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Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA 'dual hat'

Advisers contributing to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition effort are readying a plan to split up the leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, potentially soon after ...
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Pirated corporate software infects Russian businesses with info-stealing malware

Russian businesses that use unlicensed corporate software have fallen victim to an ongoing information-stealing campaign, researchers have found. The cybercriminals behind the campaign, which began in ...
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British telecoms giant BT confirms attempted cyberattack after ransomware gang claims hack

The telecommunications giant BT Group, one of Britain’s largest companies, confirmed on Wednesday “an attempt to compromise” its conferencing platform after the Black Basta ransomware group claimed on ...
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Russia-linked ‘Doppelgänger’ social media operation rolls on, report says

Researchers have tracked more activity by an influence campaign linked to Russia that spreads disinformation and propaganda in the U.S., Germany and Ukraine through a vast network of social media ...
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Suspected Russian hackers target Ukrainian defense enterprises in new espionage campaign

Suspected Russian hackers have been targeting Ukrainian military and defense enterprises in a new espionage campaign, according to a new report. The threat actor behind the campaign, tracked as ...
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Volvo finally confirms "potential" theft of R&D data

Swedish automaker Volvo confirmed today a security breach and the theft of research and development (R&D) data from one of its file storage repositories. The company's admission comes after it ...
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Your car is probably harvesting your data. Here's how you can wipe it

This is Part 1 of a three-part series on automobile privacy that will run through the month of December. Read Part 2 and Part 3 here. It is so easy to vacuum up private data from vehicles that Andrea ...
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Homeland Security veteran to be interviewed for Trump administration cyber role

A veteran of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during President Donald Trump’s first term has been invited to interview for a top cyber position at Mar-a-Lago in the next few weeks. Brian ...
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Iran-linked hackers claim to leak troves of documents from Israeli hospital

A hacker group allegedly linked to Iran claimed to have leaked thousands of medical records from an Israeli hospital, including those of Israeli soldiers. In a cyberattack on Ziv Medical Center in the ...
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Another teenage hacker charged as feds continue Scattered Spider crackdown

An alleged member of the hacking group Scattered Spider has been charged with carrying out phishing attacks on telecommunications companies and a financial institution. The group is believed to be an ...
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Blue Yonder says some customers restored as ransomware gang boasts of attack

Panasonic-owned software giant Blue Yonder said several of its customers’ systems are back up and running, as the gang allegedly behind the incident came forward on Friday to boast about troves of ...
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Taiwan reports surge in Chinese cyber activity and disinformation efforts

Taiwan’s top intelligence agency is warning that China is intensifying cyberattacks and online disinformation campaigns aimed at eroding public trust in government institutions and deepening divisions ...