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Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars

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The Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles. The Alphv ransomware group added Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles, to the list of victims on its Tor leak site.

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More on NSO Group and Cytrox: Two Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers

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One was hacked by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The other was hacked both by Pegasus and by the spyware from another cyberweapons arms manufacturer: Cytrox. Citizen Lab published another report on the spyware used against two Egyptian nationals. We haven’t heard a lot about Cytrox and its Predator spyware.

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NSO Group Hacked

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NSO Group, the Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer behind the Pegasus spyware — used by authoritarian regimes around the world to spy on dissidents, journalists, human rights workers, and others — was hacked. Or, at least, an enormous trove of documents was leaked to journalists. There’s a lot to read out there.

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Hacking Automobile Keyless Entry Systems

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The criminals targeted keyless vehicles from two French car manufacturers. The article doesn’t say how the hacking tool got installed into cars. As a result of a coordinated action carried out on 10 October in the three countries involved, 31 suspects were arrested.

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Threat actor claims to have hacked European manufacturer of missiles MBDA

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Threat actors that go online with the moniker Adrastea claim to have hacked the multinational manufacturer of missiles MBDA. A threat actor that goes online with the moniker Adrastea , and that defines itself as a group of independent cybersecurity specialists and researchers, claims to have hacked MBDA. “Hello! .

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Paragon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

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One of the sources said they understood that Paragon’s spyware exploits the protocols of end-to-end encrypted apps, meaning it would hack into messages via vulnerabilities in the core ways in which the software operates. Read that last sentence again: Paragon uses unpatched zero-day exploits in the software to hack messaging apps.

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Hacking Food Labeling Laws

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This article talks about new Mexican laws about food labeling, and the lengths to which food manufacturers are going to ensure that they are not effective. There are the typical high-pressure lobbying tactics and lawsuits.

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