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Failure to Protect Samsung Cloud Accounts Has Allowed Hackers to Blackmail K-Pop Stars
For years now, we have had services like iCloud and Samsung Cloud, which help us back up all our photos, videos, texts, and contacts to the cloud and restore them on another device with a few taps of the screen. Many... Read more
A Password Reset Is Forced Upon Users of the Poloniex Cryptocurrency Exchange After a Credential Leak
Yesterday, we wrote about a recent phishing campaign aimed at PayPal users in Latin America. We talked about how phishers often try to fool victims into thinking that someone is trying to hack their account. The idea... Read more
Google Chrome 79 Comes with Two Major Password Security Features and a Massive Bug on Android
Last week, Google announced the rollout of Chrome 79. With it, the browser vendor introduced a couple of new features that are supposed to help users have a safer online experience, and the PR people were hoping that... Read more
You Can Now Use 'Verified SMS' and 'Spam Protection' on Your Android Messages App
If you think about it, the online threat landscape is, for all intents and purposes, nothing more than a cat and mouse game played by cybercriminals and software vendors' security teams. Here's an example. Some time... Read more
This Phishing Scam Threatens to Hijack Microsoft 365 Accounts Using Fake Voicemails
Microsoft 365 had over 155 million business users in 2018, and with its popularity continuously growing, it is no wonder that hackers find it worth their while to attack users of such services. According to... Read more
Do You Know What 2FA Is? 72% of Americans Do Not
Whether you have an email account or a social networking account, you have an online identity. It is just as important to protect your online identity as it is your physical identity, and while not every person in... Read more
Here's What We Know About the Password Spraying Attacks Conducted by Iranian Hackers
The escalating tension between Iran and the US is understandably front-page news. The situation is extremely complex, and nobody is really sure what's going to happen next. For now, things are relatively peaceful, but... Read more
Watch out for the 'New Login From Unknown Device' PayPal Scam
In late December, researchers from ESET noticed that PayPal users in Latin America were targeted by a phishing campaign that could be going on to this very day. Unfortunately, it's difficult to say how big the attack... Read more
44 Million Microsoft and Azure Users Continue to Use Breached Passwords, New Study Finds
Online companies and services suffer credential stuffing attacks on a daily basis, and the consequences are often quite severe. The threat is looming, and security specialists won't stop talking about it. Something... Read more
If You Are Thinking About Buying Your Kid a Smartwatch from Amazon, You Need to Think Again
As a part of a penetration testing exercise, researchers from Rapid7 recently ordered three smartwatches from Amazon – the Children's SmartWatch, the G36 Children's Smartwatch, and the SmarTurtles Kid's Smartwatch. As... Read more
Whoops! Were You One of the 78% of People Who Forgot Their Passwords in the Last Three Months?
We all know that people use weak passwords. This has been the case pretty much ever since the traditional authentication system we all know and hate came to prominence, and for years, the security community has been... Read more
Sweaty Betty Customers Are Warned About a 'Sophisticated Cybersecurity Incident'
Over the last few months, the name 'Magecart' has been used with increasing frequency by cybersecurity experts. The term was actually coined a while ago, and it has now come to be used as a collective name for the... Read more
Google Blocks Xiaomi From Its Platform Due to a Security Incident
People do tend to overreact to cybersecurity news every now and again, especially when the incident revolves around one of an increasing number of IoT devices that are becoming an integral part of our everyday lives.... Read more
LifeLabs Data Breach Puts About 15 Million Customers' Logins and Passwords at Risk
LifeLabs is one of the biggest laboratory service providers in Canada – a country with a population of just under 40 million people. A successful attack against LifeLabs is bound to put the data of quite a few... Read more
Identity Theft at Birth: 752,000 Applications for Copies of Birth Certificates Were Exposed Online
Whether we like it or not, online companies of all shapes and sizes handle enormous amounts of personal data. Somewhat predictably, they don't always do it very well. Earlier this month, for example, penetration... Read more
1 Billion Passwords and Email Addresses Have Been Leaked. What Does That Mean?
You hear cybersecurity specialists talk about credential stuffing all the time, but have you ever thought about the pure logistics of pulling off such an attack? Credential stuffing (or password stuffing, as it's... Read more
Unpatched VPN Flaws Can Help Hackers Attack Enterprises, Warn NSA and NCSC
Investigations by NSA (National Security Agency) and NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) revealed that particular VPN (Virtual Private Network) services might be under attack from cybercriminal groups known as APT... Read more
German Researchers Prove That Password-Protected PDF Files Can Be Breached
You create a PDF file. You put a password on it to ensure that no one can access the information inside it. You forget about the file and its security, thinking that you are 100% safe. Unfortunately, it was proven by... Read more
