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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 21, 2023

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Mozilla VPN: Security Flaw Opens Door to Multiple Integrity Breaches [Ed: Mozilla VPN is like Facebook's notorious VPN, which was spying; and guess what, Mozilla hired loads of people from Facebook to run Mozilla.]

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A cybersecurity researcher from SUSE, a Linux distribution manufacturer, has made public a serious security flaw in the Mozilla VPN client for Linux.

Suspected N. Korean Hackers Target S. Korea-US Drills

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North Korea-linked "Kimsuky" hackers carried out "continuous malicious email attacks" on contractors working at the war simulation centre.

Medical data as blackmail fodder: Hackers threaten patients after massive cyber attack on Israeli hospital [Ed: Media serves Microsoft criminals by focusing breach articles on the perpetrator (e.g. nation state) rather than the facilitator, which is Microsoft. No facilitator, no cracking possible.]

=> ↺ Medical data as blackmail fodder: Hackers threaten patients after massive cyber attack on Israeli hospital

Cybercriminals who obtained sensitive data regarding patients’ personal health are using the material as blackmail following a crippling cyber attack perpetrated earlier this month against Maayanei HaYeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak.

According to an Israel Hayom report, many prominent Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) politicians, including government ministers and MKs, as well as well-known rabbis and scholars, had sensitive data regarding their health stolen in the breach.

One of the targets of the blackmail, Minister of Health and Minister of Interior Moshe Arbel (Shas) made a public statement about a medical procedure he recently underwent after he was approached by the hackers.

North Korean hackers target US-South Korea military drills, police say

=> ↺ North Korean hackers target US-South Korea military drills, police say

Suspected North Korean hackers have targeted a joint US-South Korea military exercise being held this week though classified information has not been compromised, South Korean police said on Sunday.

South Korean and US forces will on Monday begin 11-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian summer exercises to improve their ability to respond to North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. […]

The hackers were believed to be linked to a North Korean group that researchers call Kimsuky…

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