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Chinese government hackers targeted U.S. internet providers with zero-day exploit, researchers say | TechCrunch
Lee saw that ICS-CERT statement as practically a cover-up. By questioning BlackEnergy’s role in the attack, or even its existence on the utilities’ network, the DHS was obscuring a key fact: that the hackers who’d planted that malware had used the same tool to target American utilities just a year earlier—that Americans, too, were at risk. “The mes
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Microsoft Exposes Russian Hackers' Sneaky Phishing Tactics via Microsoft Teams Chats
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)thehackernews.comreaches here can be almost impossible to detect, such as firmware backdoors being used to install malicious programs and execute fraud campaigns on Android TV boxes.
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According to documents seen by Israeli news outlet Haaretz, Intellexa presented a proof-of-concept system in 2022 called Aladdin that enabled the planting of phone spyware through online ads. The documents included a demo of the Aladdin system with technical explanations on how the spyware infects its targets and examples of malicious ads: by “seem... See more
Zack Whittaker • Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker | TechCrunch
Other governments’ intelligence agencies have access to this data as well. Several Israeli companies—Insanet, Patternz, and Rayzone—have built similar tools to VISR and sell it to national security and public safety entities around the world, according to reports. Rayzone has even developed the capability to deliver malware through targeted ads, ac
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Web Infrastructure — A different type of critical infrastructure, web infrastructure, is also increasingly important. For example, how can we ensure the right people are on the Zoom call and security hasn’t been compromised? In the past weeks, we’ve seen the rise of “ZoomBombs” or disruptive screensharing in Zoom video chats, and the U.S. Cybersecu... See more
Grace Isford • Venture Investing in the Age of the Coronavirus
In those physics, NotPetya reminds us, distance is no defense. Every barbarian is already at every gate. And the network of entanglements in that ether, which have unified and elevated the world for the past twenty-five years, can, over a few hours on a summer day, bring it to a crashing halt.