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A Massive Data Breach Strikes 23AndMe, Raising Questions of Genetic Privacy The Breach A recent cyberattack on the popular genealogy website, 23AndMe, has resulted in the compromise of the genetic information of millions of people. The hacker, operating under the alias “Golem,” claimed responsibility for the attack and has now released a new dataset that…
Data Breaches: TransUnion Denies Breach After Hacker Publishes Allegedly Stolen Data Introduction TransUnion, a leading credit reporting firm, has denied suffering a data breach after a hacker published approximately 3GB of allegedly stolen data from the company’s systems. The hacker, operating under the pseudonym ‘USDoD,’ claims to have obtained the information of around 58,000 individuals,…
Vulnerabilities in Hacker Conversations: Exploring the Mind of a Hacker A Deep Dive into the Mind of a Hacker In a recent interview with Casey Ellis, founder, chairman, and CTO of Bugcrowd, a crowdsourced ethical hacking platform, the conversation revolved around the definition of a hacker and the factors that influence whether they become ethical…
Cybercrime Court Convicts Portuguese Hacker in Football Leaks Trial and Gives Him a 4-Year Suspended Sentence Introduction In a landmark case, a Portuguese hacker known for his involvement in the “Football Leaks” scandal has been convicted of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years. Rui Pinto, 34, was found guilty of…
Cybercrime Hacker Conversations: Insights from Alex Ionescu Introduction In a recent edition of “Hacker Conversations,” SecurityWeek interviewed Alex Ionescu, a renowned cybersecurity expert who has excelled both as a business executive and a security researcher. Ionescu currently holds the position of technical director, platform operations and research at Canada’s Communications Security Establishment, and has previously…
CISA Hires ‘Mudge‘ to Work on Security-by-Design Principles The Addition of Peiter ‘Mudge‘ Zatko to CISA Peiter ‘Mudge‘ Zatko, the former CISO at Twitter who exposed the social media giant’s security deficiencies, has joined the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency, CISA, in a part-time capacity. Zatko will be working on the “security and resilience by design”…
The Importance of Using Business Data to Amplify AI/ML Threat Detection The Ever-Growing Threat Landscape: Cybersecurity and Threat Detection In today’s highly interconnected and digitalized world, the threat landscape is expanding rapidly. Cybersecurity has become a critical concern for businesses across all sectors. With the rise of ransomware attacks like LockBit 3.0, data breaches, and…
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Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Dead at 59 Introduction The cybersecurity world has lost one of its most notorious figures with the passing of Kevin Mitnick, the infamous hacker who gained global fame in the mid-1990s. Mitnick, who died at age 59 after battling pancreatic cancer, made headlines for his involvement in numerous computer hacking and…
Inside the Operation of Malicious Actor “La_Citrix”: Unraveling the Dark Web’s Cybercrime Underbelly The Unmasking of “La_Citrix” In a stunning turn of events, a notorious threat actor known as “La_Citrix” has been unmasked and exposed by cybersecurity researchers from Hudson Rock. La_Citrix had gained a fearsome reputation by infiltrating organizations’ Citrix remote desktop protocol (RDP)…