The US Justice Department has indicted two individuals for launching spear phishing attacks against the US, the UK, Ukraine and various NATO member countries on behalf of the Russian government. “The indictment…alleges the conspiracy targeted current and former employees of the U.S.

You can tell your smart TV has been hacked if you notice unusual activity on your smart TV, strange popup windows, changed privacy and security settings, slow performance and unauthorized access to your accounts. Surprisingly, smart TVs can get hacked just like any other Internet of Things (IoT) device that connects to the internet. Cybercriminals can hack your smart TV to spy on you or infect other devices on the same network. You need to secure your smart TV to protect it from hackers.

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Recently, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Team has discovered a supply chain attack executed by North Korean attackers. The prime victim of this attack was CyberLink, a multimedia software company headquartered in Taiwan. This strategic infiltration in the CyberLink infrastructure impacted globally present customers, risking data integrity and confidentiality.

Almost a year ago to the day, on December 1 2022, Forescout Vedere Labs published a report detailing several hacktivist operations that targeted critical infrastructure in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other geopolitical developments. Since the most recent chapter in the Hamas-Israel conflict started on October 7, there have been multiple similar claims of attacks from hacktivists taking opposing sides in the conflict.

Hollywood would have us believe that an airplane can be hacked by a tech-savvy passenger. But can they really? Ethical hacker Ken Munro decided to dig into airplane security and answer some common movie questions, like ‘what can a hacker do from seat 23A?’