Tag: security
An apparently “limited” data breach at an Aussie telco giant turned out to have leaked 280,000 customer details
TPG Telecom confirmed a cyberattack with the country’s securities exchange agency Unidentified crooks stole an employee’s account login and used it to exfiltrate sensitive data Customers of its iiNet sub-brand were affected TPG Telecom, a major Australian telecommunications provider, suffered what it described as a “limited” cyberattack – however, judging…
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Just a tap, and it’s gone – experts warn scammers are now loading your stolen details onto burner phones in devious “ghost tapping” scams
Stolen payment card data is fueling ghost tapping fraud worldwide Burner phones are turning identity theft into organized retail scams Luxury goods bought with ghost tapping are quickly resold online Digital payment services have long promised speed and ease, but the same systems are increasingly being manipulated for fraud. Recorded…
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FBI warns Russian hackers are targeting an old Cisco security flaw, so patch now
The FBI has warned of Russian hackers abusing CVE-2018-0171 Configuration files from “thousands” of Cisco devices were already stolen The bug affects many outdated endpoints, so patch now Russian state-sponsored threat actors are abusing a years-old Cisco vulnerability to spy on organizations in the West, the FBI is warning. In…
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Update Apple devices now – new security patch fixes potentially serious zero-day flaw
Apple fixes CVE-2025-43300, an out-of-bounds write bug in iOS and iPadOS The bug allowed threat actors to run remote code execution attacks There is evidence of abuse in the wild, so users should be on their guard Apple has fixed a bug in iOS and iPadOS which was apparently being…
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Still use Skype at work? Bad news, hackers are targeting it with dangerous malware
Criminals found using Skype to deliver images hiding malware Victims were mostly SMBs in the Middle East The malware is new, but seems to have distant relatives Cybercriminals have been found using Skype messenger to deliver Remote Access Trojans (RAT) malware, compromising victim’s computers and opening the doors for devastating…
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Hacker behind “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire Botnet which carried out over 370,000 attacks arrested
A 22-year-old Ethan Foltz was recently arrested He’s being suspected of building, and renting, an enormous DDoS-for-hire botnet called Rapper Bot Since the arrest, there were no reports of new Rapper Bot activity A 22-year-old Alaskan man has been arrested under the suspicion of building, maintaining, and renting “one of…
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