Micro-blogging site Twitter is likely facing its biggest leak. A report by Israeli cyber intelligence company Hudson Rock has stated that a a hacker has claimed to have stolen data of 40 crore Twitter users and has put it up on sale on dark web. That is not all, the people whose data has been…
DetailsTwo Queens men have been arrested and are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges that they conspired with Russian hackers to tamper with JFK airport’s taxi queuing software, allegedly allowing drivers to cut the line for a fee. According to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Daniel Abayev and Peter Leyman, both 48,…
DetailsWASHINGTON – The new federal omnibus bill includes $305 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, a significant increase from the current year’s $250 million. The NSGP has been a major agenda item for many Jewish organizations. Since the terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jewish organizations have urged Congress to double…
DetailsThe Ethiopian police, who according to reports, are responsible for mass detention of minorities and persecution of opposition forces and journalists, have purchased technology from the Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite to hack into the cellphones of detainees. The Ethiopian federal police have been using Cellebrite’s systems since 2021, at the height of the civil…
DetailsA hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on national security and cybersecurity threats with public officials and private sector actors who run U.S. critical infrastructure. The hacker posted samples…
DetailsAn Israeli citizen was among seven people charged by US prosecutors this week with smuggling sensitive electronic components to Russia that could potentially be used to make nuclear weapons. US prosecutors claimed the group worked with two Moscow-based companies controlled by Russian intelligence services to acquire electronic components in the US that have civilian uses,…
DetailsThe National Security Agency said on Tuesday that Chinese state-backed hackers are exploiting a flaw in a widely used networking device that allows an attacker to carry out remote code execution. In its advisory, the NSA said it believes a Chinese hacking crew known as APT5 “has demonstrated capabilities” against an application delivery controller made…
DetailsHyderabad: In this digital world, it has become necessary to protect your data and privacy from hackers on unknown persons. According to a report by Cybernews, a research-based online publication, released in November, said the data of 500 million WhatsApp users was put for sale by an unknown seller on a hacking community forum. However,…
DetailsTop former Israeli defense and intelligence officials filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in support of a terror victims’ case against Google, blaming the social media platform giant, for aiding and abetting terror. The case – Gonzalez v. Google – was brought by the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old American student…
DetailsA string of attacks on power facilities in Oregon and Washington has caused alarm and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the US electric grid. The attacks in the Pacific north-west come just days after a similar assault on North Carolina power stations that cut electricity to 40,000 people. As first reported by Oregon Public Broadcasting and…
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