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THE WORST CYBERSECURITY BREACHES OF 2018 SO FAR
LOOKING BACK AT the first six months of 2018, there haven’t been as many government leaks and global ransomware attacks as there were by this time last year, but that’s pretty much where the good news ends.
Iranian Hackers Tried to Impersonate Israeli Cyber-security Company
Last month, the Israeli cybersecurity firm ClearSky discovered an Iranian hacker group called Charming Kitten running an operation it called Ayatollah BBC.
ISIS ‘capital’ captured in Afghanistan, over 160 fighters killed by US, Afghan troops
ISIS’ main stronghold in Afghanistan was captured by U.S and Afghan Special Forces after a prolonged assault that killed nearly 170 terrorist fighters and resulted in no American deaths, military officials said Saturday.
FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Retainer and Bogus Sale Fraud
Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week, building a digital defense against fraudulent retainer fees and bogus product sales.
Al Qaeda-affiliated terror group launches war on plastic bags
When they’re not trying to cause death and destruction, one terror group is setting out to save the environment.
Iranian Hackers Impersonate Israeli Security Firm
A group of Iranian hackers focused on cyber-espionage recently built up a website to impersonate ClearSky Cyber Security, the Israeli firm that exposed their activities not long ago.
Cryptocurrency exchange theft surges in first half of 2018: report
Theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges soared in the first half of this year to three times the level seen for the whole of 2017, leading to a three-fold increase in associated money laundering, according to a report from U.S.-based cybersecurity firm CipherTrace released on Tuesday.
July 4 terror plot thwarted in Cleveland by man who pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, FBI says
A man who pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda sought to kill members of the military and conducted reconnaissance in downtown Cleveland for a planned attack on July 4 — but the Independence Day plot was foiled after a months-long investigation, federal officials said Monday.
Seattle cops flee the force in ‘mass exodus’ due to frustrations with city’s politics, report says
At least 41 cops have left the Seattle Police Department this year, many of them reportedly citing frustration with the city’s politics and a perceived lack of support from local officials.
Notorious French criminal freed from prison by heavily armed men in helicopter
A notorious French criminal serving 25 years for murder made an audacious escape from prison Sunday after a helicopter carrying several heavily armed commandos landed in a courtyard, freed him from a visiting room and carried him away.
