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Google issues warning for all Gmail users
Updated September 1, 2025: Google issued a warning to all Gmail users, but then responded to headlines suggesting that there was any urgent problem or major security concern. Read Geekspin’s coverage, below, and then Google’s statement from September 1. Cyber threat looms for Gmail users following Salesforce data breach Google has issued a stark warning […]
FBI ‘Billion Dollar’ Hacker Warning—Do Not Install This App
Forbes reports on a scam that is costing consumers a lot of money. In this case, just recognizing that a phone call is the start of the scam can save you greatly: This dangerous scam is coming for you or someone you know. That’s the crux of the FBI’s latest warning, as U.S. citizens lose […]
FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’
China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to what a top FBI cyber official told The Register: “There’s a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American,” Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant […]
Senators probe UnitedHealth over ‘predatory’ loan collections
Becker’s Health IT reports that UnitedHealth Group’s allegedly aggressive approach to securing repayment of loans made to providers following their massive data breach now has two senators demanding some answers: Two U.S. senators are pressing UnitedHealth Group for answers on what they deemed “predatory” tactics from the company in seeking loan repayments from healthcare providers […]
A hacker used AI to automate an ‘unprecedented’ cybercrime spree, Anthropic says
The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 companies. NBC News reports: A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find […]
Warning issued after hackers stole Salesloft Drift data
Customers are targeted through compromised OAuth access tokens from Salesloft Drift integrations. IT Pro reports: Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has revealed that hackers harvested user credentials from Salesforce customers in a widespread campaign during the first half of this month. The attacker, tracked as UNC6395, targeted Salesforce customer instances through compromised OAuth tokens associated […]
TransUnion data breach affects 13M+ globally, 4M+ in the U.S.
TransUnion has mailed out notification letters to more than 4.4 million U.S. persons affected by a breach at a third-party application. In its notification to state attorneys general in Maine and California, TransUnion reported that the incident occurred on July 28, 2025, and they learned of it on July 30, 2025. The attack did not […]
DOGE Minions Created Dangerous Live Copy Of Social Security Data, Whistleblower Claims
HuffPost reports: Acolytes of former White House adviser Elon Musk ignored privacy warnings and mishandled sensitive Social Security information, according to a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday. Officials from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency potentially put hundreds of millions of Americans’ sensitive information at risk by copying a critical Social Security database and uploading it to an […]