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Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries

by Iain Thomson / 7h

GCHQ job ads seek top talent with bottom-end pay packets While the wages paid by governments seldom match those available in the private sector, it appears that the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency is a long way short of being competitive in its quest for talent.…

WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions

91by Simon Sharwood / 1d

One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for social networks.…

Dutch cops pwn the Redline and Meta infostealers, leak 'VIP' aliases

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by Connor Jones / 1d

Legal proceedings underway with more details to follow Dutch police (Politie) say they've dismantled the servers powering the Redline and Meta infostealers – two key tools in a modern cyber crook's arsenal.…

Today

Merde! Macron's bodyguards reveal his location by sharing Strava data

Macron's bodyguards leak location on Strava

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by Iain Thomson / 3h

It's not just the French president, Biden and Putin also reportedly trackable The French equivalent of the US Secret Service may have been letting their guard down, as an investigation showed they are easily trackable via the fitness app Strava.…

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Five Eyes nations tell tech startups to take infosec seriously. Again

Five Eyes launches tech security guidance

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by Simon Sharwood / 5h

Only took 'em a year to dish up some scary travel advice, and a Secure Innovation … Placemat? Cyber security agencies from the Five Eyes nations have delivered on a promise to offer tech startups more guidance on how to stay secure.…

JPMorgan Chase sues scammers following viral 'infinite money glitch'

JPMorgan sues customers over fraud

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by Jessica Lyons / 16h

ATMs paid customers thousands ... and now the bank wants its money back JPMorgan Chase has begun suing fraudsters who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the bank's ATMs after a check fraud glitch went viral on social media.…

Feds investigate China's Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks

Chinese hackers target Trump Vance phones

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by Jessica Lyons / 17h

'They're taunting us,' investigator says and it looks like it's working The feds are investigating Chinese government-linked cyberspies breaking into the infrastructure of US telecom companies, as reports suggest Salt Typhoon - the same crew believed to be behind those hacks - has also been targeting phones belonging to people affiliated with US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, al

Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta's Threads

by Jessica Lyons / 21h

The platform 'continues to take action' against illegal posts, we're told Exclusive Brazen crooks are selling people's pilfered financial information on Meta's Threads, in some cases posting full credit card details, plus stolen credentials, alongside images of the cards themselves.…

Delta officially launches lawyers at $500M CrowdStrike problem

Delta sues CrowdStrike for outage

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by Connor Jones / 23h

Legal action comes months after alleging negligence by Falcon vendor Delta Air Lines is suing CrowdStrike in a bid to recover the circa $500 million in estimated lost revenue months after the cybersecurity company "caused" an infamous global IT outage.…

Oct 27, 2024

Senator accuses sloppy domain registrars of aiding Russian disinfo campaigns

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by Brandon Vigliarolo / 1d

Also, Change Healthcare sets a record, cybercrime cop suspect indicted, a new Mallox decryptor, and more in brief Senate intelligence committee chair Mark Warner (D-VA) is demanding to know why, in the wake of the bust-up of a massive online Russian disinformation operation, the names of six US-based domain registrars seem to keep popping up as, at best, negligent facilitators of election meddlin

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