Users were left alarmed this week on receiving unexpected emails from Google Pay stating that they had successfully “added a new card” to their Google account. The notification left users panicking and voicing their concerns on social media amid concerns they had been victims of a compromise. For many, the payment card being referred to had been issued…
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A 21-year-old man from Indiana named Evan Frederick Light pleaded guilty to stealing $37,704,560 worth of cryptocurrency from 571 victims in a 2022 cyberattack. According to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice, Light stole the cryptocurrency from an unnamed investment holdings company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In a Statement of Fact…
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Comcast Cable Communications and Truist Bank have disclosed they were impacted by a data breach at FBCS, and are now informing their respective customers that their data has been compromised. The case concerns a data breach at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency in the U.S. that partners with various companies…
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Video As highlighted by new ESET research this week, attributing a cyberattack to a specific threat actor is a complex affair 04 Oct 2024 Attributing a cyberattack to a specific threat actor is no easy task, as highlighted by new ESET research published this week. ESET experts recently uncovered a new China-aligned APT group that…
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Oct 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Mobile Security Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user’s passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive technology. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44204, has been described as a logic problem in the new Passwords…
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HACKING 101 BY NO STARCH PRESS Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, you may still be searching for some great deals. If so, you’ll hardly find a better deal than this one. Humble Bundle has teamed up with the great tech publisher, No Starch Press, to offer deeply discounted hacking e-books for…
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An important step toward securing the Internet was achieved on December 4, 2020, when President Trump signed an IoT security bill into law. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 has been in the works since 2017 and was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in September 2020 and the U.S. Senate…
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This Week In Cybersecurity This week on Between The Hacks: A dental data breach, the U.S. IoT Security Law, a 2020 Microsoft vulnerability report, the final sunset of Adobe Flash, Rebooting by Lisa Forte and the Smashing Security Christmas party. One Million US Dental Patients Impacted by Data Breach Dental Care Alliance (DCA), a Sarasota,…
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By now you have probably heard about the SolarWinds supply-chain compromise that has impacted government and businesses all over the world. This story is still unfolding so I won’t try to explain everything in detail, rather, I’ll attempt to explain the situation for the less-technical reader and link to some resources so that you can…
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On Thursday, K-12 school district Highline Public Schools confirmed that a ransomware attack forced it to shut down all schools in early September. Highline Public Schools has over 2,000 staff members and offers programs ranging from early childhood education to college preparation. It serves over 17,500 students across 34 schools in the Burien, Des Moines,…
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