Low-level cybercriminals are pouncing on CrowdStrike-connected outage
The malicious activity comes as CrowdStrike customers continue to recover from the July 18 outage.
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This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of “CrowdStrike” cybersecurity technology company in Paris on July 19, 2024, amid massive global IT outage. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Cybercrime -
Supporters of President Joe Biden greet voters on January 23, 2024 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Three New Hampshire voters sued a Democratic operative who admitted to creating an fake AI-generated robocall of President Joe Biden, as well as two companies that allegedly helped. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) AI New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall
The complaint argues that the calls were an illegal attempt at voter suppression under the Voting Rights Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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Supporters demonstrate at a Joe Biden Write-In Rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) Threats The tangled web of corporations behind the New Hampshire AI robocall
The man alleged to have impersonated Joe Biden appears to control a network of marketing firms and fundraising operations.
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U.S. President Joe Biden talks on a cell phone during a Rose Garden event at the White House to mark National Small Business Week on May 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Government New Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom
An investigation identified Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom as allegedly behind the operation that impersonated President Joe Biden.
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In this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, a bird flies near a North Korean flag fluttering in the wind at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea on October 4, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images) Geopolitics North Korean government hackers target individuals of interest, infosec professionals
The hacking unit is tasked with gathering strategic intelligence.
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Flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images) Geopolitics North Korean hackers posed as Meta recruiter on LinkedIn
Targets of the operation were given phony coding challenges that delivered a range of malware including a previously-unseen backdoor.
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The United Nations flag (Getty Images) Geopolitics Microsoft joins a growing chorus of organizations criticizing a UN cybercrime treaty
Critics say the draft version of the global treaty backed by China and Russia could be used to persecute security researchers and activists.
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Cloud or data center. (mesh cube/Getty Images) Geopolitics US internet hosting company appears to facilitate global cybercrime, researchers say
Cloudzy, an internet hosting company with a New York phone number, may aiding hackers from Iran, Russia and North Korea.
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This photo taken on May 27, 2023, shows a woman passing a cryptocurrency exchange office in Hong Kong. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images) Cybersecurity California prosecutor Erin West on the massive wealth transfer to Southeast Asia from a crypto scam called ‘pig butchering’
The Santa Clara County deputy district attorney has made it her mission to fight back against these scams and the people executing them.
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Students raised their hands for a question as OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman looks on during an event at Keio University on June 12 in Tokyo. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) Privacy OpenAI lawsuit reignites privacy debate over data scraping
The lawsuit against the generative AI company raises questions about the legal grey area of web scraping in the United States.