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NordVPN's Parent Company Is Merging with Surfshark
NordVPN's Parent Company Is Merging with Surfshark
NordVPN and Surfshark, two well-known VPN providers, are merging together to form one company. NordVPN’s parent company, Nord Security, announced the deal on Tuesday. The new company is called Cyberspace, which has been registe...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on February 4, 2022
Business Services Provider Morley Discloses Ransomware Attack
Business Services Provider Morley Discloses Ransomware Attack
Business services provider Morley Companies Inc. disclosed a data breach after falling victim to a ransomware attack on Aug. 1, 2021, according to a security incident notification by the company on Wednesday. The data breach al...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on February 3, 2022
NSO Allegedly Offered 'Bags of Cash' for Access to US Cell Network
NSO Allegedly Offered 'Bags of Cash' for Access to US Cell Network
NSO Group allegedly offered “bags of cash” in return for access to cell networks in the United States to track people through their mobile devices, according to a whistleblower’s complaint to the US Department of Justice (DoJ)...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on February 2, 2022
FTC: US Consumers Lost Over $770 Million from Social Media Fraud in 2021
FTC: US Consumers Lost Over $770 Million from Social Media Fraud in 2021
US consumers have increasingly become targeted for scams by cybercriminals on social media, according to tens of thousands of reports received by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2021. In the FTC’s report released last...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on February 1, 2022
Huge Multinational Security Firm Exposed Sensitive Airports Files
Huge Multinational Security Firm Exposed Sensitive Airports Files
Intro The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team discovered a critical data leak affecting the prominent multinational security company, Securitas. Securitas, based in Sweden, provides a full suite of security services and produc...
SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team by SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team Published on January 31, 2022
Discord Outage Caused by API & Database Issues
Discord Outage Caused by API & Database Issues
Popular instant messaging app Discord experienced what it classified as a “massive outage” that prevented users from logging into the service or using the app on Wednesday, according to an update on their status page. According...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on January 28, 2022
White House Wants the US Government to Use a Zero Trust Security Model
White House Wants the US Government to Use a Zero Trust Security Model
A federal strategy released on Wednesday wants the US government to adopt a "zero trust" security model within the next two years to defend against current threats and improve cybersecurity defenses across federal agencies. Thi...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on January 27, 2022
FBI Warns of Cybercriminals Tampering with QR Codes in Order to Steal Funds
FBI Warns of Cybercriminals Tampering with QR Codes in Order to Steal Funds
The FBI issued a warning last week that detailed how cybercriminals are tampering with QR codes in order to redirect victims to malicious sites that steal login and financial information. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, busin...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on January 27, 2022
Dark Souls PC Servers Shut Down due to Hacking Fears
Dark Souls PC Servers Shut Down due to Hacking Fears
The action role-playing game Dark Souls 3 has taken its player-v-player (PvP) servers offline following multiple reports of an exploit that could allow hackers to take control of your PC, according to a tweet on Monday from the of...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on January 26, 2022
FBI Links Diavol Ransomware to Trickbot Banking Trojan
FBI Links Diavol Ransomware to Trickbot Banking Trojan
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a flash alert connecting Diavol ransomware to hackers who are behind the Trickbot banking Trojan, according to a notice late last week. The FBI’s cyber division said it...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on January 25, 2022