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ADT home security systems hacked for second time in two months
ADT employee data is compromised in the home security giant’s second breach in less than two months – this time due to the hack of a third-party business partner.
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Morgan Stanley: Amazon could soon purge thousands of managers
According to investment bank Morgan Stanley, e-commerce giant Amazon might soon eliminate nearly 14,000 manager roles to save billions of dollars.
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Researchers: you’re not alone when you watch content on your smart TV
Own a Samsung or LG smart TV? If so, whatever you’re doing with the screen is tracked with the help of snapshots. A new research paper says it’s like watching TV with a second party.
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Universal Music Group discloses breach affecting personal data
Multinational music corporation Universal Music Group (UMG) experienced a data breach in early July, which resulted in the exfiltration of some its data.
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Apple researchers make new ‘dense’ AI models capable of running on an iPhone
Text, images, or video – these small but dense AI models can understand them all, and better than models of larger size, say the Cupertino giant’s researchers.
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Russian authorities bust cybercriminal-focused crypto payment ring
Russian authorities have detained 96 individuals linked to a cybercrime services ring, including an anonymous payment system, UAPS, a cryptocurrency exchange, Cryptex, and 33 other online services. This follows the indictment of two Russian nationals in the US in connection with a billion-dollar money laundering scheme via crypto exchanges.
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Underground Telegram users vow to leave platform
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in late August has sparked policy changes that allow data to be handed over to authorities when asked, and the platform’s underground criminal users are furious.
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Microsoft updates Defender to automatically detect unsafe WiFi connections
Free public WiFi is often unsafe, and connecting to it may compromise privacy or even lead to cyberattacks. Microsoft has announced that its Defender software will automatically detect and notify of unsafe WiFi connections and add a VPN layer.
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Elon Musk’s X now worth only $9 billion, investor concludes
X, a social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk, could now be worth less than a quarter of its mind-boggling $44 billion purchase price, a new estimate from investment giant Fidelity says.
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FTC can proceed with antitrust claims against Amazon, judge rules
A sealed decision by the federal judge has rejected most of Amazon’s arguments and allowed an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission to proceed, said The Washington Post.
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Regulators’ “strong message” over multiple T-Mobile breaches: 14 cents per exposed user
T-Mobile has agreed to pay a fine of over $15 million for a series of data breaches spanning several years. Tens of millions were exposed, pushing down the fine’s value per person to less than a dime and a nickel.
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Evil Corp cybercriminal gang members sanctioned in major move by UK crime agency
More than a dozen members of the Evil Corp cybercriminal group have been slapped with financial sanctions led by the UK’s National Crime Agency. The announcement coincides with a fresh intelligence profile about the Russian-backed organization, also released Tuesday.
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Four LockBit ransom gang members arrested, servers seized by Europol
The LockBit gang’s ransomware infrastructure has taken another massive hit with four new LockBit arrests and the seizure of its ‘critical servers.’ The operations, led by EU law enforcement, include dozens of sanctions and an uncovered link to the Evil Corp cybercriminal group.
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Discord’s days in Russia may be numbered as authorities spot “LGBT propaganda”
Tens of millions of Russian Discord users could lose access as authorities deliberate banning the instant messaging and call platform.
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Counterfeit HP printer cartridges use “sticker-in-the-middle” attacks to bypass restrictions
A method to bypass an HP printer’s cartridge locks has appeared in the wild. A sticker with a printed circuit and a soldered microchip can trick a printer into accepting a refilled cartridge.
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PlayStation outage affecting gamers worldwide
PlayStation has been down for hours after the gaming network reported global outages affecting various services. It’s safe to say that users are distraught.
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Trump: Musk’s Starlink will provide emergency internet for Hurricane Helene victims
Donald Trump said he is working with Elon Musk to provide emergency Starlink satellite internet services for the millions of Hurricane Helene victims left without power in the devastated Southeast US. illions of victims of Hurricane Helene left without power across the devastated Southeastern United States.
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Verizon outage impacts 100,000 plus users across US
Tens of thousands of Verizon users across the western half of the United States started their Monday morning without mobile service, with the outage still impacting users into late afternoon.
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US Justice Dept indicts Iranian nationals for 'hack-and-leak' attacks against Trump campaign
The US Department of Justice on Friday indicted three Iranian nationals for allegedly engaging in a ‘hack and leak’ scheme targeting the Trump and Biden campaigns in an effort to influence the upcoming US presidential election.
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Trump vows to sic courts on Google for 'bad stories' if he wins election
Former US president Donald Trump said on Friday that he will seek legal action against Google if he defeats Kamala Harris on November 5th – claiming the tech giant purposefully only shows “bad stories” about him.
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