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In the run-up to the presidential election, Microsoft said Thursday that Russian army intelligence hackers, known as Fancy Bear or APT28, had attacked more than two hundred organizations since September 2019, many of which were adjacent to the election. The most recent indication that piracy teams in countries like Fancy Bear, which also caused chaos in the 2016 US presidential election, remains a very genuine threat.
What makes the reporting of former Senior Homeland Security Intelligence Officer Brian Murphy, becoming public this week, even more troubling: Murphy alleges that DHS control minimized intelligence discoveries and manipulated Russia’s risk reports for the 2020 election and other problems, allegedly to align with President Donald Trump’s political agenda. On politicization outside U. S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the 2016 election, former FBI agent Peter Strzok told WIRED this week: “Everything the FBI did hurt Hillary and helped Trump.
On Monday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange began his defense against extradition to the United States, which is based on a component of psychiatric evidence that he is at risk of self-harm. years of warnings from investigators.
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The hacking organization called Malsmoke is on a tear, infecting popular porn sites with malicious classified ads and then employing them to infect the sick with malware. Researchers at security firm Malwarebytes say the attackers inflamed “virtually every single adult ad network. ” In addition to the mid-range sites, the organization has also controlled to display its malicious classified ads on xHamster, one of the most popular adult sites in the world. Unfortunately, those types of attack attempts are not unheard of on adult content websites, yet the campaign, which Malwarebytes has been tracking for the past few months, is attractive due to the malware used. Once the victim clicks on a malicious ad, they are redirected to a page that attempts to start downloading malware if it can exploit vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer or Flash. Both are targets of long-time hackers who will be retiring for savvy in the coming months, partly due to their security concerns. These Malsmoke attacks will only affect targets running vulnerable versions of Internet Explorer and Flash, which means they will soon be out of date.
A July memorandum from the U. S. Post Office of the Inspector General of Postal ServicesBut it’s not the first time He warned that there were “significant vulnerabilities” in six postal programs for 3 years, adding “sensitive” virtual services. The report indicates that the 12 types of vulnerabilities are well-known insects that may have been exploited smoothly via hackers. The effects are not unexpected given that US government agencies are not able to do so. The U. S. and its affiliates have a really deplorable cybersecurity record. The USPS told Motherboard this week that it had constant vulnerabilities.
Video conferencing service Zoom announced Thursday that it has added two-factor authentication to its desktop and mobile applications. Previously, users can only use two-factor account protections on the web. Zoom launched a lead initiative in April to review its security offerings. , however, it has faced controversy even for some of these improvements. For example, Zoom first stated that it would only offer end-to-end encryption to users with paid accounts, but after a negative reaction, it changed course to universally supply it Extended offers to two points will increase loose and paid accounts.
U. S. schools have been able to do so. But it’s not the first time They are preparing for delays and closures in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, but this week Hartford schools had their first day canceled for a very different reason: ransomware. In addition to having an effect on schools, the attack also disrupted emergency facilities such as 911 and the police department. The attack began on September 5. Hartford officials were able to recover within days, and schools (which use a hybrid style thanks to the pandemic) opened Wednesday. Hartford invested about $500,000 last year to improve its cybersecurity defenses, and officials said that while it did not prevent the attack, it helped the city recover quickly.
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