Author: HackWatchit
The following is a guest post from Chris Thomas, Head of Blockchain and Corporate Security at GRVT.While a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, in the world of cryptocurrency, that weak link is often security. Each year, billions of dollars vanish overnight from the crypto market due to security breaches, hacks and exploits.The recent Bybit hack, where attackers drained over $1.5 billion in Ethereum, serves as yet another reminder of these risks. While Bybit assured users that funds were secure, the incident reinforced a fundamental issue: even the largest platforms remain vulnerable to sophisticated attacks under traditional…
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) presented a strategic roadmap for key sectors and organisations as they transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to safeguard against future quantum computing threats. The NCSC guidance sets out the necessary steps towards PQC migration, describes how the preparatory work might vary across different sectors, and advises on timescales for key activities on the long journey to PQC. It also includes a three-phase timeline to assist organizations in adopting quantum-resistant encryption techniques by 2035. Designed to help critical sectors and organizations transition to these advanced encryption methods within the set timeframe, the NCSC guidance…
Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) are making it increasingly difficult to know the difference between what is real and what is not. Computer-generated clips that are designed to look real, known as deepfakes, not only distort reality, but can be used to destroy the reputations of their victims and worse, foster social unrest. But what can we do about it? Celebrities, ordinary people, and the erosion of trust Anyone who follows the news regularly might be forgiven for thinking that deepfakes only target celebrities and politicians. The reality is that malicious actors generate fake content to harass, intimidate…
A recent investigation by CloudSEK’s XVigil platform has uncovered a cyberattack targeting Oracle Cloud, resulting in the exfiltration of six million records and potentially affecting over 140,000 tenants. Reportedly, a threat actor, identified as ‘rose87168,’ perpetrated this attack that involved the theft of sensitive data, including JKS files, encrypted SSO passwords, key files, and enterprise manager JPS keys, which are now being sold on Breach Forums and other dark web forums. The attacker, active since January 2025, claims to have compromised a subdomain login.us2.oraclecloud.com, which has since been taken down. This subdomain was found to be hosting Oracle Fusion Middleware…
Major cybersecurity breaches continue to plague the US healthcare industry, and on December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the HIPAA Security Rule, titled “The HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information”. Comments were requested and over 4000 were received before the comment period ended on March 7 2025. This blog summarizes what the comments covered – and what comes next. Comments were received from individuals, healthcare providers, professional organizations and cybersecurity vendors. We had a look through them and compiled…
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has named Robert Leider, PhD, as the new Assistant Director/Chief Counsel. Leider brings substantial legal credentials and a history of deep engagement with Second Amendment legal issues to his new role at the ATF. Most recently, he was an Associate Professor at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he taught criminal law and torts. Leider specialized in criminal law, criminal procedure, and constitutional law with particular focus on questions related to the use of force and the rule of law. He has addressed areas such as self-defense law,…
ORIGINALLY AIRED ON MAY 23, 2022 Articles discussed in this episode: 00:00 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-05-23 02:38 – Story # 1 – National bank trolls hackers with dick pics – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/national-bank-hit-by-ransomware-trolls-hackers-with-dick-pics/ 06:59 – Story # 2 – Ransomware attack exposes data of 500,000 Chicago students – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-attack-exposes-data-of-500-000-chicago-students/ 14:09 – Story # 3 – Zola seems tight-lipped on an unconfirmed breach – https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/uvdsri/zola_seems_tight_lipped_on_an_unconfirmed_breach/ 21:57 – Weather With Bud Patches – 28:22 – Story # 4 – Snake Keylogger Spreads Through Malicious PDFs – https://threatpost.com/snake-keylogger-pdfs/179703/ 34:47 – Story # 5 – Bluetooth Hack – Remotely Unlock Smart Locks…
€1,600 per second. That’s how much interest Germany has to pay for its debts. In total, the German state has debts ranging into the trillions — more than a thousand billion Euros. And the government is planning to make even more, up to one trillion additional debt is rumored to follow over the next 10 years. The numbers involved in governmental finances are so huge that one probably cannot realistically assess just how much even 1 billion Euro or Dollar are. In this article, I demonstrate that conventional lists and Charts fail to convey a sense of just how much…
There are various circumstances in which a given person might conceivably seek to convert horsepower (hp) to kilowatts (kW). They might, for example, be attempting to compare engine power across different vehicle types, or trying to understand the power output of electric vehicles (EVs). However, the potential relevance of this particular conversion goes beyond the world of cars, with engineers who are interested in specifying other types of machinery sometimes requiring it. It Isn’t Just “Petrolheads” Who Have Reason to Care About Horsepower Horsepower – a general unit that measures the rate at which work is done or energy is…