cyberwarfare
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Court Finds That Teenage Hackers Were Central to Data Breaches of Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games
It’s official: a band of British teenagers managed to hack some of the biggest companies on the planet last year, and they did it all using fairly basic hacking techniques. That news comes via recently concluded court proceedings in London, where jury members have just convicted two teens of having been members of the notorious…
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Google Is Restricting Internet Access for Some Employees to Combat Cyberattacks
Google is restricting some employees’ Internet access in a pilot program created to combat cyberattacks. An internal memo informed employees that 2,500 were selected to use the internet-free desktop PCs, but the memo was revised to include the caveat that they have the option to opt out of the program while others can volunteer, CNBC…
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Suspected Hackers Behind Spain’s Asylum Black Market Arrested
Police in Spain have arrested 69 people accused of using bots to circumvent the asylum system in the country. Spanish authorities said on Friday a gang had used the bots to obtain open time slots for the country’s online booking system, which is free, and resold the appointments to asylum seekers for 200 euros each.
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Beware This Nightmarish New Android Banking Malware
Malware is an unfortunate reality in the digital world we’ve built for ourselves. Since all of our devices run on code, bad actors can use malicious code to take over those devices, or install programs that steal information from them. However, some bad actors don’t write this code themselves. Rather, they pay others to lease…