaign has been observed using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing emails to drop a remote access trojan called BitRAT. The unknown adversary is believed to have hijacked the IT infrastructure of a Colombian cooperative bank, using the information to craft convincing decoy messages to lure victims…
DetailsAs experienced operators in the U.S. defense industry are keenly aware, the U.S. government has taken several actions in recent years to counter the threat posed by adoption of Chinese technology and the impact on U.S. defense capability. These actions include the prohibition on defense contractors utilizing telecommunications equipment or services produced by Huawei Technologies…
DetailsAccording to CoinDesk, the FBI is looking into the 3Commas data leak. Users of the Estonia-based crypto trading service have been critical of the company’s CEO for weeks, claiming that he ignored repeated warnings that the platform was leaking customer data. This has prompted the inquiry. This week, an unknown source exposed API keys for…
DetailsThe Mossad under current Director David Barnea has ratcheted up its technology revolution, with flashes of his new style even appearing in some operations he helped manage as deputy director, the Jerusalem Post has learned. Shortly after Barnea took over he replaced a number of top Mossad officials and reorganized certain departments to more significantly…
DetailsSYDNEY — Australia’s government approved a U.S. request to extradite a former American pilot allegedly involved in training Chinese military pilots on how to land on aircraft carriers. The department of Australia’s attorney-general said Wednesday that Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus agreed to formally receive Washington’s request to extradite Daniel Edmund Duggan. The department said Duggan is…
DetailsIt’s probably not a coincidence that the Twitter account of Piers Morgan, a British media personality, was hacked and then wiped after the leak of over 400 million Twitter user data that is now being sold on a hacking forum, cybersecurity researchers say. Hudson Rock, an Israeli cyber-intelligence company, was one of the first to…
DetailsOnline messaging services based in Iran were hit by attacks strating late on Sunday that mostly originated from the United States and Europe, according to an Iranian deputy telecoms minister who says the attacks were the largest of their kind since the country imposed bans on US-based messaging services in late September. Amir Mohammadzadeh said that…
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