Cybercrime
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Asia
Every day, half a million malware apps are created for scamming. Who’s behind them?
HANOI: One hour. That is all the time it takes to build malicious software that can access the camera, messages,…
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Myanmar militia repatriates 1,200 China nationals allegedly involved in online scams
Wa liaison officer Nyi Rang said that the online fraud operations aren’t allowed in the territory administered by the UWSA…
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Connecticut school district lost more than $6 million in cyber attack, so far gotten about half back
Officials in the city of New Haven, Connecticut say more than $6 million was stolen from the public school system…
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A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack…
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Pioneering hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dead at 59
Kevin Mitnick, whose pioneering antics tricking employees in the 1980s and 1990s into helping him steal software and services from…
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Malaysia’s communications regulator mulls action against messaging app Telegram
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is considering taking action against messaging app Telegram due to cybercrime…
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Iran hangs Iranian-Swedish man over 2018 attack killing 25
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national Saturday accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a…
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Be tough in seizing Iran oil, bipartisan senators urge Biden
A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to…
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