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AT&T Reportedly Hands Over $370,000 to Hacker to Secure Customer Data
AT&T Reportedly Hands Over $370,000 to Hacker to Secure Customer Data
Telecom giant AT&T reportedly paid a hacker approximately $370,000 to delete customer data stolen during a hacking spree earlier this year. The company negotiated through an intermediary, called Reddington, who acted on behalf of...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 16, 2024
Hackers Breach Disney's Slack, Leaking Project Details Confidential
Hackers Breach Disney's Slack, Leaking Project Details Confidential
Disney’s internal Slack channels have suffered a serious breach that resulted in hackers stealing more than one terabyte of data, according to the hacktivist group which alleges to be behind the attack. The group, which calls itse...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 16, 2024
AT&T Suffers Massive Customer Data Breach
AT&T Suffers Massive Customer Data Breach
AT&T confirmed that it was the victim of a data breach in 2022 on Friday. The company said that the data was downloaded to a third-party cloud platform. It’s been reported that AT&T had roughly over 100 million wireless customers...
Eric Goldstein by Eric Goldstein Published on July 12, 2024
1Password Introduces Wi-Fi Sharing with QR Code Feature
1Password Introduces Wi-Fi Sharing with QR Code Feature
1Password, the well-known password manager, has rolled out an update with a handy new feature that simplifies sharing Wi-Fi passwords with others. The latest feature allows users to generate a QR code to share Wi-Fi passwords, mea...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 12, 2024
Biggest Password Leak in History: 10 Billion Passwords Exposed
Biggest Password Leak in History: 10 Billion Passwords Exposed
A hacker has exposed nearly 10 billion passwords in what is being called the largest leak of its kind. The user “ObamaCare” shared a file containing 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords to a popular hacking forum. The massive...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 12, 2024
CISA Rejects Banning Ransomware Payments
CISA Rejects Banning Ransomware Payments
Multiple US agencies, including CISA, the NSA, and the FBI, issued warnings about not paying ransomware scanners, however, they’re strongly against banning ransomware payments. A ransomware scam is when a hacker encrypts your priv...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on July 12, 2024
Russia Pressures Apple To Remove Dozens of VPN Apps From The App Store
Russia Pressures Apple To Remove Dozens of VPN Apps From The App Store
Russian watchdog group, Roskomnadzor, pressured Apple to remove 25 different VPN apps from the iOS app store to accommodate Russia’s current VPN laws. Apple pulled several major VPN apps from the Russian app store, barring new use...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on July 12, 2024
Hackers Leak Taylor Swift Tickets
Hackers Leak Taylor Swift Tickets
Hackers are threatening to leak barcode data for hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour tickets unless Ticketmaster pays millions in ransom. The hacking group shared samples of the data on an online forum, revealing tic...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 11, 2024
Europol: Home Routing Helps Criminals
Europol: Home Routing Helps Criminals
Officials with Europol outlined why Home Routing is a security concern. Home Routing is a feature telecommunication companies use to let users route calls through their home network while abroad, which isn’t dangerous on its own...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on July 11, 2024
Alabama Dept. of Ed Suffers Data Breach Despite Blocking Ransomware
Alabama Dept. of Ed Suffers Data Breach Despite Blocking Ransomware
The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) was on the receiving end of a cyber attack last month that left some student and teacher data compromised. The state education department thwarted hackers from accessing all target...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on July 11, 2024