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Ubiquiti fixes glitch that exposed private video streams to other customers
Ubiquity, the networking and video surveillance camera maker, has fixed a bug that users say mistakenly allowed them access to the accounts and private live video streams of other customers.
Why extortion is the new ransomware threat
Cybercriminals are becoming more aggressive in their effort to maximize disruption and compel the payment of ransom demands, and now there’s a new extortion tactic in play.
Vans, Supreme owner VF Corp. says personal data stolen and orders impacted in suspected ransomware attack
VF Corporation, the U.
Tech gifts you shouldn’t buy your family and friends for the holidays
It’s the season to go a little overboard on gift giving.
MOVEit, Capita, CitrixBleed and more: The biggest data breaches of 2023
This year, 2023, was a hell of a year for data breaches, much like the year before it (and the year before that, etc.
Meet the cybercriminals of 2023
Once again we look back at the past year in cybercrime and those who we lost… to the law.
2023 showed cybersecurity isn’t immune from brutal layoffs
Despite a rise in cyberattacks and breaches, the cybersecurity industry is by no means exempt from the uncertainty inspired by the current economy.
It’s not all doom and gloom: When cybersecurity gave us hope in 2023
A funny — but true — joke at TechCrunch is that the security desk might as well be called the Department of Bad News, since, well, have you seen what we’ve covered of late?
Apple Silicon Security Flaw Discovered in iPhone 12 and M2 MacBook Air
A security vulnerability that could allow attackers to access sensitive data has been discovered in some Apple silicon GPUs.
Vans, Supreme owner VF Corp says hackers stole 35 million customers’ personal data
5 million customers in a December cyberattack.
Hackers breached Microsoft to find out what Microsoft knows about them
Wouldn’t you want to know what tech giants know about you?
ICO confirms data breach probe as UK councils remain downed by cyberattack
Three local councils in the United Kingdom continue to experience disruption to their online services, a week after confirming a cyberattack had knocked some systems offline.
NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant
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Europcar says someone likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breach
On Sunday, a user in a well-known hacking forum advertised what they claimed was a cache of stolen data from the rental car giant Europcar.
Stalkerware apps PhoneSpector and Highster appear shut down
The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of illegally promoting spyware that his companies developed.
WhatsApp Working on Interoperability With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
As part of its compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation, WhatsApp is putting the final touches to introducing platform interoperability with other encrypted messaging apps.
Researchers say attackers are mass-exploiting new Ivanti VPN flaw
Hackers have begun mass exploiting a third vulnerability affecting Ivanti’s widely used enterprise VPN appliance, new public data shows.
Hackers uncover new TheTruthSpy stalkerware victims: Is your Android device compromised?
A consumer-grade spyware operation called TheTruthSpy poses an ongoing security and privacy risk to thousands of people whose Android devices are unknowingly…
US health tech giant Change Healthcare hit by cyberattack
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FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users’ browsing data to advertisers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday said it will ban the antivirus giant Avast from selling consumers’ web browsing data to advertisers after Avast claimed its products would prevent its users from online tracking.
UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hacked by nation state, as pharmacy outages drag on
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Ransomware attack blamed for Change Healthcare outage stalling US prescriptions
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Feds hack LockBit, LockBit springs back. Now what?
Days after it was knocked offline by a sweeping, years-in-the-making law enforcement operation, the notorious Russia-based LockBit ransomware group has returned to the dark web with a new leak site complete with a number of new victims.
A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants
A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts.