Cyber-Security
Fraudsters Used AI To Mimic CEO’s Voice In Unusual Cybercrime Case (#GotBitcoin?)
Scams using artificial intelligence are a new challenge for companies. Fraudsters Used AI To Mimic CEO’s Voice In Unusual Cybercrime Case (#GotBitcoin?) Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive’s voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of €220,000 ($243,000) in March in what cybercrime experts described as an…
How One Texas County Stopped a Ransomware Attack (#GotBitcoin?)
Hackers have hit cities across the country. Lubbock County was able to fend one off. How One Texas County Stopped a Ransomware Attack (#GotBitcoin?) Isaac Badu ’s IT department gets calls about strange behavior on Lubbock County’s 1,300 computers all the time. But this time, it was different. The file…
Would Blockchain Better Protect User Data Than FaceApp? Experts Answer (#GotBitcoin?)
FaceApp — the mobile application that has blown up your Instagram feed with pictures of your followers as old people, the opposite gender or babies — has raised a lot of concerns about potential privacy violations for users that upload their photos to be edited. Rumors have circulated that the…
What Are The Biggest Crypto Heists, Rug Pulls And Exit Scams And How Much Was Stolen? (#GotBitcoin)
As the appeal of cryptocurrency has grown, so has the opportunity for scammers to part naive investors from their money. 2020 has been no exception, with cryptocurrency and blockchain forensics company Ciphertrace dubbing it “the year of the exit scam.” What Are The Biggest Crypto Heists And How Much Was…
Apple Will Pay $1 Million To Anyone Who Can Find This iPhone Bug
If you can pull off a very specific iPhone hack, Apple has a million dollars for you. Apple Will Pay $1 Million To Anyone Who Can Find This iPhone Bug Apple announced big changes to its bug-bounty program it launched in 2016. The biggest is a new $1 million reward…
Putin Says Russia Will Spy On U.S. To Match Missile Development (#GotBitcoin?)
Leader sets out retaliatory measures after collapse of Cold War weapons treaty. Putin Says Russia Will Spy On U.S. To Match Missile Development (#GotBitcoin?) President Vladimir Putin ordered an increase in Russian spying on U.S. development of short- and intermediate-range missiles and said Moscow would match any the U.S. builds,…
Pearson Hack Exposed Details on Thousands of U.S. Students (#GotBitcoin?)
Breach affected more than 13,000 school and university accounts, company said. Pearson Hack Exposed Details on Thousands of U.S. Students (#GotBitcoin?) Pearson PLC, the British maker of educational software, is warning school districts that a far-reaching data breach has exposed details on thousands of students, chiefly in the U.S. Pearson…
Capital One Reports Data Breach Affecting 100 Million Customers, Applicants (#GotBitcoin?)
Alleged hacker, a former employee of Amazon Web Services, arrested by federal agents in Seattle. Capital One Reports Data Breach Affecting 100 Million Customers, Applicants (#GotBitcoin?) Capital One Financial Corp. , the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer, said Monday that a hacker accessed the personal information of approximately 106 million card…
British Airways Faces $230 Million Fine Over Data Breach (#GotBitcoin?)
Regulators in Europe have gained increasing authority to fine companies for failing to safeguard customer information. British Airways Faces $230 Million Fine Over Data Breach (#GotBitcoin?) [caption id="attachment_5323" align="aligncenter" width="1164"] CyberSecurity Newsflash!: (Youtube) [/caption] A U.K. privacy watchdog has proposed a $230 million fine for the owner of British Airways—potentially a…
Take A Road Trip With Hotel Hackers (#GotBitcoin?)
Back doors to your personal data can be found in everything from smart fish tanks to Wi-Fi pineapples. Take A Road Trip With Hotel Hackers (#GotBitcoin?) Three men dressed for business travel in jeans and dress shirts loaded backpacks into the trunk of a black coupe and wound their way…
Recent Firefox’s Zero-Day Flaw Was Used in Attacks Against Coinbase’s Employees (#GotBitcoin?)
The recent Firefox’s zero-day security flaw was used in attacks against major crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase, according to a tweet from Coinbase security researcher Philip Martin posted on June 20. Recent Firefox’s Zero-Day Flaw Was Used in Attacks Against Coinbase’s Employees (#GotBitcoin?) As Martin found, the reported critical…
Google’s Indexing Bug Is Back – New Content Not being Indexed (#GotBitcoin?)
This morning, Google fixed a bug that affected its ability to index new content. Well, right now, that bug is back. Google’s Indexing Bug Is Back – New Content Not being Indexed (#GotBitcoin?) New content not being indexed. Try finding content from large news publishers that are always pushing out…