31 May

Twitch ditches Safety Advisory Council, relaunches with vetted ‘ambassadors’

Twitch has reportedly dismantled its Safety Advisory Council, and apparently plans to replace the panel with chosen “ambassadors.” That council, formed in 2020 “to enhance

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31 May

Snowflake denies miscreants melted its security to steal data from top customers

Infosec analysts at Hudson Rock believe Snowflake was compromised by miscreants who used that intrusion to steal data on hundreds of millions of people from

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31 May

Fake Bahrain Government Android App Steals Personal Data Used for Financial Fraud

Authored by Dexter Shin Many government agencies provide their services online for the convenience of their citizens. Also, if this service could be provided through

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31 May

US senator claims UnitedHealth’s CEO, board appointed ‘unqualified’ CISO

Serial tech and digital privacy critic Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) laid into UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) CEO for appointing a CISO Wyden deemed “unqualified”– a decision

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31 May

Cyber cops plead for info on elusive Emotet mastermind

After the big dog revelations from the past week, the cops behind Operation Endgame are now calling for help in tracking down the brains behind

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31 May

New Nork-ish cyberespionage outfit uncovered after three years

Infosec researchers revealed today a previously unknown cybercrime group that’s been on the prowl for three years and is behaving like some of the more

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31 May

What happens when facial recognition gets it wrong – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video A woman in London has been misidentified as a shoplifter by a facial recognition system amid fresh concerns over the technology’s accuracy and reliability

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31 May

Google to push ahead with Chrome’s ad-blocker extension overhaul in earnest

On Monday, June 3, 2024, some people using Beta, Dev, and Canary builds of Google’s Chrome browser will be presented with a warning banner when

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31 May

FlyingYeti phishing crew grounded after abominable Ukraine attacks

Cloudflare’s threat intel team claims to have thwarted a month-long phishing and espionage attack targeting Ukraine which it has attributed to Russia-aligned gang FlyingYeti. While

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31 May

What You Need to Know About Election Security

As election season approaches, the importance of safeguarding our democratic processes has never been more critical. Ensuring election security is not just the responsibility of

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31 May

Mystery miscreant remotely bricked 600,000 SOHO routers with malicious firmware update

Unknown miscreants broke into more than 600,000 routers belonging to a single ISP late last year and deployed malware on the devices before totally disabling

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30 May

OpenAI is very smug after thwarting five ineffective AI covert influence ops

OpenAI on Thursday said it has disrupted five covert influence operations that were attempting to use its AI services to manipulate public opinion and elections.

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30 May

US Treasury says NFTs ‘highly susceptible’ to fraud, but ignored by high-tier criminals

The US Treasury Department has assessed the risk of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) being used for illicit finance, and has found them wanting for lack of

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30 May

Pretty much all the headaches at MSPs stem from cybersecurity

Managed Service Partners (MSPs) say cybersecurity dwarfs all other main concerns about staying competitive in today’s market. Adding to the already notoriously strained existence of

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30 May

Euro cops disrupt malware droppers, seize thousands of domains

An international law enforcement operation led by Europol has kicked off with the announcement of multiple arrests, searches, seizures and takedowns of malware droppers and

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30 May

Cybercriminals raid BBC pension database, steal records of over 25,000 people

The BBC has emailed more than 25,000 current and former employees on one of its pension schemes after an unauthorized party broke into a database

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30 May

IT worker sued over ‘vengeful’ cyber harassment of policeman who issued a jaywalking ticket

In an ongoing civil lawsuit, an IT worker is accused of launching a “destructive cyber campaign of hate and revenge” against a police officer and

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30 May

How to Protect Yourself From a Spear Phishing Scam

The term phishing is floating all over the news these days. And no, I’m not misspelling the fun sport where you try to reel in

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