Google has recently announced that Gmail for the web is getting client-side encryption for more customers. Already available for some Workspace subscribers, the client-side encryption in Gmail on...
You’d think the time spent working from home in the last two years or so helped netizens across the planet figure out how to master the world of WWW in a more efficient manner. But new research...
PayPal has officially announced the support of passkeys, as the company wants to increase the security of user accounts and therefore provide customers with a more secure method of logging in. St...
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The next iteration of Grand Theft Auto made the headlines the past weekend following a major leak that provided the world with an early look at the highly anticipated game. Needless to say, given...
Revolut has recently been the target of a cyberattack, with the company confirming in emails sent to customers that a small number of user accounts have actually been exposed. Worth knowing is th...
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LastPass has provided more information on the security incident that was discovered earlier this year, and in an update published this week, the company says that it was managed to confirm that h...
LastPass has publicly acknowledged a security incident, revealing that a developer account was compromised, with cybercriminals managing to access portions of the source code and some proprietary...
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Google has released an emergency security update for Google Chrome, as the company is patching a 0-day vulnerability in the browser. While not too many specifics have been offered, the vulnerabil...
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Mozilla has just released a new Firefox version, and this time, the minor revision is actually pretty big news in terms of security. This is because the new update, which brings the browser to ve...
One of the benefits of using a VPN service to connect to the web is the enhanced privacy, as such a solution basically makes it possible to stay anonymous and without revealing any information ab...
A group of hackers known as Recursion Team has reportedly been involved in a 2021 scheme that convinced Meta and Apple to share basic customer data. The whole thing was possible after the hackers...
Signal has long been considered one of the most secure messaging platforms, but a few days ago, rumors circulating online indicated the service got hacked and the data of users ended up exposed t...
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Bug bounty programs have become an essential tool in the security arsenal of every large company out there, as researchers are therefore encouraged to submit their findings in exchange for financ...
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Contacless Mastercard and Maestro PINs can be bypasses due to a new vulnerability discovered by Swiss College of Engineering in Zurich, according to Cybersecurity News. The key aspect of the fl...
Following sophisticated cyberattacks that targeted critical infrastructure, organizations and governments around the world, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, IBM and Google pledged to invest a total of $...
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Microsoft issued a warning about a huge phishing campaign that uses open email links to steal credentials, according to The Hacker News. An old idiom advises us to work smart, not hard and nobody...
With an average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.24 million, still some companies fail to see the full picture and don't meet modern cybersecurity standards, according to Tri...
Microsoft sent out a warning to thousands of cloud computing customers regarding threat actors that can view, modify, or even delete master databases if they gain access to their systems, accordi...
A vpnMentor investigation found that a 134 GB server owned by EskyFun is exposed and user data was leaked for game titles such as Metamorph M, The Three Kingdoms Legend, Adventure Story, Rainbow ...
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Cybercriminals are launching a new scam to take advantage of the release of Kanye West's Donda album by distributing malicious fake downloads on the Internet, according to Tech Republic. Cyberse...
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Over the course of September 2019 to April 2021, Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 monitored firewall traffic and phishing sites detected by URL filters. The number of new phishing pages per week incre...
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Two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Unitrends backup and continuity service have been patches by Kaseya recently, according to The Hacker News. Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (...
A new report titled SANS 2021 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report contains alarming information gathered from 480 individuals in various industries. Organizations that use operational technology (OT) and...
Linux-based machines that are directly connected to the Internet can be targets for attackers who can quickly push potentially dangerous web-based shells, ransomware, Trojans, and other malicious...
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Following reports of personal data leaked online from the entire population, a small Swiss town revealed that it had misjudged the seriousness of the cyber attack late in the day before, accordin...
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden will meet with top executives from some of the country's largest technology and financial companies, as the White House seeks private sector backing for a unifie...
Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) gangs have resumed their hacking activities, with one of the attacks targeting an American computer retailer using an unknown backdoor referred to as Side...
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FluBot Android malware is back and already launched several attacks outside the regular geographical region of impact, according to Cyware. Recently conducted research into the FluBot banking m...
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A mistake by a health care worker resulted in the leaking of medical information of about 12,000 patients. The phishing attack took place on June 21 and lasted only 45 minutes, according to The S...
In an unexpected data leak, more than 38 million records from 47 organizations using Microsoft's gateway platform Power Apps were accidentally published online, according to The Hacker News. Th...
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