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Smashing Pumpkins lead singer paid hackers to prevent leak of new songs
The Smashing Pumpkins’ new album ATUM has already been released. But hackers might have disrupted the procedure, the band’s lead singer Billy Corgan says, and admitted he had paid a ransom from his own pocket.
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Ex-Uber CSO convicted for the cover-up of a massive data breach avoids jail
Former Uber Chief Security Officer (CSO) Joseph Sullivan, convicted last October for trying to cover up a massive data breach affecting over 50 million customers and more than half a million Uber drivers, will not serve time as part of his sentence.
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California county police confirms ransom payment to hackers
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in California has paid a $1.1 million ransom to a ransomware gang that encrypted its network in April. The Golden State has suffered a number of hacking attacks recently.
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NextGen data breach leaves a million at risk
The headcount of potential victims among healthcare provider NextGen’s customers could stand north of one million, scattered across US states.
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MSI’s leaked firmware keys endanger hundreds of devices
MSI attackers leaked the company’s firmware image signing keys, a crucial security component.
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FTC wants to punish Facebook again, network furious
It doesn’t look good for Facebook. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the social media giant hasn’t been complying with privacy rules and regulations on youth data. A total ban on monetizing such information is now proposed.
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Royal gang claims City of Dallas ransom attack
Dallas, Texas, officials say the Royal ransomware gang is responsible for the cyberattack that shut down most city services and knocked the Dallas Police and Fire Rescue departments offline this week.
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OpenAI flaw allows unlimited credit on new accounts
By abusing the flaw, users could get unlimited credits for testing different OpenAI projects, including ChatGPT.
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AI research gets $140m boost from the White House
It seems the White House has heard growing calls to regulate AI. The technology is booming, but the government has now pledged to tame the risks related to its development.
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ChatGPT is the new crypto, Meta says
Threat actors have seized on the wave of interest in this AI-powered chatbot to try to scam users, Meta said in a new security report.
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City of Dallas, Texas under ransomware attack
The City of Dallas, Texas, confirmed to Cybernews it has been hit by ransomware. The Wednesday morning attack is still affecting city services with no sign of ending soon as cyber experts work to restore network systems.
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"Spiraling" Musk threatens to transfer NPR’s account to another company
US National Public Radio (NPR) has not been active on Twitter since mid-April, when it was falsely labeled as “state-affiliated media.” Now, the platform’s boss Elon Musk threatens to reassign the network’s main account under the @NPR handle.
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Chatbots churn out trash AI-generated material in content farms, researchers find
Almost 50 websites that appear to be filled with artificial intelligence-generated “news” content have been identified by researchers who also warn that these content farms often advance false narratives.
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Android phone chip provider was secretly collecting user data
A multinational Qualcomm corporation that manufactures wireless telecommunications hardware has allegedly been secretly collecting private user data. Chips made by Qualcomm are used in around a third of all Android devices, including Samsung and also Apple smartphones.
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T-Mobile hit again, exposing more client data
Telecoms giant T-Mobile has suffered its second data breach this year, leaving hundreds more customers fearing for their privacy.
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Scalper bots snapped up tickets to Eurovision – summer events will be next target, says expert
While sneakers remain the favorite purchase by scalper bots this quarter, during the upcoming summer the automated online purchasers are expected to target festivals and other big events, a cyber-analyst forecasts.
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Google barred 1.43m Android apps in fight against fraud
Google claims it banned over 173,000 developer accounts and 1.43 million apps from Play Store to combat malicious fraud rings in the space of just a single year.
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Texas bank breach exposed thousands of Social Security numbers
Happy State Bank employee’s email account compromise exposed Social Security numbers of over 17k US residents.
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Anonymous Sudan targets Israel premier and Mossad
Israel’s covert special ops agency Mossad and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are just two of the dozens of critical targets under attack in Israel by the hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan.
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Hacktivists target Israel the most, analysis shows
Despite the recent rise of political hacktivism as a response to the war in Ukraine, Israel remained a primary target of pro-religious hacktivist groups, analysis shows.
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