June 2024

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Released from U.K. Prison, Heads to Australia

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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released from a high security prison at Belmarsh, England, and left the country after more than five years of imprisonment for what the US government called the “largest compromises of classified information” in its history. Assange, 52, entered a guilty plea to one single count of arranging to […]

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Data of Nigerian Citizens sold online for 100 Naira

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The Paradigm Initiative, a digital rights organisation, has discovered that millions of Nigerians’ personal data is being sold on the internet for as little as 100 Naira (7 cents). This contains private information like a person’s phone number, driving licence, international passport, tax identification number (TIN), permanent voter’s card (PVC), driving licence, bank verification number

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Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters

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An ongoing effort of cryptojacking has been brought to light by cybersecurity researchers, which mines Dero money using misconfigured Kubernetes systems. The activity was made public by cloud security company Wiz, which stated it was an enhanced version of a financially driven operation that CrowdStrike had initially reported on in March 2023. Wiz researchers Avigayil

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$3 Million Was Stolen From Kraken Crypto Exchange Using a Zero-Day Vulnerability

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The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken disclosed that an anonymous security researcher had taken advantage of a “very critical” zero-day vulnerability in its system to pilfer $3 million worth of digital assets, and was refusing to give them back. Chief Security Officer of Kraken, Nick Percoco, provided details of the incident on X (formerly Twitter). He said

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