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15M records allegedly belonging to Peruvian tax authority exposed on a forum
15M records allegedly belonging to Peruvian tax authority exposed on a forum
The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team recently discovered a database shared on a clear web forum for free, presumably belonging to the Peruvian governmental entity, SUNAT on February 5th, 2023. The database consists of  approxim...
SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team by SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team Published on February 27, 2023
Report: 10% of American Adults Viewed Content Illegally in 2022
Report: 10% of American Adults Viewed Content Illegally in 2022
Last month, YouGov fielded a survey for Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP+), which showed that 23 million U.S adults pirated TV shows, movies, or live sports in the last year. Most of this illegally viewed content is available in...
Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu by Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu Published on February 24, 2023
NordPass Introduces New Passkey Feature
NordPass Introduces New Passkey Feature
The popular password manager, NordPass, is introducing its new passwordless authentication feature to improve user security. Rather than having to rely on a password, users will now have biometric logins working in combination wit...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 24, 2023
New Cybersecurity Rules for Indonesia’s Financial Sector
New Cybersecurity Rules for Indonesia’s Financial Sector
The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has developed new cybersecurity rules for financial institutions in Indonesia. This marks the first time Indonesia has released cybersecurity rules that are specifically addressed to the coun...
Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu by Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu Published on February 23, 2023
Lehigh Valley Health Network Attacked by Ransomware Gang
Lehigh Valley Health Network Attacked by Ransomware Gang
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) released a statement on Monday announcing that it was the target of a ransomware cyberattack. The statement was issued by the President and CEO of LVHN, Dr. Brian Nester, who claimed that the at...
Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu by Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu Published on February 23, 2023
Norwegian Police Recover $5.8 Million From North Korean Hacker Group Lazarus
Norwegian Police Recover $5.8 Million From North Korean Hacker Group Lazarus
The Norwegian Police (Økokrim), recovered $5.8 million worth of cryptocurrency that the Lazarus hacker group had stolen from the crypto-based game, Axie Infinity, last year. “It is also among the largest money seizures ever made i...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 22, 2023
Bitdefender’s VPN Gets an App Traffic Optimizer Feature for Windows
Bitdefender’s VPN Gets an App Traffic Optimizer Feature for Windows
Bitdefender recently released a new feature that aims to optimize the connection speeds of its VPN by allowing you to prioritize which apps are allocated the bulk of your traffic. A VPN normally secures your traffic by rerouting y...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 22, 2023
State of Emergency Declared in Oakland After Ransomware Attack
State of Emergency Declared in Oakland After Ransomware Attack
The city of Oakland, Calif., was hit by a ransomware attack on Feb. 8, which prompted officials to take their network offline in order to prevent important data from being leaked. This left several nonemergency services impacted o...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 21, 2023
CISA Alerts to Active Attacks Exploiting Vulnerabilities Catalog
CISA Alerts to Active Attacks Exploiting Vulnerabilities Catalog
On Feb. 10, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) posted a message on its website informing the public of the inclusion of three new flaws in their vulnerabilities catalog. “CISA has added three new vuln...
Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu by Kamso Oguejiofor-Abugu Published on February 17, 2023
Windows Officially Ends Support for Windows 7 and 8.1
Windows Officially Ends Support for Windows 7 and 8.1
Windows 7 and 8.1 both received final security updates in January, marking the end of both of the operating systems’ lifespans. Previously, Windows 7 stopped receiving support in 2020. However, it continued to support an Extended...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 17, 2023