Hacking

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Wall Street Journal reporter Bob McMillan has spent years trying to find a Russian hacker whose story he could tell. And then, he met Dmitry Smilyanets, the man who managed one of the most notorious hacking teams to ever come out of Russia. Dmitry’s story is one of a generation of hackers who grew up in Russia. It follows the dramatic game of cat and mouse that America plays trying to catch cybercriminals like Dmitry. And…

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Image: Shutterstock / Antonio GuillemResearchers have discovered a stealthy espionage campaign by a most likely China-backed hacking group that has targeted government, education and telecommunication organizations since 2013.     The attackers used a range of techniques to infect targets with malware, such as via malicious Word documents, fake removable devices leading users to malicious folders, and fake antivirus vendor icons that led to executable files. The group relied on users' familiarity with the Windows…

We always believe that a switched off phone thwarts the attack on it, it cannot be traced or tracked continuously but the cybercriminals find ways to penetrate even a switched off phone. We also consider iPhone to the safest among all mobile devices but it too can become vulnerable. Researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab at the University of Darmstadt, Germany, have published a paper describing a theoretical method for hacking an iPhone — even if the device is off.…

Manufacturing and critical infrastructure organizations and security company Dragos Inc. on Tuesday will launch a group to provide cyber threat intelligence and protection tools for small and medium-size industrial companies, which are especially vulnerable to hackers.The Dragos Operational Technology Cyber Emergency Readiness Team will follow the model of other CERTs in offering free assessments, recommendations and other cybersecurity resources online, said Dawn Cappelli, director of the OT-CERT. Dragos specializes in…

The website of Russia's Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities appeared to have been hacked, with an internet search for the site leading to a "Glory to Ukraine" sign in Ukrainian.Russia's state news agency RIA late on Sunday quoted a ministry representative as saying that the site was down but users' personal data were protected.RIA said that other media had reported that hackers were demanding a ransom to prevent the public disclosure of users' data. Reuters was not able to ascertain which media outlets were…

Police in 11 countries have taken down a mobile phone scam dubbed FluBot that spread around the world via fake text messages, Dutch and EU police said on Wednesday.Dutch cybercops led an operation in May targeting the malware, which infects Android phones using texts which pretend to be from a parcel firm or which say a person has a voicemail waiting.Hackers would then steal bank details from infected phones, which automatically sent messages to other mobiles in the user's contact list, passing on the scam like a flu…

Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government last year attempted a "despicable" cyber attack against Boston Children's Hospital that threatened to disrupt services to patients, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday.Wray, in a speech delivered at a conference hosted by Boston College, detailed the incident as he warned about the rising threat cyber attacks sponsored by nation states like Iran, Russia and China pose to companies and US infrastructure."We got a report from one of our intelligence partners indicating…

As the global chip shortage stretches toward the two-year mark, manufacturers are pulling some unusual tricks to keep production lines moving. Carmakers are using semiconductors taken from washing machines, rewriting code to use less silicon, and even shipping their products without some chips while promising to add them in later. With the shortage of semiconductors now a new normal, everyone is being forced to adapt.“There's desperation in the market,” says Bill Wiseman, a senior partner at the consulting firm McKinsey.…