Australian police crack coded wallet, seize .9M in crypto

Australian police crack coded wallet, seize $5.9M in crypto

The Australian Federal Police cracked a coded crypto wallet backup holding $5.9 million after a data scientist deciphered a complex numerical sequence on a phone. Australian police cracked a coded cryptocurrency wallet backup containing 9 million Australian dollars ($5.9 million). Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett described the effort as “miraculous work” during a…

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CEO of spyware maker Memento Labs confirms one of its government customers was caught using its malware

CEO of spyware maker Memento Labs confirms one of its government customers was caught using its malware

On Monday, researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky published a report identifying a new spyware called Dante that they say targeted Windows victims in Russia and neighboring Belarus. The researchers said the Dante spyware is made by Memento Labs, a Milan-based surveillance tech maker that was formed in 2019 after a new owner acquired and took…

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Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware 

Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware 

Earlier this year, a developer was shocked by a message that appeared on his personal phone: “Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone.”   “I was panicking,” Jay Gibson, who asked that we don’t use his real name over fears of retaliation, told TechCrunch.   Gibson, who until recently built surveillance technologies for Western…

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SEAL team develops ‘verifiable phishing reports’ to fight scammers

SEAL team develops ‘verifiable phishing reports’ to fight scammers

Security Alliance has developed TLS Attestations to cryptographically verify phishing reports, solving the problem of scammers cloaking malicious content. Cybersecurity nonprofit, Security Alliance, has released a new tool to help security researchers verify crypto phishing attacks, which led to more than $400 million stolen in the first half of this year. On Monday, the Security…

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The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their own to protect themselves. And older people, who did not grow up with the internet and smartphones, are perhaps the most vulnerable.  ZoraSafe, a startup founded by sisters Catherine Karow and Ellie King Karow wants…

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Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown

Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reassigning hundreds of employees across several of its agencies to assist in the Trump administration’s broad immigration crackdown, and will dismiss staffers who refuse to comply, according to news reports. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the department moved staffers from the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, many of whom focus…

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