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Microsoft said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia's foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to gain new access to the tech giant whose products are widely used across the US national security establishment. The disclosure alarmed some analysts who cited concerns about safety of systems and services at Microsoft, one of the world's largest software makers which provides digital services and infrastructure to the US government. Analysts have expressed worries about national security risks. Microsoft has said a Russian state-sponsored group called Midnight Blizzard, or Nobelium, is behind the intrusions. The Russian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Microsoft's statement, and has also not responded to Microsoft's previous statements about Midnight Blizzard activity. Microsoft disclosed the breach in January, saying the hackers had tri...

Microsoft said on Friday that Russian state-sponsored hacking group Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again using information it stole by hacking into the tech giant's corporate emails in January. In the January attack, the hacking group that is also known as Nobelium had breach ed Microsoft's corporate email systems and stolen emails and documents from staff accounts. "In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that Midnight Blizzard is using information initially exfiltrated from our corporate email systems to gain, or attempt to gain, unauthorised access," the company said in a statement on its blog. Read more: Microsoft announces principles to foster innovation, competition in AI That data includes some of its source code repositories and internal systems , Microsoft said. The company's shares edged lower following the news, "It is apparent that Midnight Blizzard is attempting to use secrets of different types it has found,"...

Hackers behind the Medibank cyberattack have released more sensitive customer data relating to mental health treatment. The file was posted on Monday on the dark web, where the hackers have previously published data from Australia’s largest private health insurer. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Medibank data hack escalates. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> It includes 500 records of people who have had diagnoses of mental illness, among other medical conditions. The Russian criminals said they do not plan to post more information until Friday, and they will be watching Wednesday’s Medibank shareholder meeting closely. “There is (sic) some more records for everybody to know,” the hackers wrote in an update. “We’ll announce that next portion of data we’ll publish at (sic) Friday, bypassing this week completely in a hope something meaningful happened on Wednesday.” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/medibank-hackers-dump-fresh-personal-data-on-dark-web-wi...

Blockchain researchers say North Korea-linked hacker s are likely behind a $70 million theft from crypto exchange CoinEx. CoinEx, which says it is based in Hong Kong, said on Tuesday on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that wallets used to store the exchange's crypto assets had been hacked. It said on Friday it estimates its losses at $70 million, which it said is a "small portion" of its total assets. Blockchain research firm Elliptic said that "a number of factors" indicate that the Lazarus Group - a hacker group associated with North Korea - was responsible for the attack. CoinEx has not said who it believes was behind the attack, although it has told Reuters it is aware that some security firms have claimed cyber-espionage teams linked to North Korea were to blame. "The hacker 's identity remains under investigation," CoinEx told Reuters via email early on Friday. CoinEx did not respond to a Reuters comment request sen...

SAN FRANSICO: A Russian government- linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organizations with a campaign to steal login credentials by engaging users in Microsoft Teams chats pretending to be from technical support, Microsoft researchers said on Wednesday. These "highly targeted" social engineering attack s have affected "fewer than 40 unique global organizations" since late May, Microsoft researchers said in a blog, adding that the company was investigating. The Russian embassy in Washington didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The hackers set up domains and accounts that looked like technical support and tried to engage Teams users in chats and get them to approve multifactor authentication (MFA) prompts, the researchers said. "Microsoft has mitigated the actor from using the domains and continues to investigate this activity and work to remediate the impact of the attack ," they added. Teams is Microsoft's...

The FBI on Thursday revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million in ransomware demands from more than 300 victims. At a news conference, US Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco said government hackers broke into Hive's network and put the gang under surveillance, surreptitiously stealing the digital keys the group used to unlock victim organizations' data. They were then able to alert victims in advance so they could take steps to protect their systems before Hive demanded the payments. "Using lawful means, we hacked the hackers ," Monaco told reporters. "We turned the tables on Hive." News of the takedown first leaked on Thursday morning when Hive's website was replaced with a flashing message that said: "The Federal Bureau of I...