Google exposes intelligence and defense employee names in VirusTotal leak (therecord.media)
A list of 5,600 of the malware repository’s customers was uploaded, accidentally, to the platform itself, Der Spiegel reported. Google said it took the document down within an hour.
Human rights activists in Western Sahara are being targeted by mobile malware (therecord.media)
New mobile malware masquerading as a news app has been spotted targeting human rights activists associated with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a partially recognized state in the western part of the Sahara desert....
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
Apple warns Armenians of state-sponsored hacking attempts (therecord.media)
Police shut more than 14,000 accounts on Mega, Tutanota and Protonmail (therecord.media)
Police shut more than 14,000 accounts on Mega, Tutanota and Protonmail (therecord.media)
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law...
Apple warns Armenians of state-sponsored hacking attempts with several cybersecurity experts warning that it is likely tied to Israeli spyware Pegasus (therecord.media)
CyberHUB, an Armenian digital rights organization that is investigating the incidents, said the number of spyware infections in the country has been steadily increasing over the last two years. Many infections are linked to the government of Azerbaijan, which has had a history of conflict with Armenia especially concerning the...
SEC charges SolarWinds CISO with fraud for misleading investors before major cyberattack (therecord.media)
Ethiopian region’s internet blackout continues as human rights situation deteriorates (therecord.media)
The Ethiopian military has committed atrocities in a swath of the country where the internet has been blacked out for more than a month and a half, according to human rights monitors....
Japan’s cybersecurity agency breached by suspected Chinese hackers: report (therecord.media)
Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) has not publicly attributed the incident, but a report in the Financial Times cites government and private sector sources.
Ransomware gangs have extorted $449 million this year: Chainalysis (therecord.media)
Ransomware gangs have operated at a near-record profit in the first six months of the year, extorting more than $449 million from victims, according to blockchain research firm Chainalysis.
Texas attorney general probes connected-car companies’ data privacy practices (therecord.media)
At least four car companies’ data collection and sharing practices are under investigation by the Texas attorney general’s office for potentially violating state law on deceptive trade practices, according to documents obtained by Recorded Future News....
Nearly 184,000 MedStar Health patients' personal data possibly breached (therecord.media)
‘Significant security loophole’ found in Google software container system (therecord.media)
The issue affected Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), a system used to deploy, scale and manage how applications are “containerized.” GKE — the tech giant’s implementation of the open-source Kubernetes project — is used widely in healthcare, education, retail and financial services for data processing as well as...
First step towards Pax Europa (therecord.media)
3,000 keyboard warriors of the Eurozone
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity. (therecord.media)
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
Southeast Asian scam syndicates stealing $64 billion annually, researchers find (therecord.media)
Cyberthreat landscape permanently altered by Chinese operations, US officials say (therecord.media)
LockBit ransomware gang claims attack on Wichita as city struggles with payment issues, airport disruption (therecord.media)
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