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Following the dismantling of the online phone number spoofing service dubbed
‘iSpoof’ in November 2022, a UK national has been sentenced to 13 years and 4
months in prison for his role as an administrator.
Phone number spoofing lets attackers…
Apria Healthcare, a large provider of home healthcare equipment and services in
the US, is notifying customers that hackers may have accessed their personal
information in a breach long ago.
“We are writing to tell you about a data breach…
An IT security analyst from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire in southern England has
been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and
blackmail after exploiting a ransomware attack at his place of work.
28-year-old Ashley Liles worked as an IT expert…
US law enforcement has taken over 4,000 legal actions against suspects accused
of fraudulent schemes against consumers, including lottery, romance and tech
support scams.
The crackdown on a range of fraudulent activities was announced after a
three-month campaign coordinated by…
A Virginia man will spend the next four years behind bars after hacking into a
hospitality company and stealing customer credit card numbers then using them to
do some personal shopping.
38-year-old Chirag Patel of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced to…
The Indian manufacturing plant responsible for manufacturing Suzuki motorcycles
has been forced to shut down following a cyber attack.
Since May 10, production of bikes and scooters at Suzuki Motorcycle's Indian
plant has reportedly been temporarily suspended with the loss…
A malicious cryptocurrency phishing service, Inferno Drainer, has reportedly
conned thousands of people out of roughly $6 million in cryptocurrency assets,
according to Scam Sniffer, a Web3 anti-scam firm. The illegal service has
reportedly created a staggering 689 fraudulent websites…
Python Package Index (PyPI) maintainers have temporarily suspended user sign-ups
and package uploads due to an ongoing attack.
This decision seems to be due to a recent surge of newly created rogue accounts
and malicious package uploads on the index.…
Since earlier this month some owners of HP OfficeJet printers have been
reporting
[https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printing-Errors-or-Lights-Stuck-Print-Jobs/blue-screen-error-code-83C0000B/td-p/8684044]
that they are faced with a blue screen error message, and a bricked device.
According to the printer manufacturing giant, a "limited number" of HP OfficeJet…
Threat actors are apparently actively exploiting three new flaws in iOS and
macOS, according to the latest security advisory from Cupertino, California. As
usual, Apple is offering timely patches that users should prioritize.
The latest round of updates from Apple…
A young man from Wisconsin has found himself facing serious legal consequences
after hacking numerous online betting accounts.
Joseph Garrison, 18, has been charged by the Department of Justice (DoJ) with
gaining unlawful access to approximately 60,000 accounts on DraftKings,…
North Korean hackers stole $2.3 billion in cryptocurrency from companies in
Asia, including Japan, Vietnam and Hong Kong. The United States is also among
the countries affected by these attacks.
North Korea is responsible for many of the cryptocurrency hacks…
Converso, a relatively new privacy-focused messaging service, has withdrawn its
application from both the Google and Apple app stores amid growing concerns over
a significant security flaw.
Crnković, an independent blogger renowned for his deep interest in encryption
protocols, uncovered…
A new blog post
[https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/updating-our-inactive-account-policies/]
by Google describes their new policy on dealing with inactive accounts - and
it's an important read for anyone who doesn't regularly login.
Google argues that overlooked accounts often don't have two-factor
authentication enabled, or…
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) recently announced a $10 million reward for
information leading to the arrest of alleged Russian ransomware mastermind
Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev.
Acting under the moniker ‘Wazawaka,’ the suspect is accused of orchestrating
high-profile cyberattacks against…
May 17 is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, an event that
aims to raise awareness of the potential of the Internet (among others) to
bridge the digital divide by promoting universal digital transformation and
connectivity.
Our lives wouldn’t be…
Healthcare giant PharMerica has suffered a cyber incident resulting in hackers
accessing personal and health data of 5,815,591 individuals.
In a data breach notice
[https://apps.web.maine.gov/online/aeviewer/ME/40/6282d559-46ff-434c-9edd-41815a7fcd74.shtml]
filed with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, PharMerica reveals that
hackers accessed its…
Popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp started rolling out a much-needed
privacy feature that lets users better protect their privacy by locking specific
conversations.
The feature, dubbed Chat Lock, will allow users to move sensitive conversations
into a new, private folder…
Instant messaging service Discord is informing people who engaged with the
platform’s help desk of a data breach after an unauthorized party compromised a
support agent’s account.
The notice, shared with BleepingComputer
[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-support-agent-got-hacked/]
by an affected user
[https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/13gampk/comment/jk3lvqr/?context=3]
, states…
Website security and monitoring platform Patchstack has recently disclosed a
significant vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields, a popular WordPress plugin.
The flaw was made public on May 5 and came equipped with a Proof of Concept
(PoC) exploit, highlighting the…
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