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Personal health information of 42M Americans leaked between 2016 and 2021

Security Affairs

Crooks have had access to the medical records of 42 million Americans since 2016 as the number of hacks on healthcare organizations doubled. Medical records of 42 million Americans are being sold on the dark web since 2016, this information comes from cyberattacks on healthcare providers. million in 2016 to close to 16.5

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Cyber thieves move $760 million stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex heist

Security Affairs

Over $760 million worth of Bitcoin that were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 were moved to new accounts. More than $760 million worth of Bitcoin, stolen from Asian cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 , were moved on Wednesday to new accounts. No exchange will process them. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016

Security Affairs

A married couple from New York pleaded guilty this week to laundering billions of dollars stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The couple pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the hack of the cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex that took place in 2016. Law enforcement also seized over $3.6

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Telco service provider giant Syniverse had unauthorized access since 2016

Security Affairs

Syniverse service provider discloses a security breach, threat actors have had access to its databases since 2016 and gained some customers’ credentials. The company is a privileged target for threat actors that could hit the firm to access their customers’ information. ” states Motherboard. Pierluigi Paganini.

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TrickGate, a packer used by malware to evade detection since 2016

Security Affairs

TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service, which is used at least since July 2016, to hide malware from defense programs. TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service to malware authors to avoid detection, CheckPoint researchers reported.

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Hackers penetrated NEC defense business division in 2016

Security Affairs

Japanese electronics and IT giant NEC confirmed a security breach suffered by its defense business division in December 2016. The IT giant NEC confirmed that the company defense business division has suffered a security breach back in December 2016. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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AusCERT and the Award for Information Security Excellence

Troy Hunt

At the gala dinner last night, without any warning beforehand, I somehow walked away with this: #AusCERT2018 Award for Information Security Excellence goes to @troyhunt @AusCERT 2018 Gala Dinner pic.twitter.com/9lxmwX0tdR — ValdemarJakobsen???? jamver) May 31, 2018. Yes, that guy is wearing a cape, it was a Star Wars thing.).