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(USA Today) — Even as most Americans are still learning about the hacking-for-cash crime of ransomware, the nation’s top homeland security official is worried about an even more dire digital danger: killware, or cyberattacks that can literally end lives. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in April galvanized the public’s attention because of its consumer-related complications, […]
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‘The regime is bleeding brains’: Meet the hackers trying to bring down Belarus’ disputed president
September 14th, 2021 
Awake Goy The crackdown on dissent in Belarus has been ruthless, methodical and, at times, relentless. Most of Europe had been largely oblivious until the diversion of a Ryanair flight to Minsk and the arrest of a dissident journalist caught people’s imagination in May. But while the authorities may have tried to crush public opposition to long-time […]
Kimsuky or New Adventures of “North Korean Hackers”
July 21st, 2021 Awake Goy There is a lot of writing about North Korean hackers, and every six months or a year the author makes a kind of summary, pointing out how the stories about the Pyongyang trail have become a self-replicating myth, and the expression “Hackers believed to be linked to North Korea” – a proof. Moreover, spring-summer 2021 […]
Smart IoT Devices Can Be Weaponized By Hackers To Launch Even Larger DDoS Attacks
June 16th, 2021 Awake Goy The internet of things (IoT) has increased the prevalence of intelligent objects at home. These devices can be anything from smart light bulbs to televisions, appliances to cameras, and even water heaters – can be hacked and weaponized to create an army of smart devices to scale up attacks against corporations and governments, according to Bloomberg. Researchers […]
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No Comments »How Did FBI Get Private Key to Bitcoin Wallet Used by Pipeline Hackers?
June 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Via: Bloomberg: In the digital world, though, it’s a simple matter to then transfer those Bitcoins to another address. And another. And another. This is done to obscure a trail and mask the flow of funds, kind of like money laundering. By May 27, the FBI had identified at least two dozen different Bitcoin addresses used […]
Hacked American Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers $5 Million In Ransom To Restore Operations
May 13th, 2021 Awake Goy The hacked American Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two people familiar with the transaction. The largest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. is returning to service following a cyberattack that took the fuel artery offline for five days. The company paid […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: american, colonial, hacked, hackers, million, pipeline, ransom No Comments »Feds Issue Emergency Declaration for 17 States, D.C. After Hackers Attack Largest U.S. Pipeline
May 12th, 2021 Awake Goy The cyberattack on the largest pipeline in the United States resulted in the federal government issuing a state of emergency for 17 states and the District of Columbia. The emergency declaration covers Alabama, Arkansas, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, Axios […]
Report: DarkSide Hackers Committed ‘Double Extortion,’ Stealing Data
May 10th, 2021 Awake Goy Hackers stole data during the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack Thursday ahead of the pipeline operator shutting down from the apparent attack, according to news reports. The hackers of the 5,500 miles pipeline reportedly started their attack Thursday, “stealing a large amount of data before locking computers with ransomware and demanding payment,” according to people familiar with the matter who spoke […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: committed, darkside, double, extortion, hackers, report, stealing No Comments »Hackers Unlock Files From 2020 Breach, Exposing Personal Info of Nearly All Israeli Voters
March 24th, 2021 Awake Goy A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kacper Pempel / Illustration. JNS.org – The personal information of nearly all Israeli voters was exposed online on Monday, a day before the country’s general election, financial daily Calcalist reported Tuesday. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: breach, exposing, files, hackers, nearly, personal, unlock No Comments »North Korean Hackers Tried To Steal COVID Vaccine Technology: Report
February 16th, 2021 Awake Goy SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean hackers attempted to steal information about coronavirus vaccines and treatments, South Korea’s intelligence service said Tuesday, but it denied a lawmaker’s claim that vaccine maker Pfizer Inc. was targeted. Earlier Tuesday, Ha Tae-keung, a member of parliament’s intelligence committee, told reporters that the National Intelligence Service told him […]
Cyberpunk hackers ‘sell off’ CD Projekt Red’s stolen source code after ransomware attack
February 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Hackers have reportedly sold off the source code of CD Projekt’s ‘The Witcher 3’ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ titles, after attempting to hold the Polish video game developer and publisher to ransom. Fresh from a public outcry over the shambolic release of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ before Christmas, CD Projekt Red (CDPR) was in the news again this […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: after, cyberpunk, hackers, projekt, ransomware, source, stolen No Comments »Europol detains 10 hackers over $100 million cryptocurrency theft from celebrities
February 10th, 2021 Awake Goy 8 criminals were arrested by Europol on Tuesday following an international investigation into the theft of $100 million of cryptocurrencies through sim swapping attacks that targeted celebrities and high-profile figures. The eight individuals were detained in the United States, after two others were arrested in Malta and Belgium, all part of the same network of […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: celebrities, cryptocurrency, detains, europol, hackers, million, theft No Comments »Hackers try to contaminate Tampa, Florida town’s water supply
February 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water supply, the Pinellas County Sheriff said on Monday. The attempt on Friday was thwarted. The hackers remotely gained access to a software program, named […]
Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on US payroll agency
