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Pirate versions of Oscar-tipped movies come with malware, research warns
Many movie fans, eager to watch the best films of the year but unwilling to pay to go to a cinema or use a legal streaming service, are pirating them. Unfortunately, they’re also downloading malware.
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Musk apologizes for publicly mocking Twitter worker with disability
In what could be called a sort of March Madness, Elon Musk, Twitter’s boss, decided it was a good idea to publicly mock a company employee with a disability, in a series of tweets. After getting severely burned, the billionaire apologized.
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US lawmakers inch closer to nationwide TikTok ban
Legislation unveiled in US Congress would allow the White House full authority to ban TikTok and other foreign technologies to protect national security.
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Ransomware attack spreads chaos at a major hospital in Barcelona
The Hospital Clinic de Barcelona has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, resulting in the cancelation of thousands of medical appointments.
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Medusa claims Minneapolis Public Schools as victim
The Medusa ransomware gang has added Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) to its darknet website.
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Data security flaws found in China-owned DJI drones
Serious security vulnerabilities in multiple drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI have allowed users to modify crucial identification details and even bring down the devices remotely in flight, researchers say.
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Acer confirms unauthorized access to its servers
Acer’s allegedly leaked dataset includes confidential product model documentation, binaries, backend infrastructure, and other sensitive data.
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DoppelPaymer hackers visited by police in Germany, Ukraine
Suspected DoppelPaymer ransomware operators have had their equipment seized to determine what role, if any, they played in the gang.
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Hatch Bank becomes second data breach victim after GoAnywhere hack
The fintech banking platform has revealed a data breach caused by the attack on the Fortra GoAnywhere MFT file-sharing platform when the data of almost 140,000 customers was stolen.
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BetterHelp absorbed sensitive user health data, then gave it to Facebook
BetterHelp, a mental health platform, boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It claimed to have helped many – but, as it now turns out, the firm was also sending sensitive user information to data-hungry social media companies.
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ALPHV crooks leak Lehigh Valley Health Network patient data
In a bid to push Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) into paying the demanded ransom, cybercriminals have posted stolen photos of cancer patients.
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Activision accused of firing staff for speaking out against remote work policy
A telecom workers union has filed a complaint against Activision for firing employees who spoke harshly about the gaming company’s recent back-to-the-office work policy.
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WHSmith breach exposes current and former employee data
WHSmith, a centuries-old British retailer, has been hit with a cyberattack, with threat actors accessing company data.
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Millions of personal data stolen by ethical hacker still floating around dark web
A so-called ethical hacker and his ransomware gang were arrested in Amsterdam, but authorities say millions of pieces of sensitive personal data stolen by the hackers is still available on the dark web.
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Dark web market BidenCash leaks info on two million payment cards
BidenCash has leaked two million valid cards, many of them issued in the US – as a birthday anniversary promotion.
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Signal threatens to pull out of UK
The messaging firm says it will stand up for encryption – even if that means pulling out of the country – as the UK’s Online Safety Bill slowly makes its way into law.
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Dish confirms ransomware attack is behind system outage
Ransomware confirmed as cause of DISH network’s ongoing system-wide outage.
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US Marshals Service suffers ransomware attack
USMS suffered a cyberattack that compromised sensitive law enforcement information.
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News Corp: hackers inside internal network for 2 years
The investigation of a January 2022 breach has led News Corp to discover its internal network systems had been compromised for almost two years.
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European lawmakers unhappy with Apple’s music streaming practices
The European Commission says Apple unfairly restricts app developers from informing users about alternative iPhone and iPad music subscription services.
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