Category: CYBER SECURITY

The FCC’s Robocall Response Team is alerting consumers to the rising threat of robotexts. Substantial increases in consumer complaints to the FCC, reports by non-government robocall and robotext blocking services, and anecdotal and news reporting make it clear that text messages are increasingly being used...

Microsoft has caught an Austrian company selling spyware based on multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits to attack its customers. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) found that the spyware developer — officially named DSIRF and codenamed KNOTWEED...

The decentralized music streaming platform Audius was hacked over the weekend, with threat actors stealing over 18 million AUDIO tokens worth approximately $6 million. Hello everyone – our team is aware of reports of an unauthorized transfer of AUDIO tokens from the community treasury. We...

A threat actor known as ‘devil’ is selling database containing phone numbers and email addresses belonging to 5.4 million twitter accounts for $30,000.  The database contains info about various accounts, including celebrities, companies, and random users. “Hello, today I present you data collected on multiple...

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2021 hack that it says exposed around 76.6 million US residents’ data. According to the proposed agreement filled on Friday, T-Mobile will put $350 million into a settlement fund to...

The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth...

Cyber-security researchers have discovered six severe vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built vehicle GPS tracker, potentially allowing hackers to track individuals without their knowledge, remotely disable fleets of corporate supply and emergency vehicles, abruptly stop civilian vehicles on dangerous highways, and more. Cyber-security company BitSight said...

The US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for individuals. However, said the lawmakers, the consumer VPN industry is rife with deceptive advertising...

The Italian anti-competition watchdog has ordered a probe against Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in data portability in the country. According to the Italian Competition Authority, Google allegedly hindered interoperability in sharing individuals’ data with other platforms, particularly with a direct marketing...

Avast shared a list of 133 fraudulent apps in March 2021, and after over a year, in June 2022, 84 of them are still active on the AppStore.

Marriott International has confirmed that it has been hit by yet another data breach that exposed staff and customer information.

AstroLocker ransomware has shut down its operation and plans to switch to cryptojacking.

Cybercriminals have infiltrated the British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts to promote cryptocurrency scams and on YouTube, they replaced the British Army's videos with old live streams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.