Security: All of Uber’s information systems hacked
An Uber employee fell for this old phishing trick: The person who claimed responsibility for the hack told The New York Times that he had sent a text message to…
Legal Problems with Drone Detection and Defense Systems
Trying to stop bad drones? This article dives into the different types of counter drone systems (drone jammer, anti-drone gun, etc.) & their legal problems. Source: Big Legal Problems with…
Russian TV, Rutube hacked on Victory Day
Users of smart televisions and some digital platforms in Russia reported seeing an anti-Ukraine-war message on their screens. Source: Russian TV, online platforms hacked with antiwar message on Victory Day
The end of passwords?
Interesting ideas: Instead of a password, devices could look for your phone over Bluetooth. Source: Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard | Ars Technica
‘Anonymous’ achieves wide success in cyber attacks in Russia
Hacked databases Of 100 Russian databases that were analyzed, 92 had been compromised, said Fowler. They belonged to retailers, Russian internet providers and intergovernmental websites, including the Commonwealth of Independent…
Anonymous steals 800 GB of emails, documents from Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Internet censor
Best’s Wikileaks-esque entity published what it claimed was a huge trove of files stolen by a member of the Anonymous hacktivist collective from Russia’s censorship agency, Roskomnadzor. That includes a…
Was Russia funding shut downs of US oil production?
In 2017, US Senators accused Russia of interfering in US energy markets by secretly funding U.S. environmental activist groups. A 2019 report said Russia was secretly funding anti-fracking groups to…
Anonymous hacked 3 Russian TV channels and put up Ukrainian videos
Anonymous, the “hactivist” collective movement, claimed credit Sunday for taking over multiple television and streaming channels in Russia to broadcast messages that opposed the invasion of Ukraine. Source: Anonymous Hackers…
Microsoft halts cyberattack on Ukrainian infrastructure – in mere hours
Last Wednesday, a few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, warning of a never-before-seen piece of “wiper” malware that appeared…
Anonymous hacks Russian web sites, puts up anti-war text and information on Russian soldiers killed
Multiple Russian state-run media outlets were hacked across the country to display anti-war messages and Russia’s war dead, as President Vladimir Putin continues his full-scale invasion against Ukraine. Source: Russian…