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Cybersecurity
U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Federal Prison for Massive Telecommunications Hacks and Extortion Schemes
Cameron John Wagenius, a 22-year-old active-duty U.S. Army soldier stationed in South Korea, has been sentenced to 70 months in…
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Cybersecurity
ShinyHunters Extortion Gang Bypasses Web Application Firewalls Using URL-Encoding to Target Vulnerable Oracle PeopleSoft Servers
The notorious cybercrime and extortion collective known as ShinyHunters has launched a renewed, large-scale exploitation campaign targeting Oracle PeopleSoft servers…
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ShinyHunters Extortion Gang Uses URL-Encoding Trick to Bypass WAF Rules and Resumes Global Oracle PeopleSoft Attacks
The notorious ShinyHunters cybercriminal and extortion collective has launched a renewed wave of widespread cyberattacks targeting vulnerable Oracle PeopleSoft servers…
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Cybersecurity
Canadian Hacker Connor Riley Moucka Pleads Guilty in Massive Snowflake Cloud Extortion and AT&T Data Breach Scheme
A 26-year-old Canadian software engineer once identified by international cybersecurity investigators as one of the most destructive and consequential threat…
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Australian Federal Police Arrest Alleged Masterminds Behind Notorious TeamPCP Software Supply Chain Extortion Ring
The Australian Federal Police, acting in a coordinated international operation with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and Western…
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Abbott Laboratories Grapples with Dual Cybersecurity Breaches Amidst Extortion Threats and Claims of Sensitive Data Theft
Abbott Laboratories, a global healthcare giant, is currently navigating the complexities of two distinct cybersecurity incidents, confirming unauthorized access to…
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