Category: CYBER SECURITY

The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth...

Cyber-security researchers have discovered six severe vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built vehicle GPS tracker, potentially allowing hackers to track individuals without their knowledge, remotely disable fleets of corporate supply and emergency vehicles, abruptly stop civilian vehicles on dangerous highways, and more. Cyber-security company BitSight said...

The US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for individuals. However, said the lawmakers, the consumer VPN industry is rife with deceptive advertising...

The Italian anti-competition watchdog has ordered a probe against Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in data portability in the country. According to the Italian Competition Authority, Google allegedly hindered interoperability in sharing individuals’ data with other platforms, particularly with a direct marketing...

Avast shared a list of 133 fraudulent apps in March 2021, and after over a year, in June 2022, 84 of them are still active on the AppStore.

Marriott International has confirmed that it has been hit by yet another data breach that exposed staff and customer information.

AstroLocker ransomware has shut down its operation and plans to switch to cryptojacking.

Cybercriminals have infiltrated the British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts to promote cryptocurrency scams and on YouTube, they replaced the British Army's videos with old live streams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Defendants Allegedly Sold Over $88 Million Worth of Stolen Software Licenses

The Justice Department announced today the seizure of six websites as part of ongoing efforts by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to combat copyright infringement.

The U.S. Department of Justice, together with law enforcement partners in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, have dismantled the infrastructure of a Russian botnet known as RSOCKS which hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices around the world.

He stored 3.5 terabytes of stolen content from over 500 victims on cloud and physical storage, with roughly 1 terabyte of the cloud storage dedicated to stolen nude photographs and videos.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a new hardware vulnerability in Apple's in-house silicon M1 chip that powers Macs.