Personal information of 533 million Facebook users is now freely available after a database containing the information was put on a low-level hacking forum for free. The database contains full names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and locations.
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a warning about a scam campaign inviting users to fill in a COVID-19 post-vaccine survey to win prizes. DOJ warns that these fake surveys are meant to steal money and personal information.…
In March’s edition of cybersecurity news headlines, there are only three stories to report on. There were no significant hacks or data breaches but some stories did make bigger headlines. A teen hacker responsible for the Twitter bitcoin giveaway scam has been sentenced to three years in prison for his “mastermind” role in the incident that made headlines all over…
A new phishing email campaign is currently going around claiming that you need to change your password, and it’s disguised as an email from WiperSoft. The email is merely a scam trying to trick users into revealing their login credentials, and is in no way associated with the anti-virus program WiperSoft.
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February has been a quiet month in cybersecurity, with relatively few big stories. After a disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 release, game developer CD Projekt Red suffered a serious ransomware attack. More than 30,000 Mac computers were found to be infected with new Silver Sparrow malware. Russian internet company Yandex revealed an internal breach that exposed almost 5,000 email accounts. And FTC…
There is a new Doge giveaway scam going around, claiming that Elon Musk is hosting a Doge cryptocurrency giveaway that promises users to double the amount they send themselves. However, users who send their Doge cryptocurrency would get nothing in return, as this is merely a scam.
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“Within 96 hours I’ll ruin your prestige” is how a recent sextortion email starts. The email is classified a sextortion scam because it falsely claims to have a sensitive video of the email receiver and threatens to publish it if $1450 in Bitcoin is not paid.
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In January’s edition of news headlines, we report on some of the biggest cybersecurity stories that happened in January, 2021. More details emerged on the SolarWinds hack, including who may be responsible, two large-scale law enforcement operations have taken down illegal DarkMarket marketplace and Emotet malware, and Internet’s biggest credit card forum Joker’s Stash announced it’s shutting down.
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Europe’s law enforcement agency Europol has announced that a worldwide operation has disrupted one of the most dangerous malware Emotet. During an operation involving law enforcement agencies from eight countries, investigators have taken control of Emotet’s infrastructure, taking down arguably the most significant botnet in the past decade.
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An active phishing campaign is trying to phish users’ sensitive information by pretending to be UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Users have reported that they are receiving emails supposedly from the NHS about being eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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