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Operation Masquerade: Russian Military Hackers Were Hiding Inside American Home Routers

tom2 weeks ago2 weeks ago05 mins

You locked your front door. You set your alarm. You did everything right. But somewhere in your house, a small…

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Nation’s First Conviction Under the Take It Down Act: Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to AI Deepfake Abuse

tom2 weeks ago2 weeks ago05 mins

A New Weapon, A New Law, A First Conviction The rise of artificial intelligence has brought remarkable tools into everyday…

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The Router in Your Home May Be a National Security Risk

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There is a small box in your home, probably tucked behind a bookshelf or sitting on a counter that every…

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Two Russians, Two Schemes, One Message: American Justice Has a Long Memory

tom3 weeks ago3 weeks ago05 mins

The Ransomware Assembly Line Most people imagine a hacker as one person — a lone figure hunched over a keyboard,…

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The Password Thief: How a Global Malware Empire Ended in an Austin Courtroom

tom3 weeks ago3 weeks ago05 mins

A Digital Heist Years in the Making Imagine a burglar who never breaks a window or picks a lock. Instead,…

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Massive Data Breach at Healthcare Interactive Affects Over 3 Million, Including 103,000 SC Residents

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Healthcare Interactive, Inc. (HCIactive), an Ellicott City, Maryland-based provider of AI-powered software solutions for insurance enrollment and benefits administration, has…

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FBI Warns Airline Industry of Scattered Spider Cyber Threat

tom10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

The FBI has issued a new warning that the cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline…

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Law Enforcement Dismantles Darknet Drug Network in Global Crackdown

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In one of the most expansive Darknet enforcement efforts to date, U.S. authorities, working alongside international partners, have shattered a…

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Iranian National Pleads Guilty in Baltimore Robbinhood Ransomware Attack

tom10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

WILMINGTON, N.C. — A 37-year-old Iranian man, Sina Gholinejad, also known as “Sina Ghaaf,” has pleaded guilty in federal court…

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Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack

tom10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

SAN FRANCISCO — Cloudflare announced on June 19th that it successfully mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded,…

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