British Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years for Blackmailing U.S. Companies

The Hacker News Daily Updates [Newsletter]( [cover]( [Linux Administration Cookbook ($35.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time]( Insightful recipes to work with system administration tasks on Linux. [Download Now]( Sponsored LATEST NEWS Sep 22, 2020 [Unsecured Microsoft Bing Server Exposed Users' Search Queries and Location]( A back-end server associated with Microsoft Bing exposed sensitive data of the search engine's mobile application users, including search queries, device details, and GPS coordinates, among others. The logging database, however, doesn't include any personal details such as names or addresses. The ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [British Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years for Blackmailing U.S. Companies]( A UK man who threatened to publicly release stolen confidential information unless the victims agreed to fulfill his digital extortion demands has finally pleaded guilty on Monday at U.S. federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt , 39, who is a key member of the infamous ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [A Patient Dies After Ransomware Attack Paralyzes German Hospital Systems]( German authorities last week disclosed that a ransomware attack on the University Hospital of Düsseldorf (UKD) caused a failure of IT systems, resulting in the death of a woman who had to be sent to another hospital that was 20 miles away. The incident marks the first recorded casualty as a ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [A Bug Could Let Attackers Hijack Firefox for Android via Wi-Fi Network]( Dear Android users, if you use the Firefox web browser on your smartphones, make sure it has been updated to version 80 or the latest available version on the Google Play Store. ESET security researcher Lukas Stefanko yesterday tweeted an alert demonstrating the exploitation of a recently disclosed ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Researchers Uncover 6-Year Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting Iranian Dissidents]( Capping off a busy week of charges and sanctions against Iranian hackers, a new research offers insight into what's a six-year-long ongoing surveillance campaign targeting Iranian expats and dissidents with an intention to pilfer sensitive information. The threat actor, suspected to be of Iranian ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [cover]( [Linux Administration Cookbook ($35.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time]( Insightful recipes to work with system administration tasks on Linux. [Download Now]( Sponsored This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please [click here](. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com [Unsubscribe]( The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India