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US authorities have named Iran as the likely source of a recent attack on the campaign of the US Republican Party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump. One of those efforts, the statement asserts, resulted in compromise of the Trump campaign and subsequent leaking of documents.
Former US president Donald Trump's re-election campaign has claimed it's been the victim of a cyber attack. The claim was made after US outlet Politico reported an anonymous email account sent it a dossier of information sourced from within the campaign operation, but the entity who sent the docs declined to explain how they came by the info.
Infosec in brief Unable to access the Samsung smartphone of the deceased Trump shooter for clues, the FBI turned to a familiar - if controversial - source to achieve its goal: digital forensics tools vendor Cellebrite. Cellebrite has been used for years by law enforcement to break into locked smartphones.
The FBI on Monday revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks - the man who shot at and wounded former US president Donald Trump on July 13 in an apparent failed assassination attempt. The bureau hasn't explained how it got into the cellphone, though it is known to have previously acquired capabilities that allow it to access locked devices - and even view encrypted content - despite the use of passwords and/or biometric authentication.
Officials have until March 2 to cough up or stolen data gets leaked LockBit claims it's back in action just days after an international law enforcement effort seized the ransomware gang's servers...
In a surprising move, Twitter has lifted the "Permanent suspension" of former U.S. President Donald Trump's account. The move follows a Twitter poll ran by Elon Musk that asked users whether to reinstate Trump's account-the majority of 15 million respondents answered affirmatively.
In a surprising move, Twitter has lifted the "Permanent suspension" of former U.S. President Donald Trump's account. The move follows a Twitter poll ran by Elon Musk that asked users whether to reinstate Trump's account-the majority of 15 million respondents answered affirmatively.
Microsoft appears to have beat Google on the bug bounty front, with $13.7 million in rewards spread out over 335 researchers. The biggest prize awarded by Microsoft was $200,000 under the Hyper-V Bounty Program and the average award was $12,000.
NET malware packer being used to deliver a variety of remote access trojans and infostealers has a fixed password named after Donald Trump, giving the new find its name, "DTPacker." The ProofPoint team that discovered DTPacker reported that the malware is notable because it delivers both embedded payloads, as well as those fetched from a command-and-control server.
The bearded hacker declined to give his age, but he has been carrying out these "Responsible disclosures" for the best part of two decades. Just before the 2016 US election swept Trump to power, Gevers and two friends decided to make sure the then-candidate wasn't using a password that had previously been leaked online.