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​Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all its retail stores to contain what it described as a “cybersecurity incident.” The company has also hired external experts to investigate the cyberattack that impacted its systems over the weekend. “On April 28, 2024, London Drugs discovered that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident. Out…

Image: Midjourney The FBI is warning of fake verification schemes promoted by fraudsters on online dating platforms that lead to costly recurring subscription charges. The public service announcement explains that contrary to romance scams that often combine investment fraud like “pig butchering,” these verification schemes rely on recurring monthly charges for the victim. Moreover, their registration data, including email…

Google blocked 2.28 million Android apps from being published on Google Play after finding various policy violations that could threaten user’s security. Additionally, the tech giant reports that it identified and blocked 333,000 Google Play accounts that uploaded malware, fraudulent apps, or engaged in repeated grave policy violations. For comparison, in 2022, Google blocked 1.5 million “bad” apps and…

Google blocked 2.28 million Android apps from being published on Google Play after finding various policy violations that could threaten user’s security. Additionally, the tech giant reports that it identified and blocked 333,000 Google Play accounts that uploaded malware, fraudulent apps, or engaged in repeated grave policy violations. For comparison, in 2022, Google blocked 1.5 million “bad” apps and…

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors in some managed Windows environments. The company said that Intune is among the MDM platforms affected by the bug and confirmed that third-party MDM solutions might also be impacted. However, when it acknowledged this in October, it clarified that this was just a reporting problem and…

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network. FBCS is a nationally licensed debt collection agency in the U.S., specializing in collecting unpaid debts from consumer credit, healthcare, commercial, auto loans…

Some ​Google Chrome users report having issues connecting to websites, servers, and firewalls after Chrome 124 was released last week with the new quantum-resistant X25519Kyber768 encapsulation mechanism enabled by default. Google started testing the post-quantum secure TLS key encapsulation mechanism in August and has now enabled it in the latest Chrome version for all users. The new version utilizes the Kyber768…

Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service (USPS) saw that the traffic to the fake domains is typically similar to what the legitimate site records and it is even higher during holidays. Phishing operations typically target people’s sensitive information (account credentials, card details) or try to trick users into making payments…

Image: AI-generated via Midjourney Japanese police placed fake payment cards in convenience stores to protect the elderly targeted by tech support scams or unpaid money fraud. The cards are labeled “Virus Trojan Horse Removal Payment Card” and “Unpaid Bill Late Fee Payment Card,” and were created by the Echizen Police in the Fukui prefecture in Japan…

Okta warns of an “unprecedented” spike in credential stuffing attacks targeting its identity and access management solutions, with some customer accounts breached in the attacks. Threat actors use credential stuffing to compromise user accounts by trying out in an automated manner lists of usernames and passwords typically purchased from cybercriminals. In an advisory today, Okta says…