Iran Caught Targeting US Presidential Campaign Accounts
Saturday, 05 October 2019
Microsoft detected the so-called Phosphorus nation-state gang attacking 241 user accounts associated with a US presidential campaign, current and former US government officials, journalists, others. A well-known Iranian nation-state hacking team has targeted 241 user accounts connected to a US presidential campaign, as well as existing and former government officials, journalists, and Iranian nationals residing
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Threat Group-4127 Targets Google Accounts
Thursday, 25 July 2019
Summary SecureWorks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers track the activities of Threat Group-41271 (TG-4127), which traditionally targets governments, military,international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and most recently, Hillary Clinton’s email. Components of TG-4127 operations have been reported under the names APT28, Sofacy, Sednit, Fancy Bear, and Pawn Storm. CTU™ researchers assess with moderate confidence that the group
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Docker Forces Password Reset for 190,000 Accounts …
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Organizations impacted by breach, which gave attackers illegal access to a database containing sensitive account information, need to check their container images. The owners of some 190,000 Docker accounts will need to change their passwords and verify their container images haven’t been tampered with as the result of a recent intrusion into a Docker Hub
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Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Apple Accounts of NFL …
Friday, 29 March 2019
Dozens of pro athletes and musicians fell for a phishing scam that pilfered their Apple accounts and credit cards. A Dacula, Georgia, resident had pled guilty to one count of computer fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a hacking scheme where he stole credit card information from the Apple accounts of big-name
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