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Social networking giant Twitter disclosed today three new state-linked information operations that have been taken place on its platform this year. As a result of its investigation, Twitter said it banned and removed 32,242 accounts that were part of networks operated out of China, Russia, and Turkey, all three pushing local political agendas and narratives, […] More
The city of Knoxville, Tennessee, has shut down its IT network today following a ransomware attack, CBS affiliate WVLT reported today. The attack took place last night, between June 10 and June 11. The city’s IT department did not detect the intrusion until it was too late and the ransomware had already encrypted multiple systems. […] More
Congress wants to know which foreign governments are using commercially-available surveillance tools — commonly referred to as spyware. The US government’s new position was included in a draft of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the bill that lays out funding for the US government’s intelligence operations for next year. According to the […] More
Industrial control networks are coming under attack from a range of ransomware attacks, security researchers have warned, after an experiment revealed the speed at which hackers are uncovering vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. Security company Cybereason built a ‘honeypot’ designed to look like an electricity company with operations across Europe and North America. The network was made […] More
A1 Telekom, the largest internet service provider in Austria, has admitted to a security breach this week, following a whistleblower’s exposé. The company admitted to suffering a malware infection in November 2019. A1 said its security team detected the malware a month later, but that removing the infection was more problematic than it initially anticipated. […] More
Microsoft has published a report today detailing a never-before-seen series of attacks against Kubeflow, a toolkit for running machine learning (ML) operations on top of Kubernetes clusters. The attacks have been going on since April this year, and Microsoft says its end-goal has been to install a cryptocurrency miner on Kubernetes clusters running Kubeflow instances […] More
Singapore telco M1 and Airbus have partnered to pilot the use of 5G to operate unmanned aerial vehicles in real-world environments. The trials will assess whether these can run safely and efficiently throughout the duration of their flights, including in designated drone-fly zones. The two partners would collaborate alongside Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and […] More
In our weekly ZDNet show, ZDNet Security Update, Danny Palmer interviews cybersecurity experts about the latest security risks, cyber attacks, and hacking trends to help you keep your company safe from online threats. Danny and his guests cover security topics such as malware, rootkits, ransomeware, computer crime, encryption, phishing and more. And now there’s a […] More
