Hackers who breached federal agency networks through software made by SolarWinds appear to have conducted a test run of their broad espionage campaign last year, sources with knowledge of the operation said.

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A security researcher said he warned SolarWinds in 2019 that the IT company’s update server could be accessed by using the password “solarwinds123,” according to a Tuesday Reuters report.

Government operatives used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The journalists were hacked by four Pegasus operators, including one operator MONARCHY that we attribute…

Citizen Lab researchers say cyber-attack using NSO Group software likely ordered by Saudia Arabia and UAE

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Of 18,000 backdoored servers, hackers followed up on only a few dozen.

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A paper describing the death of a young woman trying to lose weight by consuming Herbalife® products has been withdrawn after the company threatened to sue the journal.