Fake Twitter accounts used to match phone numbers to users
Twitter reveals a cybersecurity issue: API feature allowed hackers to link phone numbers to user accounts Twitter officially addressed the security incident in the
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Poor security practices at Indian airline: data of 1.2M customers breached
Ethical hacker breached SpiceJet servers by using a simple brute-forcing technique SpiceJet, one of the fastest-growing Indian air carriers, was recently exposed to practicing poor
Ransomware targeted TV&radio monitoring service and caused an outage
TVEyes crashed when ransomware attacked the core server and engineering workstations Undisclosed ransomware virus attacked TVEyes, radio, and television monitoring service. The media monitoring
Avast drops its subsidiary Jumpshot following user data sale scandal
Avast's extra money-making practices uncovered: subsidiary harvested user data and sold it to high-profile companies like Microsoft and Google In the joint effort of
Coronavirus-related malspam targets Japanese users with Emotet
Spam emails were received all over Japan, including Gifu, Osaka, and Tottori cities Malware developers now mimic representatives from healthcare companies by using the
Social Security Number scam: crooks are spoofing FBI’s phone number
Government representative impressionists rely on non-traditional money transfer methods, such as gift cards The FBI has released a report on January 28th, which warns
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Zoom fixes flaw that made private conference calls open to hackers
Security bug in Zoom could have led to corporate espionage due to hacker's presence in private conference calls Zoom, one of the most commonly
10% of Macs infected by Shlayer Trojan, AV maker reveals
Shlayer Trojan topped the 2019 charts: 1 in 10 Macs got infected by it throughout the year Even in 2020, there are many Apple
Phishing emails filled with never-before-seen malware targeting U.S government
A new malware dropper named CARROTBALL is using second-stage payloads to deliver six types of malware to U.S government agencies Palo Alto Networks Unit
Jeff Bezos hack: Saudi prince is under the investigation
Saudi crown prince allegedly sent an infected video to Jeff Bezos to break into billionaire's phone It seems that issues between the Saudi government
Ubisoft sues website owners for selling DDoS services to R6S players
Ubisoft's lawsuit attempts to punish providers of DDoS attacks launched at Rainbow Six: Siege servers in September A major video game maker and publisher
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Citrix finally patches a vulnerability that is being actively exploited
Citrix releases security patches for a critical ADC and Gateway software flaw that attackers already exploited in the wild The vulnerability in Citrix systems was
Massive Mitsubishi Electric data breach disclosed
Chinese hacking group Tick suspected in a major Mitsubishi Electric data leak Mitsubishi Electric, one of the largest electronics maker in the world, published
Scammers mimic the FTC to gather payments from victims
Hackers try to get users involved in money swindling schemes Scammers have thought about another tactic of how to swindle money from gullible users.
“Fleeceware” apps plague Google Play with 600 million downloads
“Fleeceware” apps – a new type of fraud Google yet to defeat With over 2.5 million apps on Google Play, the industry giant has