Day: June 10, 2020

Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide

Posted on by Robin Edgar

New Delhi-based BellTroX InfoTech Services targeted government officials in Europe, gambling tycoons in the Bahamas, and well-known investors in the United States including private equity giant KKR and short seller Muddy Waters, according to three former employees, outside researchers, and a trail of online evidence. Aspects of BellTroX’s hacking spree aimed at American targets are Read more about Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide[…]

Hospital-busting hacker crew may be behind ransomware attack that made Honda halt car factories, say researchers

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Japanese car maker Honda has been hit by ransomware that disrupted its production of vehicles and also affected internal communications, according to reports. The ransomware, of an as-yet unidentified strain, appeared to have spread through the multinational firm’s network. A Honda spokesman told the media it appeared to have “hit the company’s internal servers.” Some Read more about Hospital-busting hacker crew may be behind ransomware attack that made Honda halt car factories, say researchers[…]

WhatsApp was exposing users’ phone numbers in Google search

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WhatsApp claims it fixed an issue that was showing users’ phone numbers in Google search results, TechCrunch reports. The change comes after security researcher Athul Jayaram revealed that phone numbers of WhatsApp users who used the Click to Chat feature were being indexed in search. Click to Chat allows users to create a link with Read more about WhatsApp was exposing users’ phone numbers in Google search[…]

From off-prem to just off: IBM Cloud goes down planet-wide so hard even the status page didn’t work – and outside of US business hours

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IBM’s cloud has gone down hard across the world. We’d love to tell you just how hard the service has hit the dirt, but even the Big Blue status page is intermittently unavailable: IBM Cloud status page … Click to enlarge Your humble hack has an IBM Cloud account, and when attempting to login in Read more about From off-prem to just off: IBM Cloud goes down planet-wide so hard even the status page didn’t work – and outside of US business hours[…]

Dutch Justice minister wants to put webhosters that won’t do what he wants on a shaminglist, unburdened by proof and using kiddie porn as an excuse

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The stance seems to be: If minister Grapperhaus tells a webhost to remove content, they should do it without the court system intervening. As soon as they invoke kiddie porn you know that something totalitarian is being justified. Because once that is allowed, then they expand the powers to all content. And noboday can be Read more about Dutch Justice minister wants to put webhosters that won’t do what he wants on a shaminglist, unburdened by proof and using kiddie porn as an excuse[…]