News of the Cyber World

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George Floyd: Anonymous hackers re-emerge amid US unrest
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52879000

• Minneapolis police department website was temporarily taken offline over the weekend.
  
• A database of email addresses and passwords claiming to be hacked from the police department's system is also in circulation. Nevertheless, experts suspect those are outdated data only.
  
• A page on the website of a minor United Nations agency has been turned into a memorial for Mr Floyd, replacing its contents with the message "Rest in Power, George Floyd", along with an Anonymous logo.
  
• Anonymous activists are also circulating years-old accusations against President Trump, taken from documents in a civil court case that was voluntarily dismissed by the accuser before it went to trial.
  

The same Facebook page posted similar videos about UFOs and "China's plan for world domination" in recent weeks which - like the George Floyd video - feature an electronically-disguised voice discussing previously published news stories.

Well, I can't tell you UFO's really exist because they might be advanced technology developed by Earth's superpowers, but I'm glad Anonymous isn't blind and complained about China's destructive path for world domination.

Google delays Android 11 launch

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52877792

It was supposed to be launched in two days time but they suddenly changed their minds.

For developers, Android 11 has a tonne of new capabilities for your apps, like enhancements for foldables and 5G, call-screening APIs [application program interfaces], new media and camera capabilities, machine learning, and more.

We also need to wait till this Thursday to see if Sony will reveal any information on their launch games for their PS5.

Japanese IT services firm reveals hack affecting up to 621 corporate customers
https://www.cyberscoop.com/ntt-hack-japa...omer-data/
Hackers earlier this month breached the computer systems of Japanese data-management company NTT Communications...
NTT Communications, which powers data centers in more than 20 countries or regions, said the unidentified hackers had breached the company’s Active Directory server, a repository of network data, and used it as the focal point of their attack.
Their information should have left their network, meaning customers are at risk. This also means many of their projects and banking accounts might have been stolen as well.

Israeli official confirms attempted cyberattack on water systems
https://www.cyberscoop.com/israel-cybera...igal-unna/
Well, we have seen how hackers had targeted European, East Asian and American companies and institutions, now it was Israel's turn to face those criminals.

NSA calls out Russian military hackers targeting mail relay software
https://www.cyberscoop.com/nsa-advisory-...-software/
Did you think USA was safe in the cyberworld? Then let me tell you that NSA stated you're wrong. Russia might be picking you as their next target. They, the Sandworm, have been hacking US mails since last August, so far NSA is aware of. That group was behind the attacks against the Ukrainian power grid.

When Sandworm exploits the vulnerability, victim machines download and execute a shell script from a Sandworm-controlled domain, according to the NSA. The script then works to disable network security settings, add privileged users, and execute an additional script to allow further exploitation.
When the patch for the vulnerability was issued last year, there was “no evidence” anyone was actively exploiting it, according to Exim. Within weeks of the patch being issued, the Russian military hackers began their onslaught.

I hope you have applied the respective patch if you're using Windows.
US authorities had also linked viruses like NotPeya and Olympic Destroyer to Sandworm.