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Hackers Steal Steam Account Credentials in Phishing Attacks
Hackers launched attacks to steal Steam login credentials while using an increasingly popular Browser-in-the-Browser phishing method.
This trending attack technique involves creating false browser windows within the active wind...
Bardstown Citizens Lose Internet Access Following Ransomware Attack
A ransomware attack by unknown perpetrators last week cut off internet services in the city of Bardstown, Ky. The city advised residents to change email passwords and monitor bank statements as it determines if hackers stole citiz...
Renowned Cybersecurity Technologist Peter Eckersley Passes Away at 43
Peter Eckersley, renowned technologist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), passed away at age 43 last week following a brief illness. The EFF was a groundbreaking cybersecurity force that fought for online privacy and f...
FBI Instructed Schools on How to Combat Vice Soceity Ransomware Attacks
The FBI, CISA and the MS-ISAC issued a joint advisory on Tuesday to instruct IT administrators for schools on how to defend against Vice Society ransomware attacks.
The education sector, most notably kindergarten through 12th g...
Interpol Shuts Down 'Sextortion' Ring in Hong Kong
Interpol shut down a sexual extortion (sextortion) ring based primarily in Hong Kong that deceived people into downloading a malicious mobile app and stole their contact list. This allowed the cybercriminals to blackmail their vic...
IRS Accidentally Leaks Confidential Data of 120,000 Taxpayers
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) accidentally published confidential data on 120,000 taxpayers in a bureaucratic blunder.
“The IRS recently discovered that some machine-readable (XML) Form 990-T data made available for bul...
Samsung Falls Victim to Data Breach, Exposing User Information
Electronics company Samsung announced last week that it recently fell victim to a data breach that exposed user information. This is the second such incident that Samsung has reported in 2022.
“Today, we are taking a moment to...
Google to Prevent Android VPN Apps from Blocking or Interfering with Ads
Starting in Nov. 2022, Google will prevent Android VPN apps hosted on its Play Store marketplace from blocking or interfering with ads. While the new policy looks to counter data-harvesting VPN services and ad manipulation fraud,...
Neopets Revealed That Hackers Had Access to its Systems for 18 Months
The virtual pet website Neopets released details about the disclosed data breach incident that exposed the personal information of more than 69 million members.
According to its investigation launched on July 20, the company re...
Google Announces New Open-Source Software Bug Bounty Program
Google announced on Tuesday that it will pay security researchers to find and report bugs in the latest versions of Google-released open-source software (Google OSS).
The tech giant’s newly launched Vulnerability Reward Program...