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U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by…

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: December 2024

This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. SafeLine: Open-source web application firewall (WAF) SafeLine is an open-source and self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects websites from cyber attacks.…

US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China

Treasury says hackers accessed “certain unclassified documents” in a “major” breach, but experts believe the attack’s impacts could prove to be more significant as new details emerge. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: US…

More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in

The intrusions allowed Beijing to ‘geolocate millions of individuals’ AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies confirmed that Chinese government-backed snoops accessed portions of their systems earlier this year, while the White House added another, yet-unnamed telecommunications company to the list of…

Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Sun Avoidance’

<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/3029/” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”403″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/451bd2e5-7f75-44f6-874f-7c7b7a3d88d3/sun_avoidance.png?format=1000w” width=”311″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Sun Avoidance’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.…

Windows 11 Media Update Bug Stops Security Updates

Microsoft advises users not to install recent security updates using physical media. The company is working on a fix. This article has been indexed from Security | TechRepublic Read the original article: Windows 11 Media Update Bug Stops Security Updates

VW Cars Leak Private Data of 800,000 — ‘Volksdaten’

Cariad, VW Group’s software arm, made this classic error. The post VW Cars Leak Private Data of 800,000 — ‘Volksdaten’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: VW Cars Leak…