Over the past few weeks, more than 130 million user records, allegedly collected from 14 company data breaches, have been put up for sale on numerous hacking forums. Bleeping Computer reported that the seller, a known data breach broker, claims all the…
Earlier this month, a group of hackers published a massive dataset stolen from various local law enforcement agencies. The data has been labeled BlueLeaks and contains more than 269 GB of thousands of police reports that go back at least two decades fr…
Security researchers have discovered what they believe to be a global surveillance campaign whereby attackers were using malicious Google Chrome browser extensions to steal data and spy on over 100 networks. Threatpost reported that the researchers sus…
One of the things that I miss in these Covid times is the ability to travel regularly to Israel, where my daughter and her family have been living for many years. Often on these visits I would take the opportunity to check in with several security rese…
Security researchers found this week that a core software component in hundreds of millions of IoT devices has 19 hackable vulnerabilities in its code. The buggy code, its actual function to enable the device to connect with any network or the internet…
Researchers have discovered a phishing campaign targeting over a hundred executives at an international company that is part of a German task force creating coronavirus protective equipment. The malicious emails in the campaign redirect users to a phon…
ATMs have long been targets for thieves; several years ago there was the Tyupkin malware, which could control their cash drawers. But a more popular form of attack is carried out via ATM and gas pump card skimmers, which are typically overlays attached…
Last week, Google and the Cybercrime Support Network launched a public service site called Scam Spotter that aims to bring scam awareness and fraud protection to all users, including the least tech-savvy. The site uses an easy-to-read large font and ve…
Rumors that a massive LiveJournal hack occurred several years ago were proven true this week as 26 million stolen credentials from the popular online journaling platform went up for sale on the dark web. ZDNet reported that rumors of the hack have been…
Every week brings more security news and this week is about an interesting piece of Javascript that can run in your browser if you happen to use eBay under a particular set of circumstances. The code can scan your computer and send information ba…