Category: security
Another top US mortgage firm reveals a major data breach, over a million customers affected
LoanCare suffered a data breach last month, which resulted in the theft of sensitive customer data, the insurance service company has confirmed. Roughly 1.3 million people were affected by the breach, the company further explained, as hackers stole people’s full names, physical addresses, Social Security Numbers (SSN), and loan numbers. …
Read More
A previously unknown hardware feature has been hijacked to hack iPhones across the world
Apple’s iPhone seems to have shipped with some unknown hardware features which were then uncovered by hackers who found a way to exploit them in highly destructive zero-click attacks. A new report from Kaspersky has outlined how roughly five years ago, it discovered a unique spyware targeting iPhone devices. They…
Read More
Hackers stole billions of dollars of crypto in 2023
Every year since its inception, hackers have stolen more cryptocurrencies than the previous year, until 2023, new research has claimed. Data presented on the REKT platform, which keeps track of all the different crypto-related hacks and thefts, says that in 2023, hackers stole a total of $1.83bn. “This amount, though…
Read More
This dangerous malware pretends to be some of your most-used business software tools, so watch out
Hackers are now using an old form of banking malware to launch damaging ransomware attacks, new research has claimed. In their latest Monthly Threat Pulse, cybersecurity experts from NCC Group broke down how a well-known banking malware called Carbanak returned in ransomware attacks. “First emerging in 2014, Carbanak malware has…
Read More
Paramount and CBS owner confirms significant breach affecting data of thousands of users
Cinema and media powerhouse National Amusements has confirmed suffering a breach in which hackers stole sensitive information from thousands of users, putting them at risk of identity theft. The conglomerate has filed a report with the Office of the Maine Attorney General in which it reported suffering a data breach…
Read More
Mint Mobile reveals another major data breach
American mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Mint Mobile has confirmed suffering a data breach affecting an unknown number of its customers. The company revealed the news in an email sent to its customers, in which it explained “We are writing to inform you about a security incident we recently identified…
Read More