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2025-01-02 Post a Comment

US Treasury hacked: Are China and the US stepping up their cyberwar?

Department of the Treasury calls cyberattack a â€˜major incidentâ€™, accuses China-backed hackers. ByÂ Sarah Shamim The United States Department of the Treasury on MondayÂ blamedÂ China for breaching its network and gaining access to information that includes unclassified documents. Beijing has denied the allegation, calling it â€œgroundlessâ€. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 US says â€˜Salt Typhoonâ€™ Chinese hacking group behind major metadata theft list 2 of 4 Did […]

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Cyber security

2024-12-30 Post a Comment

16 Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Over 600,000 Users to Data Theft

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Cyber security

2024-04-06 Post a Comment

Hackers Hijacked Notepad++ Plugin To Execute Malicious Code

ByGuru Baran: The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has detected a sophisticated cyberattack targeting users of the popular text and code editor,Â Notepad++. Hackers have successfully manipulated a default plugin within the Notepad++ package, potentially compromising the security of countless systems. The plugin in question, â€œmimeTools.dll,â€ is a standard component of Notepad++ that provides encoding functionalities, such as Base64. It is automatically included and loaded when Notepad++ is run, which the […]

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Cyber security

2024-02-08 Post a Comment

Johnson Controls says ransomware attack cost $27 million, data stolen

By Bill Toulas Johnson Controls International has confirmed that a September 2023 ransomware attack cost the company $27 million in expenses and led to a data breach after hackers stole corporate data. Johnson Controls is a multinational conglomerate that develops and manufactures industrial control systems, security equipment, air conditioners, and fire safety equipment. As first reported by BleepingComputer,Â Johnson Controls suffered a ransomware attackÂ in September after the firm’s Asia offices were […]