Social media is a scammer’s paradise. From sextortionists to crypto scammers to AI deep fakers, you’ll find them lurking on your favorite social media site. And while you’d hope social media companies would be working hard to boot scammers off their platforms, they seem to be struggling to do so. Here I’ll look at some …
If you use one of three popular genetics and genealogy services, you’ll soon have to set up two-factor authentication (2FA) on your account. With 2FA enabled, you’ll need to enter a code sent via text, email or generated by an app on your phone to complete the login process. Hackers target 23andMe 23andMe, Ancestry, and …
Two ransomware gangs had bad news in October, as their data leak sites were taken down. However, ransomware operators still caused havoc, with a new gang emerging and unlikely alliances forming between groups. Data leak sites taken down Ransomware gang Trigona was attacked by a group of hacktivists known as the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance (UCA). …
According to data from eCrime.ch, 462 organizations were listed on ransomware leak sites in September. This is up approximately 18% from August, which saw 390 organizations named and shamed on the dark web. The true number of successful ransomware attacks in both months is, however, likely much higher. That’s because organizations that are attacked but …
AI chatbots are serial liars. If they don’t know something, they’ll often make up an answer and respond so confidently you’ll want to believe them. This landed their makers in hot water when they made false claims about a radio host, an Australian mayor, and a former politician. But have you ever asked an AI …
In T-Mobile related news this week, a faulty update exposed customer data, and T-Mobile authorized retailer Connectivity Source suffered a data breach. Faulty update mix-up The faulty T-Mobile update resulted in customers seeing other users’ sensitive data when logged in to their T-Mobile accounts. According to The Verge, who first broke the story on Wednesday, …
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Ransomware gang 8Base declared yesterday in an X (formerly Twitter) post that “hospitals, non-profit organizations, social funds, and schools” were “NO LONGER of interest” to the criminal group. Instead, the gang claimed it would “leave NOTES with safety recommendations” if it accessed such organizations, presumably to help them beef up their cyber defenses. The gang’s …
According to data from eCrime.ch, 390 organizations were listed on ransomware leak sites in August. This is approximately an 18% decrease from July, which saw 478 organizations listed. The top five most targeted sectors in August were law (21), IT (18), construction (15), education (12), and government (11). 125 of the victim organizations, 32% of …
On Wednesday, ransomware gang Cl0p began leaking the data it stole from Pension Benefits Information (PBI). The stolen data contains personal information, including SSNs, of customers of insurance and pension companies that work with PBI. Cl0p’s publication of this data puts these customers at risk of identity theft. So far, California Public Employees’ Retirement System …
Raivo OTP is a popular free and open source authenticator app for iOS that is well-respected in the privacy community. However, in a surprise announcement on Monday, Raivo declared it had been acquired by a little known app development company called Mobime. While Raivo’s announcement claimed “nothing will change for you, except for more support …
After adding a Massachusetts school district to their dark web leak site last Wednesday, the Royal ransomware gang appears to have had a change of heart. In a lengthy statement shared by security researcher Dominic Alvieri on Twitter, the gang claimed they were no longer planning to release the stolen data and had instead deleted …
