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Over 180k Illinoisans affected as attackers steal Social Security numbers
Hackers accessed medical diagnosis and treatment information, Social Security numbers, individual names, and other highly sensitive data.
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Hackers claim to be selling leaked US ‘No Fly’ list
A recently leaked US ‘no fly’ list with a million entries was allegedly posted on hacker forums.
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Third party contractors booted off FAA systems
The third-party contractors who caused a recent FAA computer breakdown resulting in a US nationwide grounding, and stranding thousands of passengers worldwide, have been kicked off federal aviation systems.
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Hive ransomware gang dismantled by FBI
International ransomware syndicate Hive has met its end. The gang’s leak site, a website to post Hive’s victims, was seized by US authorities.
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Yandex source code leaked on a hacking forum
Attackers leaked the source code of Russia’s largest IT corporation Yandex, that‘s often dubbed the Russian Google.
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Meta lets Trump back on Facebook and Instagram
It’s officially official, Meta users will be subjected once again to the social media presence of former US president Donald Trump.
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Riot Games confirms ransomware
Riot Games refuses to pay the ransom demanded by hackers who targeted the gaming company in an unexpected social engineering attack last week.
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League of Legends source code hacked and up for sale
A threat actor is allegedly selling a source code of a popular game, League of Legends, on a cybercriminal forum at a starting price of $1 million.
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Google sued over unscrupulous ad tech practices
The US federal government filed charges against the Google corporation, accusing the tech giant of monopolizing digital advertising technologies, creating an unfair advantage over its competitors.
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How to avoid neighbor spoofing scams
On average, victims lost $567 to scam callers in 2022 – three times more than in 2021.
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FBI ‘No Fly’ list leaked
A hacker found a database with a ‘no-fly’ list on an unsecured CommuteAir server containing mainly Muslim passengers.
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Netflix details how password sharing crackdown will evolve
Netflix has been hinting it would monetize account sharing for quite some time now, and it seems that the company is finally entering uncharted territory. Steps are detailed in its most recent earning report.
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Riot Games hacked, patches halted
The popular gaming company, Riot Games, is the victim of a debilitating social engineering attack, shutting down its entire development department.
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T-Mobile hack: 37m customers compromised
US wireless carrier T-Mobile is investigating a day long breach involving the accounts of 37 million of its cell phone users.
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Media apps most likely to be targeted by threat actors, says study
The media industry is the most vulnerable to cyberattacks and more than four times likely than average to have a “critical vulnerability” in apps used to carry out jobs, according to research by penetration testing company Software Secured.
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PayPal confirms data breach
Thousands of customers are being notified their PayPal accounts were accessed by hackers during a credential stuffing breach this past December.
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Attackers peddle malware via blank email images
Threat actors try scamming users out of their assets, hiding malicious URLs in empty image files, and bypassing antivirus defenses.
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Ukraine calls for “Cyber United Nations” as Russian aggression continues
Ukraine’s cybersecurity officials are proposing to establish “Cyber United Nations” to protect the world from cyberattacks amid the ongoing hostility from Russia.
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Nissan data breach exposed clients' full names and dates of birth
Nissan North America started informing customers of a data breach at a third-party service provider that leaked customer information.
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NIST to launch AI guidelines amid ChatGPT fears
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will publish guidelines on safer use of artificial intelligence (AI) as reports emerge that new technologies like ChatGPT3 will be used by cybercriminals to write phishing emails and even malware.
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