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Hackers Steal BAYC and Otherside NFTs in Discord Server Attack
Hackers Steal BAYC and Otherside NFTs in Discord Server Attack
Yuga Labs, the developer of the popular ape-themed NFTs known collectively as the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), fell victim to a phishing attack after threat actors gained access to one of their official Discord servers. Accordi...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on June 7, 2022
ExpressVPN Removes VPN Servers in India in Response to Data Demands
ExpressVPN Removes VPN Servers in India in Response to Data Demands
ExpressVPN announced on Thursday its decision to remove Indian-based VPN servers in response to a recent law introduced in India requiring VPN providers to store user data information for at least five years. Instead, ExpressVP...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on June 3, 2022
FluBot Android Malware Operation Shut Down by Police
FluBot Android Malware Operation Shut Down by Police
Europol announced on Wednesday the shutdown of the FluBot operation, one of the largest and fastest-growing Android malware operations in existence. The malware operation's takedown resulted from a law enforcement operation inv...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on June 2, 2022
Italy Warns Organizations of Incoming DDoS Attacks
Italy Warns Organizations of Incoming DDoS Attacks
Italy's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has issued an urgent alert on Monday to raise awareness about the high risk of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against national entities. “There continue to...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on June 1, 2022
Former US Marine Faces 15 Year Prison Sentence for Cyberstalking and Extorting Young Women
Former US Marine Faces 15 Year Prison Sentence for Cyberstalking and Extorting Young Women
A former US Marine has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking multiple young women in California in a sexual extortion campaign. According to court documents, California resident Johao Miguel Chavarri (also known as Michael Frito) all...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on June 1, 2022
Ransomware Attack Forces New Jersey County to Use Paper Records
Ransomware Attack Forces New Jersey County to Use Paper Records
A ransomware attack on the Somerset County government in New Jersey froze email communications and forced staff to use paper records for some services. In a notice posted to its news site last week, county officials said a rans...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on May 31, 2022
Turkish Based Airline’s Sensitive EFB Data Leaked
Turkish Based Airline’s Sensitive EFB Data Leaked
EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) information, including sensitive flight details, source code, and staff data, was left accessible. An AWS S3 bucket containing Pegasus Airlines’ “Electronic Flight Bag” (EFB) information was left wit...
SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team by SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team Published on May 30, 2022
Google: Predator Spyware Used Zero-Day Vulnerabilities to Infect Android Devices
Google: Predator Spyware Used Zero-Day Vulnerabilities to Infect Android Devices
State-sponsored actors have exploited five zero-day vulnerabilities to infect devices with Predator spyware, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) disclosed in a security report last week. The attacks were part of three maliciou...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on May 27, 2022
FTC Fines Twitter $150M For Using Customer's Phone Numbers for Ad Revenue
FTC Fines Twitter $150M For Using Customer's Phone Numbers for Ad Revenue
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) have ordered Twitter to pay a $150 million penalty for using customers’ phone numbers to target them with ads without explicitly saying so. The FTC said ...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on May 27, 2022
Ransomware Attack Left Indian Airline Passengers Stranded
Ransomware Attack Left Indian Airline Passengers Stranded
Indian budget airline SpiceJet says that an "attempted ransomware attack" against its IT infrastructure caused flights to be delayed or canceled and left passengers stranded. Flights with the airline were disrupted by the cyber...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on May 27, 2022