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Washington (AFP) - Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a "cascade of avoidable errors" that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials. Microsoft President Brad Smith spent more than three hours answering questions from members of the House Committee on Homeland Security in Washington, assuring them cybersecurity is being woven more deeply into the technology company's culture. "Microsoft accepts responsibility for each and every one of the issues cited" in a scathing US government report about the breach "without equivocation or hesitat...
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A new study has revealed the most dangerous (ie: hackable) pop-culture passwords to have, and comic book superheroes rank high. The study, which was carried out by Mailsuite, analysed 300 million hacked accounts, and identified the passwords with references to pop-culture you should be avoiding. So, which one is the most dangerous? Turns out the Man of Steel himself, as ‘Superman’ is the most hackable password. The DC superhero showed up in 584,697 data breaches. The second spot went to rock band Blink-182, appearing in 482,244 breaches, while bronze goes to Superman’s DC neighbour Batman, wit...
Euronews (English)
San Francisco (AFP) - Social media giant Meta says its bid to thwart coordinated disinformation campaigns created through ever-improving generative AI is working, despite widespread concerns. Meta's latest study on "coordinated inauthentic behavior" on its platforms comes as fears mount that generative AI will be used to trick or confuse people in upcoming elections worldwide, notably in the United States. "What we've seen so far is that our industry's existing defenses, including our focus on behavior rather than content in countering adversarial threats, already apply and appear to be effect...
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Der russische Nachrichtendienst GRU wurde von der deutschen Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock beschuldigt, einen "absolut unerträglichen" Cyberangriff begangen zu haben. Baerbock erklärte, dass im vergangenen Jahr russische staatliche Hacker hinter einem Cyberangriff standen, der die SPD ins Visier genommen hatte. Im Juni 2023 gab die SPD bekannt, dass zu Beginn des Jahres Cyberkriminelle die E-Mail-Konten ihrer Führungskräfte angegriffen hatten. Das ergab eine Untersuchung der deutschen Regierung unter der Leitung des Außenministeriums. "Russische staatliche Hacker haben Deutschland im Cybers...
Euronews (German)
The iconic V-finger sign, commonly used to represent peace, is often a go-to gesture when people pose for pictures. However, a video being shared widely on WhatsApp and other social media networks warns people against using it. The clip claims fraudsters can use the images to take high-quality copies of their fingerprints, which they then use to hack into their phones and accounts to steal their money and data. But how well-founded are the claims? Simply put, it's technically possible but very unlikely in practice. Hackers could in theory extract copies of our fingerprints from the selfies we ...
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Die USA und Großbritannien haben wegen des Verdachts auf Cyberspionage Sanktionen gegen China angekündigt. Betroffen sind demnach in beiden Ländern Millionen Menschen, darunter auch Regierungsbeamte. Der stellvertretende Premierminister Oliver Dowden erklärte, von "mit dem chinesischen Staat verbundene Akteure" seien für zwei "bösartige Cyber-Kampagnen". Man werde, so wie andere internationale Partner Großbritanniens, wie etwa die USA, China für die "anhaltenden feindseligen Aktivitäten gegen unsere gemeinsamen Demokratien zur Rechenschaft ziehen". "Der Feind sind falsche Informationen": Cyber...
Euronews (German)
A court in the UK is scheduled Tuesday to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets one final appeal to challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges are due to issue a judgment in the High Court that could put an end to Assange's long legal saga or further extend it. If he fails in winning the right to appeal, his legal team fears he could be swiftly sent to the US to face charges, though they’re likely to ask the European Court of Human Rights to block any transfer. Why is WikiLeaks founder and hacker Julian Assange facing extradition to the US?Assange,...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Hackers linked to Russia's intelligence service broke into email accounts of senior Microsoft executives, according to a regulatory filing available Friday. Microsoft identified the cyber attacker as a group referred to as "Midnight Blizzard," which it said has been connected to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service by US and British governments. "This threat actor is known to primarily target governments, diplomatic entities, non-government organizations, and IT service providers primarily in the US and Europe," Microsoft said in a blog post in August last year detailing...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Personal genetics firm 23andMe on Tuesday confirmed that hackers using stolen passwords accessed the personal information about 6.9 million of its members. While the hackers were only able to get into about 14,000 accounts, or 0.1 percent of its customers, they were able to see information shared by genetically linked relatives at 23andMe, a spokesperson said in reply to an AFP inquiry. 23andMe is in the process of notifying affected customers and has hardened account security by requiring users to reset passwords and set up a second authentication method such as sending ...
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By Hera Rizwan Last week, several opposition leaders in India received an identical message on their iPhones. “State-sponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhone,” the message read. Among the politicians who received the alert were Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, MP and chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, Asaduddin Owaisi, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and party's spokespersons, Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate. However, the tech giant Apple on October 31,issued a statement saying that it does not attribute “state-sponsored a...
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