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"Don't spread disinformation and right now, all signs point to just that - the alleged Minneapolis Police Department 'breach' is fake," he wrote, in an analysis posted on Monday, adding that the data is likely not from the MPD at all, but rather a collection of widely available credentials from earlier breaches, and possibly some made-up combinations, that have been assembled into a new database for the purpose of perpetrating this hoax. Passwords like the all-lowercase "Linkedin"; "Le"; PIN-like passwords like "1603"; and the notoriously insecure "Password," "Qwerty" and "123456" are all represented.
On Friday, ProPublica and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found "No evidence of damage to network or computers, and no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data." Kemp's hacking claim followed a report from a voter with software development experience about access control vulnerabilities in the state's My Voter Page and its online voter registration system.
On Friday, ProPublica and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found "No evidence of damage to network or computers, and no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data." Kemp's hacking claim followed a report from a voter with software development experience about access control vulnerabilities in the state's My Voter Page and its online voter registration system.
"Hack-for-hire" organizations are the latest group of cybercriminals to take advantage of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, using COVID-19 as a lure in phishing emails bent on stealing victims' Google credentials. Researchers with Google's Threat Analysis Group warned that they've spotted a spike in activity from several India-based firms that have been creating Gmail accounts that spoof the World Health Organization to send coronavirus-themed phishing emails.
Hackers are threatening to release 756GB of A-list celebs' contracts, recording deals, and other personal info allegedly stolen from a New York law firm. The miscreants have seemingly got their hands on confidential agreements, private correspondence, contact details, and other information belonging to superstars, including Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Sir Elton John, Run DMC, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and Lady Gaga, and their representatives.
Threat actors are actively targeting a vulnerability in the Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress to compromise websites, WordPress security company Defiant warned this week. With an estimated install base of over 1 million websites, Elementor Pro is the paid version of the free Elementor plugin, a drag and drop page builder.
Secure World is part of Microsoft's operating environment for applications that run on Azure Sphere devices that executes Microsoft security code. "Sylvie Liu, security program manager for Microsoft Security Response Center, said:"While Azure Sphere implements security upfront and by default, Microsoft recognizes security is not a one-and-done event.
Hosting biz GoDaddy has admitted a hacker tampered with an SSH file on its servers, leading to the theft of 28,000 users' SSH credentials. The intrusion, which took place last month, involved one or more malicious persons "Alter" an SSH file on GoDaddy's infrastructure, the US giant told The Register.
UPDATE. GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, is warning customers that attackers may have obtained their web hosting account credentials. The company said that the breach only affected hosting accounts, not general GoDaddy.com customer accounts, and that no customer data in the main accounts was accessed.
The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System can be coerced into sending an airplane on a mid-air rollercoaster ride - much to the horror of those onboard. Spoofing the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System is not new.