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Google warns: 86% of hacked Google Cloud accounts used for illegal cryptocurrency mining
Daniel Levi Posted On November 29, 2021


Cryptocurrency miners are using compromised Google Cloud accounts for compute-intensive crypto mining purposes, the tech giant warned in a “Threat Horizons” report published on Wednesday. According to Google, 86% of 50 recently compromised Google Cloud accounts were used to perform cryptocurrency […]


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GoDaddy hosting hacked: Up to 1.2 million customers information and SSL private keys exposed
Daniel Levi Posted On November 22, 2021


No day goes by without headlines on cyberattacks or data breaches. Earlier today, we wrote about Vestas after hackers exposed the data of the world’s biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, forcing the company to shut down its wind turbines. Now, hackers […]


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FBI Hacked: Hackers successfully compromise FBI email system, send over 100,000 emails from official FBI address
Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2021


The hunter has become the hunted. On Saturday, cybers hackers successfully hacked into the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI’s) email system on Saturday, using it to send over 100,000 fake emails warning of a possible cyberattack, according to a report […]


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Addressing the Top Cybersecurity Challenges of 2021
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


In its Global Risks Report 2021, the World Economic Forum listed five top cybersecurity challenges. These are the increased complexity of cyber threats, fragmented and complex regulations, dependence on other parties, lack of cybersecurity expertise, and the difficulty in tracking cybercriminals. […]


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Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns: Governments are trying to weaken the encryption systems to get access to people’s personal messages
Daniel Levi Posted On October 22, 2021


Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is back in the news. In September, Snowden warned people not to use ExpressVPN. “If you’re an ExpressVPN customer, you shouldn’t be,” Snowden said. The warning came after it was revealed that Daniel Gericke, CIO of ExpressVPN, […]


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Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz raises $250M in new funding, tripling its valuation to $6 billion in six months
Daniel Levi Posted On October 11, 2021


Last week, cybercriminals hacked into Amazon’s Twitch exposing source code and payouts of creators and top 100 highest-paid Twitch streamers. The rise in cyberattacks has also led to an increase in the number of innovative cybersecurity startups aiming to help […]


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Amazon’s Twitch hacked: Hackers expose source code and payouts of creators and top 100 highest-paid Twitch streamers
Daniel Levi Posted On October 6, 2021


Another day, another hacking news. This time it’s Amazon’s video streaming service Twitch that was hacked Wednesday in a cyber breach that exposed details on payments to gamers, content creators, future product plans, and an unreleased product from Amazon Game Studios. The anonymous […]


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Israeli cybersecurity tech startup Panorays secures $42 million in Series B funding to revolutionize third-party security
Daniel Levi Posted On September 23, 2021


Hardly a day goes by without another headline of cyber-attacks and data breaches. Companies around the world are losing billions of dollars to cybercriminals. Governments and customers are also holding these companies into account forcing them to tighten their security measures. […]


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The U.S. sanctions Czech Republic-based cryptocurrency exchange Suex for alleged role in ransomware attacks
Daniel Levi Posted On September 22, 2021


Hackers love cryptocurrency partly because of its anonymity. In fact, most cybercriminals prefer their ransom payments to be in cryptocurrency because it’s difficult to trace wallet addresses unless the crypto exchange divulges their financial information to law enforcement agencies. In very […]


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Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns people not to use ExpressVPN. “If you’re an ExpressVPN customer, you shouldn’t be,” Snowden says
Nickie Louise Posted On September 16, 2021


In July, former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden sounded the alarm bell about how government agencies are using military-grade spyware to spy on citizens. As far back as 2018, the U.S. government and private companies around the world have been using Pegasus spyware developed by an […]


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Source code security – do we need to backup Bitbucket or GitHub?
Nickie Louise Posted On September 2, 2021


Data loss costs millions of dollars, and the cost depends on the value of the data itself. Loss of source code and intellectual property of some code-oriented companies might cause collapse and bankruptcy. While businesses of all kinds are increasingly […]


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Taliban seized biometric devices that can identify US allies and terrorists in Afghanistan, Taliban also captured military hardware left by the fleeing Afghan army
Daniel Levi Posted On August 19, 2021


The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces, according to a report from The Intercept, citing current and former military officials. As The Intercepts noted, the biometric devices […]


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Hackers stole over $90 million worth of crypto coins from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid
Daniel Levi Posted On August 19, 2021


No day goes by without headlines on cyberattacks. But we’re now beginning to see a different type of attack, this time the attack on cryptocurrency. This morning, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said in a Twitter post that it has been […]


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Binance user (Fetch.Ai) lost $2.6 million in another crypto hack; UK High Court ordered Binance to identify the hackers and freeze their accounts
Daniel Levi Posted On August 13, 2021


Another day, another report of a crypto hack. It seems no day goes by without headlines of cyberattacks or data breaches. According to a report from Security Magazine, $1.9B in cryptocurrencies were stolen by hackers in 2020, down from $4.5 billion in […]


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Hacker behind the $600 million Poly Network crypto heist says the hacking was done “for fun,” returned $342 million of the stolen crypto assets
Daniel Levi Posted On August 12, 2021


In what is being described as one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time, a group of hackers stole more than $600 million worth of crypto in a cyberattack that targeted a decentralized finance platform called Poly Network. Then yesterday, […]


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Accenture Hacked: “Hackers published almost 2,400 files to the Dark Web,” CNBC says
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2021


Hackers are having a field today. As we reported earlier today, a group of hackers reportedly returned $260 million of the $600 million stolen back to crypto platform Poly Network in one of the largest cyber breaches. Now, hackers have […]


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Hackers return $260 million of the $600 million stolen back to crypto platform Poly Network after the biggest DeFi theft
Nickie Louise Posted On August 11, 2021


As you may recall, yesterday hackers stole $600 million in the biggest Decentralized Finance or (DeFi) hack after crypto platform PolyNetwork was exploited on Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Ethereum. The perpetrators set a record within the decentralized finance space […]


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Hackers stole $600 million in the biggest DeFi hack: PolyNetwork exploited on Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Ethereum
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2021


Decentralized Finance or DeFi has been all the rage lately. Built predominantly on the Ethereum blockchain, the goal of DeFi is to create a decentralized financial system that is not controlled by a single entity and also enables crypto-denominated lending outside of […]


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Proof Your Security Systems: A Guide for Startups
Daniel Levi Posted On August 9, 2021


With hacking and data breaches dominating the headlines, today, the thoughts of security automatically send fear to executives of the world’s largest corporations, fearing they may be the next target of cyberattacks. The pandemic has forced organizations to make rapid […]


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Bombs vs. Bugs: The newly hostile-by-default nature of technology and how Edward Snowden deals with it
Daniel Levi Posted On August 3, 2021


Authored by Edward Snowden via “Continuing Ed” substack, “Just as we cannot trust governments to decide what can and cannot be said, we must not empower them to determine the things we can or cannot install.” Last month, we wrote […]


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