reader comments 39 with 32 posters participating Share this story The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general is investigating the government’s use of cell phone location data obtained without search warrants. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a division of DHS, “has paid a government contractor named Venntel nearly half a million dollars for […]
UK Cyber-Warning For Festive Shoppers
As well as a website, there is also a television and radio advertising campaign running until Christmas Eve to advise on six essential behaviours to protect online accounts and devices. Source
Kmart, Latest Victim Of Egregor Ransomware
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Google Illegally Spied On And Retaliated Against Workers, Feds Say
Enlarge / Sunset, by the Google empire. reader comments 111 with 74 posters participating Share this story Google’s actions amid workplace organizing efforts, including the high-profile firings of several employees, were illegal violations of the National Labor Relations Act, federal regulators said this week. The National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint (PDF) against […]
Backdoor And Document Stealer Tied To Russia’s Turla Group
Researchers at ESET said they found a previously undocumented backdoor and document stealer – dubbed “Crutch” by its developers – that they can attribute to the notorious Russian hacker group Turla. In a blog posted earlier today, ESET said Turla used Crutch against several machines of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an unspecified European […]
Google Play Apps Remain Vulnerable To High-Severity Flaw
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Data Of 243 Million Brazilians Exposed Online
Image: Mateus Campos Felipe The personal information of more than 243 million Brazilians, including alive and deceased, has been exposed online after web developers left the password for a crucial government database inside the source code of an official Brazilian Ministry of Health’s website for at least six months. The security snafu was discovered by […]
Cayman Islands Bank Records Exposed In Open Azure Blob
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Misconfigured Docker Servers Under Attack By Xanthe Malware
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Taylor Swift Fan Hacks Artist Spotify Pages
The problem comes at a busy time for Spotify, which has just announced the year’s most-streamed tracks and when users are exploring their annual “Wrapped” playlists of their most-played tracks. Source
Watch This Google Hacker Pwn 26 iPhones
During the bubonic plague in the 16th century, William Shakespeare wrote King Lear. This year, enduring months of COVID-19 quarantine, I played at least 200 hours of Death Stranding, Breath of the Wild, and Call of Duty: Warzone combined. Meanwhile, Ian Beer, one of the best hackers on the planet, found a way to hack […]
The Biggest Hacks, Data Breaches Of 2020
Cybersecurity may be far from many of our minds this year, and in light of a pandemic and catastrophic economic disruption, remembering to maintain our own personal privacy and security online isn’t necessarily a priority. Also: Best VPN 2020: NordVPN, PureVPN, others with free VPN tiers However, cyberattackers certainly haven’t given anyone a break this year. […]
Bitcoin Peaks At Record High Close To $20,000
It took the virtual currency nearly three years to top its previous record, when it peaked about $137 lower. Source
Magecart Attack Convincingly Hijacks PayPal Transactions At Checkout
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Trump Attorney Calls For Execution Of Former DHS Official
President Donald Trump golfs at Trump National Golf Club on November 27, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia. Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images) One of President Donald Trump’s remaining election lawyers, Joe diGenova, declared on Monday that former DHS cybersecurity official Chris Krebs should be executed. Krebs was fired from the Trump administration in mid-November after releasing […]