Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

"The worst part of your iPhone getting stolen may not be the theft itself. Instead, it's the phishing attacks waged against people in your contacts. New research this week shows that there's a thriving ecosystem for tools that let criminals unlock iPhones and target the phone numbers they find inside."

"Foxconn, the electronics manufacturing giant known for its role in building iPhones, revealed this week that it recently "suffered a cyberattack." A ransomware group known as Nitrogen, claimed responsibility for the hack and said it had stolen 8 TB of data from the manufacturer. While the theft remains unconfirmed, the fact that Foxconn remains a valuable target is all but inevitable."

"The Department of Homeland Security and Defense Research and Development Canada plan to run an experiment this fall testing 5G-connected drones for collecting "real-time battlefield intelligence." In the Strait of Hormuz, meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps are successfully blocking the crucial shipping route using a "mosquito fleet" of small boats as US-Israeli combat operations continue to bombard the country."

"That lesson has now hopefully been driven home for Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, two hackers who have now pleaded guilty to charges that they destroyed 96 government databases after being fired from their jobs at the federal contractor Opexus. (Muneeb has since tried to recant his guilty plea in handwritten no"

Phishing attacks against people in an iPhone owner’s contacts can be more damaging than the theft itself. Research indicates criminals use an ecosystem of tools to unlock iPhones and target phone numbers found on them. Foxconn reported a cyberattack, with a ransomware group claiming it stole 8 TB of data, making the manufacturer a likely continued target. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Canada plan a fall experiment using 5G-connected drones to collect real-time battlefield intelligence. In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps blocks shipping using a “mosquito fleet” of small boats amid ongoing combat operations. Separately, hackers pleaded guilty after destroying 96 government databases following job termination, with guidance that recorded communications can expose wrongdoing.

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