Tag: security
Another reason to upgrade — experts warn Internet Explorer is being used to lure in Microsoft users for data theft
Internet Explorer – Microsoft’s old and long-replaced internet browser, is still being used to deploy malware to people’s devices, experts have warned. A report from Check Point Research (CPR) outlined a new and somewhat unique campaign that saw hackers distributing .URL files. These are Windows Internet Shortcut files, and are…
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AT&T just suffered one of the worst data breaches in years – and nobody’s safe
AT&T has admitted that ‘tens of millions’ of customers were involved in a huge data breach that rocked the telecom titan back in 2022. Although the breach impacted AT&T cellphone customers, the company has since stated that the exposed data did not contain the contents of personal calls and messages,…
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The AT&T data breach can still trace back to you directly – here’s how to stay safe
AT&T has admitted ‘tens of millions’ of customers were involved in a huge data breach that rocked the telecom titan back in 2022. Although the breach impacted AT&T cellphone customers, the company has since revealed the exposed data did not contain the contents of personal calls and messages, and shouldn’t…
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It looks like CDK paid a $25 million ransom in crypto to finally end its outage
CDK Global has apparently paid up in order to end the ransomware attack which recently crippled its operations, and brought a large part of North American car dealership businesses to a screeching halt. Citing multiple anonymous sources familiar with the matter, CNN claims CDK has paid the attackers $25 million…
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Millions of spyware customers exposed in mega data breach
Another spyware company has been breached, with sensitive data held on its customers leaked online, researchers have revealed. This time, it’s the Ukrainian company Brainstack, which builds and maintains mSpy, which currently has around 1.5 million users. The breach came after unidentified threat actors reportedly broke into the company’s Zendesk…
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Two top PDF tools have been found leaking user documents and data online
Two top PDF maker tools, both owned by the same company, reportedly operated a misconfigured database leaking sensitive user data to the wider internet via an exposed Amazon S3 bucket. Researchers from Cybernews claim PDF Pro and Help PDF have so far leaked more than 89,000 documents, and apparently continue…
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