A recent scoop by Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were integrating software that sends visitor data to...
Read moreReport: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims
October 7 2022When U.S. consumers have their online bank accounts hijacked and plundered by hackers, U.S. financial institutions are legally obligated to reverse any unauthorized transactions as long as the victim...
Read moreGlut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots
October 5 2022A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking site, and for companies that rely on it to...
Read moreMicrosoft: Two New 0-Day Flaws in Exchange Server
September 30 2022Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports that attackers are exploiting two previously unknown vulnerabilities in Exchange Server, a technology many organizations rely on to send and receive email. Microsoft says...
Read moreMicrosoft: Two New 0-Day Flaws in Exchange Server
September 30 2022Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports that attackers are exploiting two previously unknown vulnerabilities in Exchange Server, a technology many organizations rely on to send and receive email. Microsoft says...
Read moreFake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
September 29 2022Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. It’s not clear who’s...
Read moreBotched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail
September 16 2022Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month after police responding to an attempted break-in at a residence stopped their car as they fled the scene. The...
Read moreSounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws
August 12 2022The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging states and localities to beef up security around proprietary devices that connect to the Emergency Alert System -- a national public...
Read moreIt Might Be Our Data, But It’s Not Our Breach
August 11 2022A cybersecurity firm says it has intercepted a large, unique stolen data set containing the names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers and dates of birth on...
Read moreClass Action Targets Experian Over Account Security
August 6 2022A class action lawsuit has been filed against big-three consumer credit bureau Experian over reports that the company did little to prevent identity thieves from hijacking consumer accounts. The...
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