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Seattle – The first high-level manager of the notorious hacking group FIN7 was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa A. Gorman.  Fedir Hladyr, 35, a Ukranian national, served as a high-level manager and systems administrator for FIN7.  He was arrested in Dresden, Germany,…

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Codecov announced that a threat actor had hacked its Bash Uploader script, therefore exposing sensitive information in customers’ continuous integration environment. The platform learned about the compromise on April 1st, but it seems that the first signs of the supply-chain attack occurred in January. With a customer base of more than 29,000 enterprises, the list…

Breach Notification , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service University of Hertfordshire Is Among the Latest Victims Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 17, 2021     The University of Hertfordshire has sustained a cyber incident that severely affected students’ online classes and an assignment submission portal. The university, however, notes the incident did not lead to data…

Domino’s India data that included sensitive customer information such as their names, phone numbers, and credit card details has allegedly been breached and put on sale on the dark Web. According to the person selling the data, it includes details of about 18 crore orders received by the pizza chain. Allegedly, Domino’s India data was…

NEW DELHI: Instant messaging app WhatApp on Monday said it has addressed two bugs that existed on its outdated software and that it had no reason to believe that “these vulnerabilities were ever abused”. The official statement came in the wake of a recent advisory issued by the CERT-In which cautioned WhatsApp users about certain…

If installed; the fake and malicious WhatsApp pink app takes full control of a targeted device. An unusual baiting technique has appeared with the WhatsApp users receiving links that claim to turn the application’s theme from its trademark green to pink. Simultaneously, it also promises ‘‘new features” that have not been specified. Cyber experts have…

Entornointeligente.com / Russia will take measures that will “force the authors of this provocation to understand their full responsibility for destroying the basis of normal relations between the countries,” its Foreign Ministry says in a statement on Sunday. In this December 26, 2016 file photo, a Russian flag flying at half-mast is seen above the…

State television named the suspect as 43-year-old Reza Karimi. It showed a passport-style photograph of a man it identified as Karimi, saying he was born in the nearby city of Kashan, Iran. The report also aired what appeared to be an Interpol “red notice” seeking his arrest. The arrest notice was not immediately accessible on…

MOSCOW: Tensions between Moscow and Prague spiralled on Sunday (Apr 18) with Russia ordering out 20 diplomats, a day after the Czech Republic accused the suspects in the Skripal poisoning of being behind a deadly 2014 explosion on its soil. Czech authorities on Saturday announced they were expelling 18 Russian diplomats identified as secret agents…