Security
Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for using “evil twin” WiFi network during flight
A 44-year-old man from Australia faces lengthy jail time for creating a so-called evil twin WiFi network during a domestic flight.
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Hawaii asks residents to surveil roads, but what about citizens’ privacy?
Hawaii has developed a method to monitor the state of its roads by providing its citizens with a tool that allows them to capture road conditions.
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Coupang faces massive 33M-customer data leak, president calls it a "wake-up call"
South Korean police said on Monday they were tracing IP addresses and looking into possible tech vulnerabilities at Coupang after the e-commerce giant suffered the country's worst data breach in over a decade. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for increased penalties for corporate negligence in data breaches, saying a massive leak at e-commerce giant Coupang had served as a wake-up call.
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Sorbonne Université staff data on dark web: hackers claim major breach
Employees at Sorbonne Université, one of the top universities in France and globally, may be at risk as hackers claim to have stolen banking details, salary data, IDs, and other sensitive and detailed information.
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TSMC sues as Intel disputes serious trade-secret allegations
Intel has denied that Wei-Jen Lo, a former Senior Vice President at Taiwan-based chip manufacturer TSMC, stole and leaked trade secrets from his former employer.
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US aerospace and defence manufacturer breached, hackers claim
ADC Aerospace, a US-based engineering component maker for defence and aerospace sectors, was listed on Play ransomware cartels’ dark web blog. Attackers claim they accessed client documents.
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Asahi CEO apologizes after Russia‑linked hackers expose 2M in Japan
Asahi has revealed further details about the recent hacker attack that affected the company. It explains what type of data cybercrooks may have accessed and how they infiltrated the company’s systems in the first place.
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Greece busts illegal streaming network, prosecutors charge dozens of subscribers
Greek police busted an illicit streaming service and arrested a 48-year-old man running it. In a major crackdown on piracy, prosecutors are also charging 68 individuals who were found to be subscribers to pirated content. Even VPN use didn’t protect them.
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Belgian DPA imposes fine on data broker Infobel for selling data without consent
The Belgian data protection authority GBA has imposed a fine of €40,000 on data broker Infobel for illegally reselling data for marketing purposes.
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Mobile phones face unprecedented rise in sophisticated cyber threats, ANSSI warns
ANSSI, France’s national cybersecurity agency, argues that smartphones have become a prime target for threat actors and is calling for stronger protective measures.
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Crypto tools secretly skimming funds with every trade: malicious Chrome extension flagged
Some crypto trading tools are secretly syphoning customer funds little by little with every transaction. The Chrome extension Crypto Copilot was flagged as malicious by Socket researchers, who discovered that it adds a hidden fee of 0.05% or more to every trade.
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OpenAI reveals analytics data breach, notifies affected users
OpenAI has confirmed a security incident involving a third-party analytics provider, Mixpanel, which resulted in the exposure of limited user data associated with its API platform. It’s not our fault, the company said. However, it’s not that simple.
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Hackers hijack US radio stations, listeners subjected to "obscene" messages, fake alerts (VIDEO)
The FCC is warning US radio stations to secure their broadcasting equipment after a string of hacking incidents this week took over live airwaves in Virginia and Texas, subjecting listeners to profanity-laced audio and fake emergency alerts.
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Asus urges immediate updates: patches released for millions of computers, routers
Asus has patched a highly severe privilege escalation vulnerability in the MyASUS software, which is common on all company computers, potentially affecting millions of users worldwide.
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Spying on your kids can backfire: hackers claim massive breach of parental apps
SecureTeen, a popular parental app with millions of downloads on the Google Play Store, has been compromised by hackers, who claim to have stolen over a million sensitive records.
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Everest claims Iberia, boasts ability to edit bookings, asks for $6M
Six million dollars – that’s how much the Everest ransomware gang wants Iberia, the Spanish airline, to pay if it doesn’t want the stolen data to be sold to third parties. Crucially, the trove seems to include fully editable booking information.
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People who fall for this simple scam lose over $50K: beware of bank impersonators
Cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions, creating malicious websites, and manipulating them to appear at the top of search results, ultimately compromising user accounts and causing devastating financial losses to victims.
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Android fiction apps expose millions of readers and writers
An unsecured server has exposed 100 million data records of readers and writers using some of the internet’s largest fiction apps.
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How to set up your iPhone and Android for maximum security, according to CISA
Raging spyware and social engineering attacks have prompted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to update its definitive guidance for iPhone and Android users to protect against sophisticated threats.
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Fine art printing users’ bank accounts exposed, attackers claim
Pixtura, an Italy-based fine art printing service provider, was allegedly breached by attackers claiming to have stolen thousands of bank account numbers and ID documents.
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