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SwiftSlicer: New destructive wiper malware strikes Ukraine
Sandworm continues to conduct attacks against carefully chosen targets in the war-torn country
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Why your data is more valuable than you may realize
The data trail you leave behind whenever you're online is bigger – and more revealing – than you may think
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Experian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days
On Dec. 23, 2022, KrebsOnSecurity alerted big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian that identity thieves had worked out how to bypass its security and access any consumer's full credit report -- armed with nothing more than a person's name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number. Experian fixed the glitch, but remained silent about the incident for a month. This week, however, Experian acknowledged that the security failure persisted for nearly seven weeks, between Nov. 9, 2022 and Dec. 26, 2022.Mastodon vs. Twitter: Know the differences
Looking for an alternative to Twitter and thinking about joining the folks flocking to Mastodon? Here’s how the two platforms compare to each other.
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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty
Denis Emelyantsev, a 36-year-old Russian man accused of running a massive botnet called RSOCKS that stitched malware into millions of devices worldwide, pleaded guilty to two counts of computer crime violations in a California courtroom this week. The plea comes just months after Emelyantsev was extradited from Bulgaria, where he told investigators, “America is looking for me because I have enormous information and they need it.”5 valuable skills your children can learn by playing video games
Gaming can help your children build and sharpen a range of life skills that will stand them in good stead in the future
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Access Hours of Payment Security Industry Insights
The PCI SSC Global Content Library is now available! The PCI SSC Global Content Library is home to hours of video content from our Global Community Events, covering topics on industry trends, strategies on best practices, and solutions for anyone within the payment ecosystem. Learn directly from Council executives and industry experts as they share their knowledge with you!
Hybrid play: Leveling the playing field in online video gaming and beyond
Does VALORANT’s approach to cheating signal a turning point in how we deal with the continued hacks afflicting our hybrid world of work and play?
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Ransomware payments down 40% in 2022 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Ransomware revenue plunges to $456 million in 2022 as more victims refuse to pay up. Here's what to make of the trend.
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New T-Mobile Breach Affects 37 Million Accounts
T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. In a filing with federal regulators, T-Mobile said an investigation determined that someone abused its systems to harvest subscriber data tied to approximately 37 million current customer accounts.Tech support scammers are still at it: Here’s what to look out for in 2023
Hello, is it me you’re looking for? Fraudsters still want to help you fix a computer problem you never had in the first place.
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Australia to consider European-style right to be forgotten privacy laws
Attorney general promises ‘whole range’ of modernisations of the Privacy Act to follow new customer data protection laws
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The right to be forgotten and a right to sue for privacy breaches will be considered for the next tranche of Australian legislation, the attorney general has said.
Mark Dreyfus made the comments on Monday, promising to consider European-style privacy reforms after his bill increasing penalties for companies that fail to protect customer data passed in 2022.
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Continue reading...Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.
Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire services attempt to hide their true identities and location. Proprietors of these so-called “booter” or “stresser” services — designed to knock websites and users offline — have long operated in a legally murky area of cybercrime law. But until recently, their biggest concern wasn’t avoiding capture or shutdown by the feds: It was minimizing harassment from unhappy customers or victims, and insulating themselves against incessant attacks from competing DDoS-for-hire services. And then there are booter store operators like John Dobbs, a 32-year-old computer science graduate student living in Honolulu, Hawaii. For at least a decade until late last year, Dobbs openly operated IPStresser[.]com, a popular and powerful attack-for-hire service that he registered with the state of Hawaii using his real name and address. Likewise, the domain was registered in Dobbs’s name and hometown in Pennsylvania. The only work experience Dobbs listed on his resume was as a freelance developer from 2013 to the present day. Dobbs’s resume doesn’t name his booter service, but in it he brags about maintaining websites with half a million page views daily, and “designing server deployments for performance, high-availability and security.” In December 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice seized Dobbs’s IPStresser website and charged him with one count of aiding and abetting computer intrusions. Prosecutors say his service attracted more than two million registered users, and was responsible for launching a staggering 30 million distinct DDoS attacks.Paving the Way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A Q&A featuring Susanne Faustini
Building meaningful relationships with her customers is one of Susanne Faustini’s proudest accomplishments. And, as Susanne explains, relationship-building through networking is foundational to success, particularly for women who are interested in pursuing a career in payments or technology. In this edition of our blog, Susanne credits her longevity at Mastercard to those important relationships and to the various opportunities and programs for women that her company offers to ensure her success.
Top 10 Venmo scams – and how to stay safe
Don’t be the next victim – here's what to know about some of the most common tricks that scammers use on the payment app
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Hybrid commerce: Blurring the lines between business and pleasure
It is now acceptable to find a job on a dating app!
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Hacked! My Twitter user data is out on the dark web -- now what?
Your Twitter user data may now be out there too, including your phone number. Here's how to check and what you can do about it.APT group trojanizes Telegram app – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
StrongPity's backdoor is fitted with various spying features and can record phone calls, collect texts, and gather call logs and contact lists
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Introducing IPyIDA: A Python plugin for your reverse‑engineering toolkit
ESET Research announces IPyIDA 2.0, a Python plugin integrating IPython and Jupyter Notebook into IDA
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Now you can legally repair your tech – sort of
A new law portends a future where (we hope) it will be easier for us all to repair, fix, upgrade, and just tinker with things we already own
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