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Cyberattack Disrupts US Grocery Stores and Pharmacies
On Nov. 8, Ahold Delhaize USA, the parent company of grocery chains such as Stop & Shop and Hannaford, experienced a significant cybersecurity breach that disrupted operations across multiple locations. The incident led to pro...
Bitcoin Fog Operator Sentenced to 12.5 Years for Laundering Over $400 Million
Roman Sterlingov, the 36-year-old operator of the notorious cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog, has been sentenced to 12.5 years in a U.S. prison for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for criminal enterprises. Operating fro...
Pixel Phones Just Got Smarter With New AI Features
Google is introducing new AI-powered features for Pixel phones to boost security, with the promise of adding them to Android phones in the near future, too.
The real-time protection features are being rolled out to Pixel 6 or n...
US Warns Employees To Avoid Using Phones
The US government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent out an alert to avoid using cellphones following several major telecom companies getting hacked.
The threat actors reportedly gained unauthorized access to Ve...
UK Resident Faces Over 3 Months For Selling Jailbroken Amazon Fire Sticks
Jonathan Edge, a 29-year-old Liverpool resident, is facing three years and four months for illegally loading and distributing jailbroken Amazon Fire Sticks. This is concurrent with a two-year and three-month sentence for viewing a...
Officials: Trump Not Signing Transitional Agreement Presents Cybersecurity Concern
The Trump administration still has not signed important memorandums of understanding (MOUs) such as the Presidential Transition Ethics Agreement. This MOU is legally required for presidents to sign to create peaceful transfers of...
FBI Warns About A Spike In Hacked Police Emails
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently put out an alert warning the world’s governments and police districts that there’s been a large uptick of stolen police information winding up on hacker forums.
Hackers have be...
Healthcare Under Siege: Ransomware in 2024
Ransomware attacks in the healthcare industry have been on the rise this year. Safety Detectives’ Research Team collected and analyzed data showing a significant increase in attacks in 2024 compared to 2023.
Ransomware groups i...
ExpressVPN Launches New Tool For Data Protection
ExpressVPN, one of the best VPNs on the market, has unveiled a new tool called Identity Defender, to strengthen personal data security for its users. Identity Defender is currently only available to users in the US and offers a ra...
Palo Alto Networks Issues Urgent Warning Over Critical PAN-OS Vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks has issued an urgent advisory regarding a potential critical vulnerability that could allow remote code execution (RCE) through the management interface of their PAN-OS next-generation firewalls.
The cybersec...