cybersecurity
Updating your password to be longer and contain a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols can increase the time it takes a hacker to crack it even as password encryption measures improve, according to the IT firm Hive Systems. The company released its 2024 password table which displays the time needed to hack a password using the best consumer-accessible hardware. The table is updated every year. Many websites currently require a password of at least eight characters with a mix of letters, numbers, or symbols, but we might be due for an upgrade, experts say, as a longer password offers a signific...
Euronews (English)
The breach, dating back to early 2024, was uncovered two weeks ago as the European Parliament intensified efforts to reinforce its cybersecurity in preparation for the upcoming European elections in June, a press officer from the European Parliament told Euronews. The compromised application which has now been taken offline is called 'PEOPLE', and collated sensitive information related to around 8,000 candidates for temporary positions (including parliamentary assistants and contractual agents) and provided them with details about the recruitment process. "All active or past users potentially ...
Euronews (English)
A Chinese man used thousands of smartphones to inflate his live-stream viewer counts artificially. This traffic fraud scheme enabled him to amass 3 million yuan (about £332435.75) in under four months. Previously, he also offered services to live-streamers seeking to enhance their online presence. Authorities in Zhejiang province, the heart of China's live-streaming industry, have now imprisoned the man, according to South China Morning Post (SCMP). This marks a rare crackdown on such practices in the province. Officials fined Mr. Wang 50,000 yuan (about £5607.35) and sentenced him to 15 month...
IBTimes
The U.K., U.S., and Australia announced sanctions on the Russian leader of the cyber-crime gang, LockBit, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on May 7. Lockbit has become one of the most prolific ransomware groups in recent years, carrying out 3,000 cyberattacks in the U.S. and Europe and resulting in losses of billions of euros. The sanctions will target Dmitry Khoroshev, a Russian national who has been identified as one of the senior leaders of Lockbit. The NCA announced in February that it had taken control of Lockbit's services, allowing it to infiltrate the group's network. U...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The U.K., U.S., and Australia announced sanctions on the Russian leader of the cyber-crime gang, LockBit, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on May 7. Lockbit has become one of the most prolific ransomware groups in recent years, carrying out 3,000 cyberattacks in the U.S. and Europe and resulting in losses of billions of euros. The sanctions will target Dmitry Khoroshev, a Russian national who has been identified as one of the senior leaders of Lockbit. The NCA announced in February that it had taken control of Lockbit's services, allowing it to infiltrate the group's network. U...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The U.K., U.S., and Australia announced sanctions on the Russian leader of the cyber-crime gang, LockBit, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on May 7. Lockbit has become one of the most prolific ransomware groups in recent years, carrying out 3,000 cyberattacks in the U.S. and Europe and resulting in losses of billions of euros. The sanctions will target Dmitry Khoroshev, a Russian national who has been identified as one of the senior leaders of Lockbit. The NCA announced in February that it had taken control of Lockbit's services, allowing it to infiltrate the group's network. U...
Kyiv Independent
Hong Kong’s fire department has discovered a computer system breach that exposed the personal data of over 5,000 department personnel and hundreds of residents, marking the third data security incident involving the government in less than a week. The Fire Services Department (FSD) said in a statement on Monday evening that there was no evidence that the breach, caused by an unauthorised alteration of access rights during a data migration procedure by an outsourced contractor, led to the data being “released.” The data included the surnames and telephone numbers of approximately 480 people who...
Hong Kong Free Press
France’s request for legal clarification on the pending cybersecurity certification for cloud services (EUCS) has been rebuffed by the EU Council, a spokesperson told Euronews. The request by the French, sent mid-April, blocked a deal among the national governments on the certification scheme drafted by EU cyber agency ENISA which would allow companies to demonstrate that certified ICT solutions offer the right level of cybersecurity protection for the EU market. France wanted clarification on how adoption of the EUCS would impact the future of national schemes. The country has its own domesti...
Euronews (English)
The Hong Kong government should improve accountability and ensure computer security measures are put in place to protect citizens’ privacy, a lawmaker has said after two more departments reported data breach incidents last week. It was “not ideal” that government departments and statutory bodies often “procrastinated” and reported data breach incidents to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) after “a certain period of time,” legislator Elizabeth Quat of the pro-Beijing DAB party said on Monday. Citizens’ data at riskThe remarks from Quat, who chairs the Panel on Info...
Hong Kong Free Press
Data on over 6,000 meetings held by Germany's Budeswehr was available online until May 3, according to the German media outlet Die Zeit. Die Ziet's report came after an audio recording of a conversation between German Air Force officers on the delivery of Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine and the training of Ukrainian troops was leaked. The nearly 40-minute conversation was published on March 1 by Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Kremlin-controlled TV channel RT. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius later said that the call between the officers was held via Webex videoconferen...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
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