James Pearson
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European Cybersecurity Correspondent, @Reuters via Hanoi, Seoul and Pyongyang. Bluesky: https://t.co/rxFtOJ0Rr5
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Joined April 2008
NEW: Fresh details on Mossad's deadly pager-bombs, based on Lebanese sources, teardown photos of an unexploded pager, and evidence of an attempt to give the pager's bulky battery a credible backstory online. With @GebeilyM and @gauthiervillars .
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An invisible detonator and wafer-thin plastic explosives turned batteries into bombs
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UK plans to ban public sector bodies from paying ransom to cyber criminals
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Britain plans to ban public sector bodies and operators of critical national infrastructure, including the state-run health service, local councils and schools, from paying ransom demands to cyber...
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Microsoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch it
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A security patch released this month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in SharePoint server software.
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North Korean defectors make debut in new K-pop boy band
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A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that includes a song about the consequences of escaping one of the world's most...
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Microsoft server hack likely single actor, thousands of firms now vulnerable, researchers say
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A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 organizations as of the weekend, two of the organizations that helped uncover the campaign said.
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UK discovers Russian 'espionage tool', sanctions GRU officers over cyberattacks
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Britain said on Friday it had discovered a sophisticated digital espionage tool and sanctioned more than 20 Russian spies, hackers and agencies over what it called a "sustained campaign of malicious...
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Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia
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WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday, warning that the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms was likely to be put on a list of...
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Exclusive: China-linked hackers target Taiwan's chip industry with increasing attacks, researchers say
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Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of a string of cyber espionage campaigns, researchers said on Wednesday.
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RT @simonw: The new Grok genuinely runs a search for "from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)" when asked "Who do you support….
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RT @joel_schectman: Very proud to win this award for our project exposing a secret Pentagon disinformation campaign that spread fear of Chi….
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Secret service bodyguards have been accused of jeopardising the Swedish prime minister’s safety over several years by sharing details of their running and cycling routes on the fitness app Strava.
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Data made public by Ulf Kristersson’s security revealed his location, routes and movements over several years
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RT @G_Slattery: Before the NATO summit, I had told colleagues that there would be an 'unknown unknown' - some unpredictable event of geopol….
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Suspected Russian hackers used new tactic against UK researcher -
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Suspected Russian hackers have deployed a new tactic to trick even wary targets into compromising their own accounts, a victim of the spy campaign and researchers said on Wednesday.
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RT @IP_Observatory: IRN // Our national #internet connectivity for #Iran shows a deterioration since #Jun13. Though not yet at the levels….
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This case, against a Canadian teenager now jailed in Poland, reveals how Moscow conducts such operations, and how cryptocurrency funds them:
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Russia is using untrained spies after operatives were expelled from Europe in 2022. The case against a Canadian teen shows how Moscow conducts the operations.
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Russia has resorted to using untrained spies after its diplomats and operatives were expelled from Europe in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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By almost every economic and financial measure, parting ways with the EU almost eight years ago has been disastrous for the UK, says @Matthew_Winkler. Is there no end in sight?
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By almost every economic and financial measure, parting ways with the EU almost eight years ago has been disastrous for the UK. Is there no end in sight?
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I went for a siesta and woke up a cardinal, says Englishman in Rome
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Timothy Radcliffe is among three British cardinals with a vote on the next pope, a situation that would have been unthinkable to him six months ago
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RT @thezedwards: @Reuters @AJVicens + @pearswick just dropped great coverage of this breaking scandal:. "North Korean cyber spies created U….
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North Korean cyber spies created two businesses in the U.S., in violation of Treasury sanctions, to infect developers working in the cryptocurrency industry with malicious software, according to...
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North Korean cyber spies created U.S. firms to dupe crypto developers
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North Korean cyber spies created two businesses in the U.S., in violation of Treasury sanctions, to infect developers working in the cryptocurrency industry with malicious software, according to...
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