botnets
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Massive Russian Botnet Targeting Asus Routers Disrupted Before It Could Attack, FBI Says
U.S. officials have revealed a previously undisclosed law enforcement operation against “Sandworm,” the powerful Russian hacking team known for its dexterous and destructive capabilities.
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Facebook Routinely ‘Ignored’ Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower
Facebook has royally screwed up its response to political misinformation, conspiracy theories, and organised manipulation campaigns in the U.S. — where it’s based. Outside the West, the company has long been a sort of absentee landlord that ignores the spread of propaganda, state-backed armies of trolls, and incitement to violence whenever it’s politically inconvenient.
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Hacker Claims He Hacked 150,000 Printers To ‘Raise Awareness’ About Hacking
Over the weekend, a hacker who goes by the name Stackoverflowin claimed he hacked 150,000 insecure printers in an effort “to raise everyone’s awareness towards the dangers of leaving printers exposed online without a firewall or other security settings enabled.”
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The US Supreme Court Just Gave FBI The Power To Hack Innocent People
A proposed change to the ‘Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure’ issued yesterday by the United States Supreme Court will allow US federal judges to allow the FBI to hack multiple computers at once, including machines of people who haven’t been suspected of a crime. It can even hack people the FBI knows to be innocent.