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Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they're from AT&T

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 16:45
Telco reckons data is old, isn't from its systems

More than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T in 2021, were dumped on a cybercrime forum at the weekend.…

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Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 13:15
Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means

Updated  Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.…

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Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 07:29
But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because 'adrenalin does not scale'

Zero tolerance of failure by information security professionals is unrealistic, and makes it harder for cyber security folk to do the essential part of their job: recovering fast from inevitable attacks, according to Gartner analysts Chris Mixter and Dennis Xiu.…

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Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 05:46
875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested

Filipino police rescued 875 "workers" – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming company but in reality operated a forced labor camp that housed romance scam operators.…

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Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 03:00
As ransomware becomes more sophisticated, detection tools should be upgraded to cover every site and location

Sponsored Feature  Ransomware gangs that steal and encrypt vital business data before extorting payment for its decryption and restoration are ramping up global attacks at an ever-increasing rate. In fact, cyber security experts agree that ransomware now represents one of - if not the most - serious cybersecurity threats currently facing governments, public/private sector organisations and enterprises around the world.…

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ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 02:31
ALSO: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns

in brief  Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how to solve it: just obscure your token size.…

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In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don't leave security behind

Sun, 17/03/2024 - 11:04
Supply-chain attacks are definitely possible and could lead to data theft, system hijacking, and more

Feature  While in a rush to understand, build, and ship AI products, developers and data scientists are being urged to be mindful of security and not fall prey to supply-chain attacks.…

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As if working at Helldesk weren't bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims

Fri, 15/03/2024 - 19:00
Wave of Okta attacks mark what researchers are calling the biggest security trend of the year

IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as "the most noteworthy" of the past year.…

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Cop shop rapped for 'completely avoidable' web form blunder

Fri, 15/03/2024 - 11:34
Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service

The London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime is being rapped by regulators for untidy tech practices that made public the personal data of hundreds of people who filed complaints against the Metropolitan Police Service.…

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Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 23:35
Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that's beside the point

There's another Chinese-manufactured product – joining the likes of TikTok, cars and semiconductors – that poses a national security risk to Americans: electronic locks, such as those used in safes.…

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FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 20:24
Imagine trying to trick folks into buying $500 of unnecessary repairs – and they turn out to be federal agents

A pair of tech support businesses accused of swindling marks out of their hard-earned cash have agreed to cough up a $26 million settlement following an undercover probe by the FTC.…

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LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 18:26
Canadian-Russian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally

A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000, £500,000) in restitution to some of his victims by a Canadian court as he awaits extradition to the US.…

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Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn't leak to ad giant

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 17:58
Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it

Google has enhanced its Safe Browsing service to enable real-time protection in Chrome for desktop, iOS, and soon Android against risky websites, without sending browsing history data to the ad biz.…

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Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 16:06
Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into

A French government department - responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people - is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information of up to 43 million citizens.…

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International effort to disrupt cybercrime moves into operational phase

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 15:00
Will the WEF experiment work?

The Cybercrime Atlas, a massive undertaking that aims to disrupt cybercriminals across the globe, enters its operational phase in 2024, two years after organizers laid the groundwork at the RSA Conference.…

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US to probe Change Healthcare's data protection standards as lawsuits mount

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 14:03
Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling

Change Healthcare is being investigated over the alleged 6 TB data theft by the ALPHV ransomware group as it continues recovery efforts.…

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US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 01:46
Bill proposes to do to China what China already does to the US – make life hard for foreign social networks

The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – a law aimed at forcing TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app's US operations or face the prospect of a ban.…

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Nissan to alert 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis about data loss incident

Thu, 14/03/2024 - 00:32
Akira ransomware crooks brag of stealing thousands of ID documents during break-in

Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems – perhaps by the Akira ransomware gang.…

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Poking holes in Google tech bagged bug hunters $10M

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 18:00
A $2M drop from previous year. So … things are more secure?

Google awarded $10 million to 632 bug hunters last year through its vulnerability reward programs.…

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Cryptocurrency laundryman gets hung out to dry

Wed, 13/03/2024 - 16:45
Bitcoin Fog washed hundreds of millions for criminals

The operator of the world's longest-running Bitcoin money laundering service faces a 50-year prison sentence after being found guilty in a US court.…

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