US burger chain Five Guys has disclosed a data breach impacting job applicants, and the company may be facing a lawsuit over the cybersecurity incident. Five Guys appears to have started informing customers on December 29, when it also notified…
“No Ordinary Pakistani”: The Intertwined Stories of Saifullah and Uzair Paracha
A watchtower at the famous Guantanamo Bay prison camp, at dusk, January 2011. (Source: Gino Reyes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Bald, bespectacled, and bearded—the image of a beaming Saifullah Paracha sitting at a table at McDonald’s in Karachi, Pakistan,…
Meta Blow As Irish Watchdog Confirms Hefty Fine
Facebook parent Meta may be prohibited from using personal data for advertising, after EU ruling and Irish fine This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Blow As Irish Watchdog Confirms Hefty Fine
Smishing: The new year is here — and so are new scams
Smishing has become an increasingly popular attack method among cybercriminals – and they’re getting better at using it. This article has been indexed from blog.avast.com EN Read the original article: Smishing: The new year is here — and so are…
Bluebottle Cybercrime Group Preys on Financial Sector in French-Speaking African Nations
A cybercrime group dubbed Bluebottle has been linked to a set of targeted attacks against the financial sector in Francophone countries located in Africa from at least July 2022 to September 2022. “The group makes extensive use of living-off-the-land, dual…
Attention Developers: CircleCI Security Breach — Here’s What You Need to Know
The software development service CircleCI has disclosed a security incident and urged users to rotate their secrets. Over one million engineers rely on the CI/CD platform for the “speed and reliability” of their builds, according to its website. As per…
Cricket Platform Exposed over 100k Customer Data Entries
Over 100k user entries and administrative credentials were leaked from a cricket community social network. Cybernews researchers discovered that cricketsocial[.]com left an open database containing emails, phone numbers, names, hashed user passwords, dates of birth, and addresses. Most of the…
SIM Swapping, Crypto Theft, and Sentencing in the United States
As you know from the title of my blog, “CyberCrime & Doing Time,” I’m very interested in cybercrime and the criminal justice system. This week I’ve been looking at SIM Swapping cases and wanted to share what I learned from…
Salesforce To Axe more Than 10,000 Staff
More bad news for Salesforce staffers, as Marc Benioff confirms firm will again axe employees, this time 10 percent of workforce This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Salesforce To Axe more Than 10,000 Staff
Amazon To Axe More Than 18,000 Jobs
E-commerce giant Amazon is to axe thousands more staff than previous reported, as major layoffs continue in early 2023 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon To Axe More Than 18,000 Jobs
Twitter’s Last Pre-Musk Executives Resign
Katie Marcotte, a 10-year Twitter veteran and it’s acting head of human resources, plus product engineering head Behnam Rezaei, have resigned This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Twitter’s Last Pre-Musk Executives Resign
Researchers Claim That RSA Algorithm Can Be Broken by Quantum Computers
It was recently reported that Chinese researchers had made a breakthrough in the field of quantum computing. A quantum computer with around the same power as what will soon be available to the general public has been designed to break…
CDC wants real-time data on COVID, flu vaccine effectiveness
The public health agency aims to increase its use of real-time data to track the effectiveness of respiratory vaccines and is looking for possible vendor solutions. This article has been indexed from GCN – All Content Read the original article:…
Twitter whistleblower Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko lands new gig at Rapid7
A long way from password crackers for Windows NT for former L0pht legend Former Twitter security chief and whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko has landed his first official role since he left the company, a part-time job as “executive in residence”…
Play Ransomware Group Used New Exploitation Method in Rackspace Attack
The recent ransomware attack targeting Rackspace was conducted by a cybercrime group named Play using a new exploitation method, the cloud company revealed this week. read more This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read the original article:…
Database Containing 235 Million Twitter User Records Available for Free
A database containing over 235 million unique records of Twitter users is now available for free on the web, cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock warns. read more This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read the original article:…
Slack Says Hackers Stole Private Source Code Repositories
Enterprise communication and collaboration platform Slack has informed customers that hackers have stolen some of its private source code repositories, but claims impact is limited. read more This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Read the original article:…
How to Prevent Identity Theft With 20 Essential Steps [Updated 2023]
Identity theft is a growing problem in today’s digital world. With more of our personal information available online, it can be difficult to protect ourselves from malicious actors who may use our data for malicious purposes. While it might seem…
Policy Brief – U.S. Cyber Threat Intelligence, Part 1: Introduction & Background
By Aaron Weathersby, CISSP. Aaron is the Chief Information Officer for Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and holds a Doctor of Science in Cyber Security from Marymount University. He is an Information Technology professional with over 18…
Tripwire Patch Priority Index for December 2022
Tripwire’s December 2022 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft Edge, which resolve over 25 issues including use-after-free, type confusion, insufficient data validation, insufficient policy…
Mitigate the LastPass Attack Surface in Your Environment with this Free Tool
The latest breach announced by LastPass is a major cause for concern to security stakeholders. As often occurs, we are at a security limbo – on the one hand, as LastPass has noted, users who followed LastPass best practices would…
SpyNote Strikes Again: Android Spyware Targeting Financial Institutions
Financial institutions are being targeted by a new version of Android malware called SpyNote at least since October 2022. “The reason behind this increase is that the developer of the spyware, who was previously selling it to other actors, made the source…
235 Million Twitter Users Leaked In Biggest Data Leak
A well-known hacker site allegedly dumped a database containing the email addresses of over 235 million Twitter users and is being sold for roughly $200,000. According to a cyber intelligence company, this data leak has the potential to rank among…
Meta Fined $414 Million by Irish Regulators for Using Personal Data for Advertising
In what might be a severe blow to its ad-fueled business model, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $414 million for its management of user data for distributing personalized ads. Privacy regulators ordered Meta…
200 Million Twitter Profiles Database Giveaway on Hacker Forum
Threat actors offer over 200 million Twitter users` profile data on the Breached hacker forum, asking no more than $2 for the whole database. Cyber researchers say this is the cleaned-up version of the 400 million profiles database spilled in…
Arnold Clark Auto Retail Giant Was Victim of a Cyberattack on Christmas Eve
Arnold Clark, the Scottish automotive retail giant, announced that it suffered a cyberattack. An external cybersecurity firm identified abnormal activity on the company’s network on Christmas Eve. What Damage Has Been Done As a precaution, after the attack, Arnold Clark…
How Can AI Understand Your Business Needs and Stop Threats?
AI in threat detection In the current complicated cybersecurity scenario, threat detection is just a needle in the haystack. We have seen malicious actors exploiting everything they can get their hands on, from AI tools, to open-source code to multi-factor…