February 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into US government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that US lawmakers have labeled a national security emergency. Two people briefed on the case said FBI […]
Hackers shut down synagogue website during MLK weekend sermon by Warnock
January 18th, 2021 Awake Goy Hackers shut down an Atlanta synagogue’s live stream of Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock delivering a sermon to honor Martin Luther King, whose church he leads. Kent Alexander, The Temple’s president, said in a letter sent Saturday to congregants that the website’s service provider said “malicious user agents … continuously loaded the Temple website with the objective […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: during, hackers, sermon, synagogue, warnock, website, weekend No Comments »Iranian cyberattack claims new victim – and Israeli hackers vow revenge
December 29th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: claims, cyberattack, hackers, iranian, israeli, revenge, victim No Comments »Hackers leak documents revealing China’s coronavirus censorship
December 20th, 2020 Awake Goy China’s efforts to influence online opinion during the coronavirus pandemic has been brought to light through secret government directives and other documents that have been discovered and reviewed by The New York Times and ProPublica. It is no secret that China rigidly controls internet content, however the discovered documents, which were shared with the Times […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Censorship, china, coronavirus, documents, hackers, revealing No Comments »Hackers’ Broad Attack Sets Cyber Experts Worldwide Scrambling to Defend Networks
December 20th, 2020 Awake Goy The SolarWinds logo is seen outside its headquarters in Austin, Texas, US, December 18, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Sergio Flores Suspected Russian hackers who broke into US government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a US internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: attack, broad, cyber, experts, hackers, scrambling, worldwide No Comments »Hackers say they sold batch of information stolen from Israeli insurance firm
December 16th, 2020 Awake Goy Hackers who stole a vast trove of information from an Israeli insurance company said on Tuesday they had finished selling an initial batch of documents and threatened to sell additional information on the dark web. A hacking group calling itself Black Shadow broke into the Shirbit insurance firm at the beginning of the month and […]
Suspected Russian hackers spied on US Treasury emails – sources
December 14th, 2020 Awake Goy Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US Treasury and Commerce departments, according to people familiar with the matter, adding they feared the hacks uncovered so far may be the tip of the iceberg.The hack is so serious it led to a National Security Council meeting at […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: emails, hackers, russian, sources, spied, suspected, treasury 1 Comment »Palestinian hackers launch advanced cyberspying operation, Israeli firm says
December 11th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: advanced, cyberspying, hackers, israeli, launch, operation, palestinian No Comments »North Korean Hackers Target Virus Vaccine Makers as IBM Warns of Cyber Attack on Supply Chain
December 5th, 2020 Awake Goy North Korean hackers have reportedly launched coordinated cyberattacks against at least six drug makers working on developing coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics in America, the United Kingdom, and South Korea. In mid-September, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned U.S. lawmakers that foreign hackers, particularly from China and Russia, are trying to steal U.S. coronavirus vaccine research and […]
‘Ideological cyber terror’: Israeli firm refuses to pay hackers’ ransom
December 5th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: cyber, hackers, ideological, israeli, ransom, refuses, terror No Comments »Hackers who breached Israeli insurance firm demand $1m to keep data private
December 3rd, 2020 Awake Goy Hackers who stole clients’ personal data from Israeli insurance company Shirbit are demanding approximately $1 million in order to keep the information private. The hacking group Black Shadow said Wednesday night that if the requested sum of 50 bitcoins ($950,000) is transferred into its account within 24 hours it will not publish or sell the […]
Suspected North Korean Hackers Target COVID-19 Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca
November 27th, 2020 Awake Goy LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The hackers posed as recruiters on networking site LinkedIn and WhatsApp […]
Iran hackers ‘phished’ researcher by posing as Israel’s ex-intel chief — report
November 21st, 2020 Awake Goy Iranian hackers impersonated the former head of Israeli military intelligence and his assistant to fish for analysis from a researcher at a think tank, Channel 13 news reported on Friday. According to the report, an email was sent on November 1, ostensibly from a Gmail account belonging to Deborah Oppenheimer, Director of External Relations and […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Chief, hackers, intel, israel, phished, posing, researcher No Comments »‘Operation Quicksand’: Iran-linked hackers target Israel in ‘new cyberwar phase’
October 20th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: cyberwar, hackers, israel, linked, operation, quicksand, target No Comments »Iran says hackers attacked two of its key government institutions
October 15th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Sign Petition Against This Bill! These Holes Could Make it Easier For Hackers to Steal Cryptocurrency.
October 14th, 2020 Awake Goy US Anti-Encryption Bill Forces Companies To Build Security Holes In Apps/Hardware, and Some Effects Will Spill Over To The Crypto World… Silicon Valley NewsroomOctober 12, 2020No Comments It’s so strange how both parties seem to magically come together for the worst things. But apparently nothing unites a usually broken system more than when they need […]
Dutch man who blamed hackers for anti-Semitic death threats against his neighbors is acquitted
September 2nd, 2020 Awake Goy AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch judge acquitted a man who said that hackers took over his computer and posted anti-Semitic death threats against his Jewish neighbors, with whom he had had a decade-long dispute. The Dutch Jewish community’s watchdog, the Center for Information and Documentation in Israel, or CIDI, in a statement Monday blamed last […]
