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GIGABYTE fell victim to ransomware again
Three months after being hit by ransomEXX ransomware gang, a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer GIGABYTE fell victim to AvosLocker ransomware....
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Look out! Scammers are in love with Amazon
If you received a call or an email about an Amazon purchase you didn't make, you've likely been contacted by...
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Mistreated employees can become insider threats - Lisa Forte
No matter how protective an organization is of its perimeter, it can never be entirely secure. Unhappy and mistreated employees...
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British regulator fines Facebook $70 million
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined Facebook almost $70 million for breaking an order imposed by the CMA...
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Facebook plans to rebrand with a new name, says The Verge
Facebook plans to rebrand the company with a new name as soon as next week. Social media giant wants to...
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China-linked hackers spy on call records worldwide, CrowdStrike says
A hacking group with suspected ties to China burrowed into mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools...
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CISA, FBI, and NSA warn of BlackMatter attacks on agriculture
Since July 2021, malicious cyber actors have used BlackMatter ransomware to target multiple U.S. critical infrastructure entities, including a U.S....
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TV station operator Sinclair hit by ransomware attack
The US TV station operator Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Monday it had found some of its servers and workstations...
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Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build 'metaverse'
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on...
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Apple warns of cybercrime risks if EU forces it to allow others' software
Apple on Wednesday ramped up its criticism of EU draft rules that would force it to allow users to install...
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iPhone users ripped off at least $1.4 million through Bumble and Tinder scams
Threat actors have been targeting iPhone users through popular dating apps, such as Bumble and Tinder. The victims have lost...
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Europol takes down cybercriminals who made millions from online investment scams
An October 6 operation carried out by a joint group of multiple law enforcement and judicial agencies from Bulgaria, Cyprus,...
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Consumers would rather abandon their purchases than compromise personal data - report
A new survey suggests that 70% of consumers have abandoned their purchases because they didn't trust the way their data...
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Sky.com servers exposed via misconfiguration
CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain, containing what appear to be production-level database access...
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Microsoft: attacks from Russian nation-state actors are increasingly effective
Russia is responsible for 58% of all nation-state attacks observed by Microsoft, company claims in the second annual Digital Defence...
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Google warns 14,000 Gmail users: government-backed attackers may be trying to steal your password
Google’s anti-hacker team warned approx. 14,000 Gmail users about a phishing campaign carried out by APT28, or Fancy Bear, a...
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Hackers in SolarWinds breach stole data on U.S. sanctions policy, intelligence probes
The suspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies emerged with information about...
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Fantasy Football Hub suffered a data breach: we are deeply sorry for everything
Fantasy Football Hub, a start-up specializing in Premier League fantasy football, admitted it had suffered a data breach. They believe...
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Why Facebook went down, and what's BGP routing
Billions of people yesterday were forced to remember what life was like before Facebook Inc. Turns out that's because someone...
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Apple Pay, Visa bug allows hacking contactless payments
UK researchers discovered unauthorized contactless payments possible on a locked iPhone due to flaws with Apple Pay and Visa. Security...
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