15 Mar Former telecom manager admits to doing SIM swaps for $1,000A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts. […]
15 Mar McDonald’s IT systems outage impacts restaurants worldwideMcDonald’s restaurants are suffering global IT outages that prevent employees from taking orders and accepting payments, causing some stores to close for the day. […]
14 Mar StopCrypt: Most widely distributed ransomware evolves to evade detectionA new variant of StopCrypt ransomware (aka STOP) was spotted in the wild, employing a multi-stage execution process that involves shellcodes to evade security tools. […]
14 Mar StopCrypt: Most widely distributed ransomware now evades detectionA new variant of StopCrypt ransomware (aka STOP) was spotted in the wild, employing a multi-stage execution process that involves shellcodes to evade security tools. […]
14 Mar SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacksSIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target’s phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models. […]
14 Mar Tech support firms Restoro, Reimage fined $26 million for scare tacticsTech support companies Restoro and Reimage will pay $26 million to settle charges that they used scare tactics to trick their customers into paying for unnecessary computer repair services. […]
14 Mar Google Chrome gets real-time phishing protection later this monthGoogle will roll out a Safe Browsing update later this month that will provide real-time malware and phishing protection to all Chrome users, without compromising their browsing privacy. […]
14 Mar French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million peopleFrance Travail, formerly known as Pôle Emploi, is warning that hackers breached its systems and may leak or exploit personal details of an estimated 43 million individuals. […]
13 Mar Windows 11 gets single Teams app for work and personal accountsMicrosoft will soon provide a single Teams Windows and macOS app for all account types that will allow users to switch between work, school, or personal profiles. […]
13 Mar Hackers exploit Windows SmartScreen flaw to drop DarkGate malwareA new wave of attacks by the DarkGate malware operation exploits a now-fixed Windows Defender SmartScreen vulnerability to bypass security checks and automatically install fake software installers. […]