Security
Feeling love-bombed? It might be a romance scam
Pretend paramours will go to great lengths to look as legitimate as possible and "love bomb" their victims into submission, a phishing expert warns as romance scams soar.
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Why your smart TV may not be a smart choice after all
Many smart TVs may not be supported beyond two years, leaving them potentially vulnerable to hackers, new studies find.
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Andersen Corporation leaks customer home photos and addresses
Construction and home renovation giant Andersen Corporation exposed clients’ private data, including home photos and addresses.
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Crooks netted $70m in top 10 ransomware attacks
The top 10 ransomware attacks observed since 2020 have earned threat actors nearly $70 billion in Bitcoin. Why are cybercriminals relying on this particular cryptocurrency so much?
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LockBit ransomware gang releases LockBit Green version
The LockBit gang group released a new version of their ransomware, named LockBit Green, which is designed to target cloud-based services.
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EV chargers vulnerable to attack
Many EV chargers, both home and public devices, have been shown to have security flaws – and strong standards are still lacking.
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Google Fi breached, customer data compromised
Google Fi customer data has been compromised by hackers, and the incident is most likely linked to the massive T-Mobile hack on January 19
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Circle K US spills partial credit card details, among other sensitive data
A popular chain of convenience stores and gas stations exposed a treasure trove of employee and customer information to the public.
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RPG game Guidus exposed 100k players' progress data
Popular mobile role-playing game (RPG) Guidus spilled data about users’ game progress.
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Puma investigates claims of leaking more than 230k customers’ data
Private data allegedly belonging to more than 230,000 Puma customers in Chile has been found on a hacker forum.
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French rugby club leaks source code
Prestigious club Stade Français potentially endangered its fans for over a year after leaking its website’s source code.
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Apple shows love for older iPhones with zero-day patch
Apple appears to have cemented its commitment to take care of the forlorn iOS 12 version, issuing a fresh update that contains a zero-day vulnerability patch for the outdated handsets.
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‘Bring your own vulnerable driver’ attack technique is becoming popular among threat actors
Cybercriminal groups and nation-state actors are devising new attack techniques to compromise systems worldwide and bypass security solutions.
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Personal information of 9m+ people exposed in Indian HR data leak
HR management platform myrocket.co has exposed the personal information of hundreds of thousands of employees and millions of job candidates.
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LockBit uses Starlink to avoid detection
LockBit ransomware syndicate has intimate ties with other major cybercrime groups, employs smear campaigns to stay on top, and subscribes to Starlink internet connection to avoid detection.
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Norton Password Manager breach: nearly one million users targeted
Norton LifeLock – the company that promises to keep you 'cyber safe' – said it discovered an unauthorized third party trying to log into a large swath of customer accounts during a recent December 2022 breach.
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Social marketplace exposes nearly half a million users
Security loopholes on social marketplace website trustanduse.com exposed data of around 439,000 users including many businesses for at least six months.
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Threat actors can use ChatGPT to create deployable malware
New research shows hackers are exploiting ChatGPT to write usable malware and sharing their results on the dark web.
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Facebook users targeted in copyright infringement scam
Hackers are sending fake copyright infringement notices to Facebook users to steal their credentials, a new research by Avanan has found.
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LastPass hack aftermath: can we trust password managers?
Hackers stole copies of LastPass customers' vaults and might attempt to decrypt them. The incident has undoubtedly shaken an online community that has repeatedly been asked to trust password managers.
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