UN hacked for good as 100K+ employee records accessed

By Deeba Ahmed
UN’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program Leads to Startling Discovery as Researchers Accessed Private Data of 100,000 UNEP Employees.
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Russian hacker jailed in US over $19M fraud, 100M users’ data theft

By Deeba Ahmed
The 37-year-old hacker Andrei Tyurin was extradited to the US from Georgia in September 2018.
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Fake Trump’s scandle video campaign spreading QNode RAT

By Deeba Ahmed
Hackers are benefitting from the unrest after the US Presidential elections and spreading QNode malware. Here’s what’s going on behind the scene.
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WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits

By Deeba Ahmed
WhatsApp Updates its Privacy Policy – You must agree to WhatsApp’s new terms if you want to keep using it!
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SolarWinds supply chain attack affected 250 organizations

By Deeba Ahmed
According to a report, the SolarWinds attack has impacted over 250 organizations, including government agencies and private businesses.
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21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data

By Deeba Ahmed
The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested 21 individuals for buying breached data from now-defunct online service- WeLeakInfo (dot) com
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British judge says Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US

By Deeba Ahmed
The US’ fight to get Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited so that he could stand a trial in a US court doesn’t seem to conclude anytime soon.
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Ticketmaster hacked a rival and now it’s paying $10m fine for it

By Deeba Ahmed
Ticketmaster illegally accessed its competitor’s computer systems to ‘choke off’ the victim’s business. It’s now paying $10 million in fine.
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Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways

By Deeba Ahmed
Researchers have discovered a hard-coded admin-level backdoor account as a Zyxel firmware binary revealing username and password.
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Microsoft reveals hackers viewed its source code

By Deeba Ahmed
Microsoft confirmed that viewing source code doesn’t elevate the risk. Here’s what happened and what Mircosoft said about the attack.
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