PayPal files patent for new method to detect stolen cookies
PayPal has filed a patent application for a novel method that can identify when “super-cookie” is stolen, which could improve the...
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RCMP investigating cyber attack as its website remains down
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada’s national police force has disclosed that it recently faced a cyber attack targeting...
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Apple adds PQ3 quantum-resistant encryption to iMessage
Apple is adding to the iMessage instant messaging service a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol named PQ3, designed to defend encryption from quantum...
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LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin
The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the...
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FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive ‘free’ online filing ads
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company’s deceptive “free” online filing advertising...
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Google Pay app shutting down in US, users have till June to move funds
Google is retiring the standalone Pay app in the United States. Users have until June 4 to transfer the balance...
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Insomniac Games alerts employees hit by ransomware data breach
Sony subsidiary Insomniac Games is sending data breach notification letters to employees whose personal information was stolen and leaked online...
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Windows Photos gets AI magic eraser on Windows 10 and later
Microsoft’s Windows Photos app now has its own generative erase tool that enables users to replace unwanted objects with AI-generated...
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U-Haul says hacker accessed customer records using stolen creds
U-Haul has started informing customers that a hacker used stolen account credentials to access an internal system for dealers and...
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New ScreenConnect RCE flaw exploited in ransomware attacks
Update February 23, 07:02 EST: Sophos published a report today saying that the ransomware payloads they spotted were built using the LockBit...
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UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage
Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after...
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LockBit ransomware secretly building next-gen encryptor before takedown
LockBit ransomware developers were secretly building a new version of their file encrypting malware, dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev – likely to become...
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