Cyber-Security
We Went Hunting For Crypto Scams In App Stores. Here’s What We Found
As ever, fraudulent crypto wallets are finding their way onto app stores and scamming users out of funds. We Went Hunting For Crypto Scams In App Stores. Here’s What We Found * Some apps are repackaged after being taken down and sneak past Apple and Google vetting processes. * Before…
A Hacker Was Selling A Cybersecurity Exploit As An NFT. Then OpenSea Stepped In
With all the attention currently on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), there may be a new, darker side emerging – the auctioning of cybersecurity exploits. A Hacker Was Selling A Cybersecurity Exploit As An NFT. Then OpenSea Stepped In In a tweet Monday, Matthew Hickey of Hacker House introduced the “zero-day collection,”…
Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals
A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools. Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals CyberSecurity Newsflash! Companies…
Clubhouse And Its Privacy & Security Risk
The Need To Know Before Downloading Clubhouse. Clubhouse And Its Privacy & Security Risk [caption id="attachment_25236" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Clubhouse Co-Founder Paul Davison[/caption] Recently, an audio-only social media app, “Clubhouse,” is so popular that people are selling invite codes on bidding platforms. Although the app is iPhone only, in the android…
Using Google’s ‘Incognito’ Mode Fails To Prevent Tracking
Judge in Google Case Disturbed That Even ‘Incognito’ Users Are Tracked. Using Google's ‘Incognito’ Mode Fails To Prevent Tracking When Google users browse in “Incognito” mode, just how hidden is their activity? CyberSecurity Newsflash! The Alphabet Inc. unit says activating the stealth mode in Chrome, or “private browsing” in other…
Kia Motors America Victim of Ransomware Attack Demanding $20M In Bitcoin, Report Claims
BleepingComputer claims to have evidence the ransomware gang DoppelPaymer is demanding 404 BTC from the car firm. Kia Motors America Victim of Ransomware Attack Demanding $20M In Bitcoin, Report Claims Kia Motors America has reportedly fallen victim to a ransomware attack demanding more than $20 million worth of bitcoin. CyberSecurity…
The US Central Intelligence Agency Unveils A New Look For A New Era
Agency deploys more brand-savvy recruits. The US Central Intelligence Agency Unveils A New Look For A New Era A few days before insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, the Central Intelligence Agency — “the Nation’s first line of defense” — unveiled a rebrand. The government-issue website was replaced with a bold…
The Long Hack: How China Exploited A U.S. Tech Supplier
For years, U.S. investigators found tampering in products made by Super Micro Computer Inc. The company says it was never told. Neither was the public. The Long Hack: How China Exploited A U.S. Tech Supplier In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military…
Clubhouse Users’ Raw Audio May Be Exposed To Chinese Partner
Clubhouse, the popular app that allows people to create digital discussion groups, says it’s reviewing its data security practices after the Stanford Internet Observatory found potential vulnerabilities in its infrastructure that could allow external access to users’ raw audio data. Clubhouse Users’ Raw Audio May Be Exposed To Chinese Partner…
UK Merger Watchdog Suffers 150 Data Breaches In Two Years
The U.K. government’s antitrust regulator was hit by 150 personal data breaches in the last two years, as hackers targeted its trove of sensitive business information. UK Merger Watchdog Suffers 150 Data Breaches In Two Years The Competition and Markets Authority found 81 cases of unauthorized disclosure of information and…
Hacker Changed Chemical Level In Florida City’s Water System
Public wasn’t in danger, Pinellas County sheriff says; investigation has been launched. Hacker Changed Chemical Level In Florida City’s Water System A water-treatment plant in Oldsmar, Fla., was hacked, and the intruder briefly increased the amount of lye used to treat water to a dangerous level, authorities said Monday. A…
KeepChange Foils Bitcoin Theft But Loses User Data In Sunday Breach
The bitcoin marketplace has halted withdrawal requests temporarily. KeepChange Foils Bitcoin Theft But Loses User Data In Sunday Breach Bitcoin marketplace KeepChange says it has managed to limit the ramifications of a security breach on Sunday. According to a blog post on Monday, the exchange said several bitcoin (BTC, -1.37%)…