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10 Million Online Pirates Exposed By Data Leak
10 Million Online Pirates Exposed By Data Leak
Users of the online piracy website, Z-Library, had their data leaked by scammers. Z-Library served as an extremely popular spot to download free academic papers and books, however, unknown to users, a team of scammers were collect...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on July 26, 2024
1Password Solves Major Problem With Passkeys
1Password Solves Major Problem With Passkeys
Leading password manager company, 1Password, solved one of the biggest roadblocks for widespread passkey adoption. Until now, there was no way to encrypt your passkeys in the same way that you could encrypt a password. While passk...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on July 25, 2024
ExpressVPN Improves Its Home Routers
ExpressVPN Improves Its Home Routers
ExpressVPN, the popular cybersecurity company best known for its VPN, released a broad array of new accessibility features for its home routers. The company first released its two router models, Aircove and Aircove Go, in 2022 as...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on July 25, 2024
Massive Data Breach Exposes 769 Million Records at ClickBalance
Massive Data Breach Exposes 769 Million Records at ClickBalance
In a significant cybersecurity incident, researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a non-password-protected database containing 769 million records belonging to ClickBalance, a major ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) technology provid...
Paige Henley by Paige Henley Updated on July 25, 2024
KnowBe4 Unwittingly Hires North Korean Hacker as Software Engineer
KnowBe4 Unwittingly Hires North Korean Hacker as Software Engineer
In a startling incident, KnowBe4, a US-based security training company, discovered it had mistakenly hired a North Korean hacker as a software engineer. The revelation came to light after the hacker’s newly issued company computer...
Paige Henley by Paige Henley Published on July 25, 2024
Cybercriminals Exploit Global Tech Outage with Malicious Websites
Cybercriminals Exploit Global Tech Outage with Malicious Websites
Cybercriminals are exploiting the chaos resulting from a massive global tech outage on Friday by promoting fake websites filled with malicious software, designed to compromise unsuspecting victims, according to warnings from the U...
Paige Henley by Paige Henley Published on July 24, 2024
Teen Arrested in Connection with MGM Resorts Ransomware Attack
Teen Arrested in Connection with MGM Resorts Ransomware Attack
British police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in Walsall, England, believed to be linked to the “Scattered Spider” hacking collective responsible for last year’s devastating ransomware attacks on MGM Resorts and other companies...
Paige Henley by Paige Henley Published on July 24, 2024
Two Russian Nationals Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Case
Two Russian Nationals Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Case
Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the LockBit ransomware operation, which has deployed attacks against victims worldwide, inflicting up to $2 million in damages. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, a...
Paige Henley by Paige Henley Published on July 24, 2024
Google's $23 Billion Bid Rejected by Wiz
Google's $23 Billion Bid Rejected by Wiz
Cybersecurity startup Wiz Inc. has rejected a takeover bid of up to $23 billion from Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The company has decided to proceed with its plan for an initial public offering instead. A source familiar with the matte...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 23, 2024
House Panel Calls CrowdStrike CEO to Account for Worldwide Outage
House Panel Calls CrowdStrike CEO to Account for Worldwide Outage
House Republicans have invited the CEO of CrowdStrike to testify in a congressional hearing regarding the global tech outage that affected roughly 8.5 million Windows devices around the world on Friday. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), cha...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 23, 2024