The 2024 Sophos Threat Report: Cybercrime on Main Street
Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:28 +0000
Ransomware remains the biggest existential cyber threat to small businesses, but others are growing.
Read moreData brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare
Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly what categories of information they trade in.
Read moreIncognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:19:36 +0000
Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of users who refuse to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000. The bold mass extortion attempt comes just days after Incognito Market administrators reportedly pulled an “exit scam” that left users unable to withdraw millions of dollars worth of funds from the platform.
Read moreGoing viral shouldn’t lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell: Lock and Code S05E06
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Leigh Honeywell about the cybersecurity defenses to online harassment.
Read moreAirbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras
Credit to Author: Amanda Hoover, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:38:41 +0000
Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy.
Read moreGoogle Is Getting Thousands of Deepfake Porn Complaints
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web. With the complaints covering nearly 30,000 URLs, experts say Google should do more to help.
Read moreInternational Women’s Day: Expanding cybersecurity opportunities in the era of AI
Credit to Author: Vasu Jakkal| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000
March is Women’s History Month so let’s reflect on the progress made in encouraging more women to explore cybersecurity roles and consider the ways AI will support more diversity in the industry.
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Read moreRussian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data.
Read morePatch now! VMWare escape flaws are so serious even end-of-life software gets a fix
The flaws could allow an attacker with privileged access to a guest VM to access the hypervisor on the host.
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