Suspected Iranian state hackers use new malware to target Israeli organizations
A new campaign by the suspected Iranian state hacking group MuddyWater is targeting organizations in Israel and across the Middle East with a previously unseen custom backdoor, according...
AT&T reportedly paid ransom for deletion of stolen call logs after culprit allegedly detained
The scale of AT&T’s data breach continued to widen over the weekend, with reports emerging that AT&T paid a $370,000 ransom to a hacker who obtained the logs...
Patagonia invaded privacy by using AI to analyze customer service interactions, lawsuit alleges
The outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia is being sued for allegedly breaking California privacy law due to its partnership with an artificial and data intelligence company, which plaintiffs say...
New HardBit Ransomware 4.0 Uses Passphrase Protection to Evade Detection
Jul 15, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Data Protection
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new version of a ransomware strain called HardBit that comes packaged with new obfuscation techniques to...
Russian student sentenced to 5 years for collecting sensitive military data for Ukraine’s security...
A Russian student was found guilty Thursday of passing the locations of Russian troops to Ukraine’s security service (SBU), and was sentenced to five years in a maximum...
EU threatens Musk’s X with a fine of up to 6% of global turnover
The European Commission formally told Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Friday that it believed the company was in breach of the bloc’s tech regulations...
Hackers stole ‘nearly all’ call logs over six months from AT&T
Metadata from “nearly all” call logs and texts made by AT&T customers over a six-month period in 2022 was stolen by hackers who breached the telecom’s data storage...
Apple warns Indian iPhone users of possible ‘mercenary spyware’ attack
The daughter of and media adviser to the president of an Indian state political party is one of the most recent targets in the country’s long history of...
Macau government websites hit with cyberattack by suspected foreign hackers
At least five Macau government websites were knocked offline by suspected foreign hackers for almost an hour earlier this week, several Chinese media outlets reported, citing local security...
Scammers harness AI and deepfakes to sell bogus ‘miracle cures’ on Meta platforms
Health-related scam campaigns powered by artificial intelligence and deepfake videos have been saturating Meta platforms and reaching millions of people worldwide, according to research released Wednesday. The...
