Afghanistan: ‘World silently watches this war against women’
As the Taliban advance there are feelings of grief and fear, a child rights activist in Kabul says.
Nasa plans for robot exploration of Titan and other news
Romana Kreider looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Two new foldable smartphones are unveiled by Samsung – the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Fold 3 Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network lost over $600m (£433m) in one of the sector’s biggest ever cyber heists – the hacker has since returned…
Rory Stewart: Afghanistan is a betrayal and catastrophic failure
The advance of the Taliban across Afghanistan represents a betrayal and catastrophic failure by the US, UK and Nato, says Rory Stewart, a former UK International Development Secretary. He told BBC World News that Western involvement in Afghanistan had involved around 2,500 troops supporting Afghan forces and air support. That support had confined the Taliban…
Microsoft August Patch Tuesday Roundup: 44 vulnerabilities, 7 critical
As summer winds down, IT security is still very much at the forefront of the news. Blackhat USA conducted its annual cybersecurity event, for the 24th year, in Las Vegas as a combination virtual and in-person conference. Topics of the briefings indicate how much has changed over the last decade. Ten years ago, Windows vulnerabilities…
Accenture knew about ransomware attack in late July: report – Security
Accenture spotted the LockBit ransomware attack on its systems as far back as July 30 and found that hackers had stolen documents referencing clients, as well as work materials created on clients’ behalf, according to a report from cybersecurity news site CyberScoop. The publicly traded IT consultancy initially confirmed the ransomware attack on Wednesday in…
Hacker returns more than half of stolen crypto haul
A hacker who stole more than $600 million in one of the largest ever cryptocurrency heists has returned over half of what they took. Poly Network, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, said the hacker had sent back $256 million on Binance Smart Chain, $3.3 million in Ethereum and $1 million in Polygon as of 11th…
Hackers reportedly threaten to leak data from Gigabyte ransomware attack
Gigabyte has been the victim of a cyberattack, which was reportedly the work of a ransomware outfit called RansomEXX. According to The Record, the attack didn’t have an impact on any of the company’s production systems, but it did affect some internal servers. Currently, some parts of Gigabyte’s website, including its support section, are down,…
eCh0raix ransomware now targets both QNAP and Synology NAS devices
A newly discovered eCh0raix ransomware variant has added support for encrypting both QNAP and Synology Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices. This ransomware strain (also known as QNAPCrypt) first surfaced in June 2016, after victims began reporting attacks in a BleepingComputer forum topic. The ransomware hit QNAP NAS devices in multiple waves, with two large-scale ones were reported in June 2019 and in June…
Cross-Chain DeFi Site Poly Network Hacked; Hundreds of Millions Potentially Lost
Cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network was attacked on Tuesday, with the alleged hacker draining roughly $600 million in crypto. From a report: Poly Network, a protocol launched by the founder of Chinese blockchain project Neo, operates on the Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum and Polygon blockchains. Tuesday’s attack struck each chain consecutively, with the…
Back to the Future: Notorious AlphaBay Market Reboots
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Darknet Market Only Accepts Monero, Promotes Malware and Botnets, Bans Ransomware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 12, 2021 The new AlphaBay darknet market’s homepage (Source: Elliptic) The notorious AlphaBay darknet marketplace appears to be getting rebooted. See Also: Live Webinar | Password…