Security company ADT announces security breach of customer data
Electronic surveillance equipment provider ADT filed a form 8-K with the Security and Exchange Commision (SEC) to report “a cybersecurity incident during which unauthorized actors…
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Stolen data from scraping service National Public Data leaked online
Cybercriminals are offering a large database for sale that may include your data without you even being aware of its existence. The stolen data comes…
Stolen data from scraping service National Public Data leaked online
Cybercriminals are offering a large database for sale that may include your data without you even being aware of its existence. The stolen data comes…
Android vulnerability used in targeted attacks patched by Google
Google has released patches for 46 vulnerabilities in Android, including a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that it says has been used in limited, targeted…
Men report more pressure and threats to share location and accounts with partners, research shows
Men report facing more pressure than women—and more threats of retaliation—to grant access to their locations and online accounts when in a committed relationship, according…
Magniber ransomware targets home users
If you’ve been following any news about ransomware, you may be under the impression that ransomware groups are only after organizations rather than individual people,…
Scammers are impersonating cryptocurrency exchanges, FBI warns
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a public service announcement warning the public about scammers impersonating cryptocurrency exchange employees to steal funds. There are…
Meta to pay $1.4 billion over unauthorized facial recognition image capture
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta to “stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric…
Apple fixes Siri vulnerabilities that could have allowed sensitive data theft from locked device. Update now!
Apple has released security updates for many of its products in order to patch several vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to steal sensitive information…
Threat actor impersonates Google via fake ad for Authenticator
We have previously reported on the brand impersonation issue with Google ads: users who search for popular keywords are shown malicious ads that purport to…
US senators ask FTC to investigate car makers’ privacy practices
An ongoing US Senate investigation indicated that connected car makers violate consumer privacy by sharing and selling drivers’ data, including their location, on a vast…
SIEM is not storage, with Jess Dodson (Lock and Code S05E16)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… In the world of business cybersecurity, the powerful technology known as “Security Information and Event Management” is…