US pharmacy Rite Aid banned from operating facial recognition systems
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has been denied the right to run facial recognition systems in its stores for five years, by a Federal Trade Commission…
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Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers
A major mortgage and loan company based in Dallas, working under the name Mr. Cooper Group Inc. has released more information on a recent breach.…
FBI issues advisory over Play ransomware
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have released a…
New MetaStealer malvertising campaigns | Malwarebytes
MetaStealer is a popular piece of malware that came out in 2022, levering previous code base from RedLine. Stealers have become a very hot commodity…
Meet the entirely legal, iPhone-crashing device, the Flipper Zero: Lock and Code S04E25
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… It talks, it squawks, it even blocks! The stocking-stuffer on every hobby hacker’s wish list this year…
MongoDB warns customers about data breach after cyberattack
Database provider MongoDB has posted a security notice about a security incident in which attackers obtained unauthorized access to some of its corporate systems. The…
PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads
During this past year, we have seen an increase in the use of malicious ads (malvertising) and specifically those via search engines, to drop malware…
Chrome starts the countdown to the end of tracking cookies
Google has announced that it will start rolling its Chrome web browser’s new Tracking Protection feature from January of 2024. Tracking Protection is part of…
Recently-patched Apache Struts vulnerability used in worldwide attacks
Attackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 that was patched recently. Struts is a very popular open source platform to develop applications…
Apple to introduce new feature that makes life harder for iPhone thieves
Reportedly, Apple has plans to make it harder for iPhone thieves to steal your personal information even if they have your device’s passcode. A new…
ALPHV ransomware gang returns, sorta
The ALPHV ransomware gang, arguably the second most dangerous “big game” ransomware operator, appears to be back in business after its infrastructure went down for…
Apple now requires a judges order to hand over your push notification data
Last week, we reported on how US government agencies have been asking Apple and Google for metadata related to push notifications, but the companies aren’t…