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data privacy automation Every system admin has lived through the same Monday morning ritual. A queue of forty tickets, half of them password resets, permission errors, or disk space warnings that any experienced technician could resolve in under two minutes. The other half require actual judgment. For years, automation promised that software would eventually sort the two apart on its own. That promise is now being tested in production Linux environments. . Early results are reshaping how IT teams think about tier-1...
Jul 17, 2026
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data collection automation You're running a web scraping project to collect pricing data from e-commerce sites. You set up a pool of datacenter proxies, launch your scripts, and within minutes — banned . CAPTCHAs everywhere. Your data pipeline stops before it really begins. . It's a frustrating scenario that plays out daily in ad verification, market research, and multi-account management. The website doesn't know you're doing legitimate research or monitoring. It just sees traffic coming from IP ranges it recognizes as...
Jul 17, 2026
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security advisory social engineering Business Email Compromise used to be a numbers game — mass-blasted emails, broken English, an obvious "URGENT WIRE TRANSFER" subject line. That era is over. Generative AI has turned BEC into a tailored, low-noise operation that mimics writing style, voice, and even video presence. This piece looks at what's actually changed under the hood, what defenders are testing in response, and why so many organizations are still structurally unprepared for it. . The Infrastructure Problem Nobody Wants to...
Jul 17, 2026
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cybersecurity Linux documentation Linux operating systems have gained prominence due to their stability, adaptability, and excellent security options. In the case of developing documentation, designing cybersecurity dashboards, or educational material, visuals are of vital importance when it comes to making things clear. The use of icons allows one to understand the message regarding alerts, authorization, encryption, authentication, or the state of the system just by looking at the visual cue without having to read long...
Jul 17, 2026
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security advisory linux distribution ESET researchers identified 11 old and forgotten Linux UEFI shim bootloaders at versions 0.9 and below that can be used to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on any UEFI-based machine that trusts Microsoft’s Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011 third-party certificate authority, regardless of the installed operating system (OS). Reported shims can be exploited to execute untrusted code during system boot, enabling attackers to deploy malicious UEFI bootkits even on systems with UEFI Secure Boot enabled.....
Jul 16, 2026
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data breachpersonal informationhacking incidentDoxxing Incident Reveals Personal Data of Federal Law Enforcement Employees
A group of hackers that doxxed thousands of federal law enforcement employees last week has followed up with more posts offering even more victims’ personal information. . The hacking group, which we won’t name here, published the personal details of around 4.000 federal law enforcement employees last week after breaching three related websites. It had defaced at least two of the three websites, publishing its logo on them, which remained viewable until at least Sunday. Employees at the FBI, Secret Service, Capitol Police, and US Park Police were among those doxxed, alongside police and sheriffs’ deputies in North Carolina and Florida, according to reports. Records posted on the group’s website included the individuals’ home addresses, phone numbers, emails and employers’ names. The link for this article located at NakedSecurity is no longer available. . The hacking group, which we won’t name here, published the personal details of around 4.000 federa. group, hackers, doxxed, thousands, federal, enforcement, employees, followed. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 16, 2019
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data protectionsecurity breachhacking incidentCongress Hacking Incidents Demand Transparency By US Senators
Take a look at the security headlines, and you’ll see report after report of businesses and large organisations being hacked. . Sensitive databases are accessed, passwords are stolen, email archives are plundered, innocent people are put at risk and corporations get a kick up the backside that they need to take security more seriously. But what you don’t tend to hear about are hacks of computer systems belonging to the US Congress. The link for this article located at TripWire is no longer available. . Sensitive databases are accessed, passwords are stolen, email archives are plundered, innocent peopl. report, security, headlines, you’ll, businesses, large. . Brittany Day
Mar 14, 2019
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security breachsoftware issuehacking incidentIdaho Inmates Hack JPay Tablets: $225,000 Theft Revealed
Hundreds of tech-savvy inmates at several Idaho correctional facilities have been caught exploiting a software vulnerability on their state-funded tablets to artificially increase account balances.. Officials claimed that 364 prisoners had been caught hacking the JPay tablets which are provided to allow them access to email, music and games. The software exploit apparently allowed them to transfer a total of nearly $225,000 into their accounts, with one inmate managing an audacious $10,000. The link for this article located at InfoSecurity is no longer available. . Prisoners in Idaho have taken advantage of a software flaw in their tablets, pilfering approximately $225,000, highlighting a critical lapse in security protocols.. Idaho Inmates, Tablet Exploit, Hacking Security, Correctional Systems. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 30, 2018
