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Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites: Hacked at $25 Cost
September 8, 2022
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Using just $25 worth of parts, a Belgian researcher created a tool, used it to break into the Starlink satellite network, and ran custom code on the system, Wired reports. Starlink already wants to have fixed the problem with updates. Elon Musk's Starlink has already put more than 3.000 small satellites into orbit. This satellite network transmits Internet connections to hard-to-reach places around the world and was an important source of connectivity during the Russian war in Ukraine. Thousands more satellites are planned for launch. Has now…

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Yanluowang ransomware – Kaspersky provides decryption tool
August 16, 2022
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Cisco has confirmed that the Yanluowang ransomware group has entered its corporate network. However, no sensitive data is said to have been stolen or encrypted. Kaspersky provides a free decryption tool for victims of the Yanluowang group. Yanluowang is a relatively new ransomware used by unknown attackers to target large companies. It was first reported late last year. Although the malware has only been on the market for a short time, Yanluowang has managed to target companies from all over the world including USA, Brazil, Germany, UAE, China, Turkey and many more countries. Included…

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Hack: Offered contact details from 5,4 million Twitter accounts
July 26, 2022
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According to the website 9to5mac.com, there is said to have been a hack on Twitter. In this way, contact details of 5,4 million Twitter accounts are said to have been lost. In a hacker forum, the data was now offered for just $30.000. However, the authenticity of the data has not been fully confirmed. A Twitter data breach allowed an attacker to gain access to the contact details of 5,4 million accounts for a hacker. According to 9to5mac.com, Twitter has probably confirmed the vulnerability that allowed the data to be extracted. The data – the Twitter handles with phone numbers and email addresses…

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Conti ransomware: 40 organizations hacked in one month
June 26, 2022
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As BleepingComputer reports, Conti's cybercrime syndicate is powering one of the most aggressive ransomware operations and is so well organized that they and partners were able to hack more than 40 companies in just over a month. Security researchers codenamed the hacking campaign ARMattack and described it as one of the "most prolific" and "extremely effective" of the group. ARMattack Campaign In a report shared with BleepingComputer, researchers at cybersecurity firm Group-IB say that one of Conti's "most productive campaigns" of the past year took place between November 17 and December 20, 2021. They discovered the months-long hacking spree of…

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Okta aims to restore trust after Lapsus$ hack
27 May 2022
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Okta Co-Founder and CEO Todd McKinnon aims to restore trust after Lapsus$ hack. The disclosure of the data breach took months and was finally only made public by the hacker group Lapsus$. After that, Okta also admitted the successful attack. So Todd McKinnon in an interview on the “Protocol” portal. In January, the hacking group Lapsus$ found its way onto the laptop of a technician at a third-party Okta support organization - initially believed to have given the group access to potentially hundreds of Okta customers. A later investigation, which included additional information, found that according to Okta...

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Anonymous hacks Russian state television and central bank
March 30, 2022
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According to the securityaffairs.co platform, the Anonymous group is said to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and the Russian state television and radio company VGTRK. In both cases you want to have GBytes of data extracted. Some of these will be published soon. According to securityaffairs.co, Anonymous has hacked into the state television and radio company (VGTRK). The extracted data will soon be published via the DDoSsecrets platform. What exactly should be in the data is currently not yet clear. The Anonymous subsidiary Black Rabbit World is said to have extracted 28 GB of data from the Central Bank of Russia.

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Anonymous hack captures 820 GB of data from Russian censorship authorities
March 12, 2022
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As t3n reports, the collective Anonymous has again achieved success in another attack on Russia. It hacked into the Russian agency Roskomnadzor, which is responsible for regulating and censoring mass media. The spoils are 820 GB of data and information. The Anonymous group already announced on February 24, 2022 that they would get involved in the war and thus officially declare cyber war on Russia. The current hack on Roskomnadzor is intended to show what Russia wants to hide from its citizens. That's why the group has more than 360.000 files online...

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Samsung hacked: 190 gigabytes of data released
March 11, 2022
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The Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung had to admit a data hack in which 190 GB of data were first stolen and now published. There is no user data in the data, but source codes and instructions on how Samsung protects its mobile devices internally. This could mean increased attacks on Samsung devices in the coming months. Samsung recently admitted that there may have been a security breach related to certain internal company data. Samsung has now strengthened its cyber security. The stolen and now published data is said to contain some source codes that Samsung cell phones ...

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ViaSat: German wind turbines as collateral damage from a hack because of the Ukraine war
March 7, 2022
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As Spiegel.de currently reports, the hack on the ViaSat satellite network seems to have been carried out in a very targeted manner. The background is probably the war in Ukraine, since the provider offers fast internet connections there. The network also controls thousands of German wind turbines. The hints of the mirror speak for a professional hack. Apparently, according to Spiegel.de, the provider ViaSat has been struggling with network failures since the beginning of the Russian attack on Ukraine. As a result, Internet coverage in Ukraine in particular is disrupted by the satellite service provider that offers its KA-SAT service there. However go…

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