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ForkLog 12 18.09.2020

Twitter to bolster account security ahead of the U.S. presidential election

Twitter will boost security for some accounts ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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Krzysztof Shpak 578 10.07.2020

Stalkerware Usage in on the Rise as Domestic Violence Rates Surge During Lockdown

The global deployment of spy and stalking applications has surged by as much as 51% since the world’s governments introduced the lockdown in March, 2020. Stalkerware is software or apps designed to monitor and track the target person’s location, intercept emails, messages, and eavesdrop on phone calls without the victim’s consent, among other things.

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Krzysztof Shpak 791 26.06.2020

Secure Identity Expert Explains How Cryptography Gives Us Power Over Personal Data

The ubiquitous digitization brings both the better ways of handling information and more opportunities for bad actors to exploit whatever we put online.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1304 25.06.2020

Eastern European Hacker Group Stole $200m From Crypto Exchanges via Supply-Chain Attack

Israeli cybersecurity firm ClearSky has detected that the so-called hacker group CryptoCore has managed to steal over $200 million from cryptocurrency exchanges and companies in two years. For the most part, the threat actors—also named by ClearSky as Dangerous Password and Leery Turtle—have been targeting entities located in the United States and Japan.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1413 24.06.2020

Telegram User Data From Earlier Leaks Found on Dark Web, Contact Import Feature Is to Blame

A 900-megabyte database of Telegram users’ phone numbers, nicknames, and unique identifiers has been found posted on one of the forums on the dark web. The exact number of affected accounts isn’t known but estimated to be in the millions.

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Krzysztof Shpak 816 24.06.2020

Are RSA and Cryptocurrencies Safe Despite Quantum Computing Progress?

A large aerospace contractor Honeywell released a quantum computer that’s heralded as the highest-performing device of the kind to date. The company plans on using Microsoft Azure to make its devices commercially available to a wide audience. Yet, the technology is decades from being a threat to cryptography and the very claim of Honeywell’s device […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 2359 23.06.2020

How to Defend Yourself Against Scammers, Corporations, and Government: Hacker’s Perspective

This piece has been written by Jesse McGraw, an activist, writer, former hacker and first person in recent U.S. history convicted for corrupting industrial control systems

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Google Chrome Extension With 32M Downloads Has Malicious Add-Ons that Steal Data, Report

Krzysztof Shpak 3811 19.06.2020

Google Chrome Extensions With 32M Downloads Have Malicious Add-Ons that Steal Data, Report

As of May 2020, Google’s Chrome Web Store has reportedly been hit with the most massive surveillance campaign so far, which managed to steal data from users around the world through over 32 million downloads of malicious extensions.

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Krzysztof Shpak 815 16.06.2020

EARN IT Act: Savior of Children or Privacy Assassin?

In early March of 2020, the US Senate introduced the draft of the notorious EARN IT (Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies) Act.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1393 13.06.2020

Eastern Europe Hit by Massive Russia and China-backed Cyberattacks, Including Strong Propaganda on Social Networks, Analysis Suggests

This spring, an array of European countries faced a massive cyberattack campaign, with nearly 80 critical infrastructure institutions in Eastern and Central Europe affected. The attacks reportedly were in favor of Russia’s and China’s interests in Europe.

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Krzysztof Shpak 731 11.06.2020

Cybercriminals Exploit Black Lives Matter Campaign to Distribute Malware via Email Amid Social Unrest

Threat actors are now exploiting the Black Lives Matter campaign to distribute malware via email, which lures users to open an attached Microsoft Word file to “leave a review confidentially about Black Lives Matter.” The phishing emails’ subject line goes as “Vote anonymous about ‘Black Lives Matter.’”

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Krzysztof Shpak 893 09.06.2020

Hackers Compromised 160,000 Nintendo User Accounts to Illegally Make Purchases in Game Stores

Hackers have gained access to 160,000 Nintendo user accounts, wherein evildoers apparently used gamers’ balance and registered credit cards or PayPal to illegally make purchases in My Nintendo Store or Nintendo eShop.

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