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cyber attackhacking incidentintelligence operationTwelve Russian Intelligence Officers Charged With Election Hacking
Twelve Russians have been indicted by a grand jury in the special counsel probe for alleged hacking during the 2016 election, including for hacking emails of the Democratic National Committee, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Friday. . Rosenstein said the 12 defendants are all members of the Russian intelligence arm GRU, and attempted to interfere with the 2016 presidential election by "spear phishing" volunteers and employees of Hillary Clinton's campaign. By allegedly doing this — tricking staffers into clicking on emails from rogue accounts — they were able to steal usernames and passwords, eventually hacking into the networks of the Democratic National Campaign Committee and Democratic National Committee. The GRU, Rosenstein said, created and controlled the groups D.C. Leaks and Guccifer 2.0., which in 2016, posted thousands of emails from Democratic party officials. The link for this article located at CBS News is no longer available. . Rosenstein said the 12 defendants are all members of the Russian intelligence arm GRU, and attempted. twelve, russians, indicted, grand, special, counsel, probe, alleged, hacking. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 14, 2018
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data breachcyber threathacking incidentChinese Hackers Steal Undersea Warfare Data From US Navy Contractor
Hackers associated with the Chinese government have broken into a US Navy contractor's systems and stolen data about undersea warfare. According to The Washington Post, these include secret plans to create a new anti-ship missile usable on US submarines by 2020.. The contractor had been working for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, an R&D organization dedicated to submarines and underwater weaponry based in Newport, Rhode Island. The Chinese hackers breached the contractor's systems in January and February and made off with 614GB of data on signals, sensor data, cryptographic info, the Navy's electronic warfare library and material on a project known as Sea Dragon. The latter remains secretive: The only information released by the DoD is that it will integrate an existing weapon system with an existing Navy platform. The link for this article located at Engadget is no longer available. . Russian cyber operatives breached a defense firm in the UK, obtaining classified aerial surveillance information and blueprints for cutting-edge military equipment.. Data Breach, Military Espionage, Cybersecurity Threats, Undersea Warfare, Hacking Incident. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 09, 2018
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cyber attackcybersecurity breachhacking incidentLizard Squad Hacking Incident: FBI Investigations and Consequences
This crew is taking credit for the Sony and Xbox hack and the Feds are already taking the low-hanging fruit. It is not really a surprise that these hacks are so prolific most hacker crews want to get their name out there but to do so means, well that it is out there. . Colour me surprised that a member of the Lizard Squad hacking group, whos handle alias is The link for this article located at TechWorm is no longer available. . Examining the assertions made by Lizard Squad in the wake of the FBI's intensified efforts to dismantle their cyber activities.. Lizard Squad,Hacking Incident,FBI Cybersecurity,Cybersecurity Breach,Cyber Attack. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 30, 2014
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cyber attackhacking incidentKim DotcomLizardSquad Halts Cyber Attacks Due To Kim Dotcom's $300K Offer
The core members of a group calling itself . The LizardSquad reportedly only called off their attacks after MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom offered the group some 3,000 vouchers for his content hosting service. The vouchers sell for $99 apiece, meaning that Dotcom effectively offered the group the equivalent of $300,000 to stop their seige. The link for this article located at Krebs on Security is no longer available. . The LizardSquad reportedly only called off their attacks after MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom offered. members, group, calling, itself, lizardsquad, reportedly, called, their, attacks. . Alex
Dec 29, 2014
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data breachcredential thefthacking incidentRussian Hackers Collect 1.2 Billion Stolen Credentials: Major Threat
Criminals in Russia have amassed a huge database of 1.2 billion stolen user names and passwords and half a billion email addresses, a U.S.-based Internet security company said Wednesday. . The data, believed to be the single biggest horde of stolen Internet identity information ever collected, was garnered from attacks that reached into every corner of the Web and hit around 420,000 sites, said Hold Security. . The data, believed to be the single biggest horde of stolen Internet identity information ever colle. criminals, russia, amassed, database, billion, stolen, names, passwords. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 06, 2014
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