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Victoria’s Secret hit by outages as it battles security incident
<p>The fashion retailer’s outages began Monday.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 28, 20251 min read
Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people
<p>The data collector said the stolen data includes Social Security numbers.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 28, 20252 min read
Apple CEO reportedly urged Texas’ governor to ditch online child safety bill
<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal. Abbott has yet to sign the bill. But Apple, alongside Google, has been working […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 23, 20251 min read
Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs
<p>Microsoft and law enforcement announced a coordinated takedown of the Lumma pasword-stealing malware.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 22, 20251 min read
Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats
<p>Signal said today that it is updating its Windows app to prevent the system from capturing screenshots, thereby protecting the content that is on display. The company said that this new “screen security” setting is enabled by default on Windows 11. Signal said that this new feature is designed to protect users’ privacy from Microsoft’s […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 22, 20252 min read
Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests
<p>Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter that one U.S. phone carrier turned over Senate data to law enforcement without notifying the target.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 21, 20253 min read
Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach
<p>The trio of spyware apps — hacked earlier this year — no longer work.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 19, 20253 min read


US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison
<p>The Department of Justice announced Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the hack. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 16, 20251 min read
Coinbase says customers’ personal information stolen in data breach
<p>The crypto exchange giant said the hacker bribed contractors and employees in support roles to steal data. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 15, 20252 min read
White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data
<p>The decision to reverse course comes after an industry lobby group called for the rule change to be withdrawn.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 14, 20252 min read
xAI’s promised safety report is MIA
<p>Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, as noted by watchdog group The Midas Project. xAI isn’t exactly known for its strong commitments to AI safety as it’s commonly understood. A recent report found that the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, would undress photos of women when […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20252 min read


Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft
<p>At the Android Show on Tuesday, ahead of Google I/O, Google announced new security and privacy features for Android. These new features include new protections for calls, screen sharing, messages, device access, and system-level permissions. With these features, Google aims to protect users from falling for a scam, keep their details secure in case a […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20253 min read
GovDelivery, an email alert system used by governments, abused to send scam messages
<p>The state of Indiana attributed the scam emails to a compromised contractor’s account.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20253 min read
Marks & Spencer confirms customers’ personal data was stolen in hack
<p>A ransomware gang reportedly took credit for the data breach.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20252 min read
FBI and Dutch police seize and shut down botnet of hacked routers
<p>U.S. authorities indicted three Russians and one Kazakhstan national for hacking and selling access to a botnet made of vulnerable internet-connected devices.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 9, 20253 min read
Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed
<p>The bill would have required social media companies create encryption backdoors to allow access to users’ private information.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 9, 20251 min read
A timeline of South Korean telco giant SKT’s data breach
<p>In April, South Korea’s telco giant SK Telecom (SKT) was hit by a cyberattack that led to the theft of personal data on approximately 23 million customers, equivalent to almost half of the country’s 52 million residents. At a National Assembly hearing in Seoul on Thursday, SKT chief executive Young-sang Ryu said about 250,000 users […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 8, 20254 min read
PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted
<p>Schools in Toronto and North Carolina are reporting extortion attempts.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 8, 20252 min read
VC firm Insight Partners confirms personal data stolen during January hack
<p>The venture capital firm has over $90 billion in assets under management, including cybersecurity giants.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 8, 20251 min read
CrowdStrike says it will lay off 500 workers
<p>The cybersecurity company said it will lay off 5% of its global workforce. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 7, 20251 min read
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