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China Says U.S. Hacking Huawei Since 2009

SecureWorld News

In a tale as old as the computer, China has once again pointed fingers at the United States, accusing it of hacking into one of its technology companies. National Security Agency (NSA) of infiltrating Huawei servers since as early as 2009. Of course, this comes about a month after the U.S.

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GUEST ESSAY: Stolen logons, brute force hacking get used the most to breach web, email servers

The Last Watchdog

Related: Damage caused by ‘business logic’ hacking. Poor password practices are responsible for most incidents involving web applications and data breaches since 2009. 2009 DBIR page 17) . This is according to Verizon’s latest 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ). It’s not just a web thing.

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Hackers Expose Russian FSB Cyberattack Projects

Schneier on Security

More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia : Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum.

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Hacking Google: Lessons From the Security Team, Part Two

Security Boulevard

When it was launched in 2009, the Operation Aurora cyberattack was one of the first major nation-state cyberattacks aimed at private industry. The post Hacking Google: Lessons From the Security Team, Part Two appeared first on Security Boulevard. Its impact forced organizations to take a hard look at their cybersecurity systems.

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Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak

Krebs on Security

. “The state is committed to bringing to justice anyone who hacked our systems or anyone who aided them to do so,” Parson said in October. They had no authorization to convert or decode, so this was clearly a hack.” “A hacker is someone who gains unauthorized access to information or content.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. Intel 471 found that Kerens used the email address pepyak@gmail.com , which also was used to register Kerens accounts on the Russian language hacking forums Verified and Damagelab.

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RockYou2024 compilation containing 10 billion passwords was leaked online

Security Affairs

Threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. The Cybernews researchers reported that threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. RockYou2021 had 8.4 billion passwords from various internet data leaks.

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