The Washington Post reports: The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog isinvestigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer — a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols […]
From the Google Threat Intelligence Group: Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new and powerful exploit kit targeting Apple iPhone models running iOS version 13.0 (released in September 2019) up to version 17.2.1 (released in December 2023). The exploit kit, named “Coruna” by its developers, contained five full iOS exploit chains and a total of […]
Former federal prosecutor Tom O’Malley writes: Attention OPM Data Breach Victims (21.5 Million)Thanks to DOGE (https://fedscoop.com/doge-could-end-opm-breach-identity-protections-mark-warner/), the free identity protection monitoring for OPM data breach victims will end this year (https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/10/opm-bringing-protections-for-data-breach-victims-to-an-end/). If you want FREE credit protection FOR LIFE, go to FrozenPii.com. As a retired federal Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) prosecutor, Identity Theft […]
When the spyer becomes the spyee? TechBuzz reports: A hacktivist just turned the tables on half a million people who paid to spy on others. More than 536,000 payment records from customers of phone surveillance apps like uMobix, Xnspy, and Geofinder hit the open web this week, exposing email addresses and partial card numbers of […]
It’s not just those with millions of dollars in cryptocurrency who are at risk of violent kidnappings these days. Bloomberg News recently reported on a terrifying case: The pecking at the sliding glass door awoke Julia Goodwin shortly before midnight. She and her husband, Glenn, retirees in their 60s, first thought the noise might be […]
Action 5 News reports a real-life example of a consumer who was scammed into revealing his cryptocurrency wallet seed phrase — with all-too-sad and predictable results: A Charlotte man lost more than $1 million in cryptocurrency after falling victim to a phone scam that began with a caller claiming to be from a legitimate crypto […]
Ars Technica reports: Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found. The links are sent to people seeking a range of services, including those offering insurance quotes, job […]
The International News reports: Google is discontinuing the use of the Dark Web Report service, which notified users when their own information was available online or on the dark web. This will come to an end as the service stops searching for new results from January 15, and the data will all be deleted by […]
Your personal security may be at greater risk than you knew, thanks to Grok AI. Bitdefender reports: Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, has been found to exhibit more alarming behaviour – this time revealing the home addresses of ordinary people upon request. And, as if that wasn’t enough of a privacy […]
GreyNoise writes: We built something new at GreyNoise Labs, and it started with a question we kept hearing: “How do I know if my home network has been compromised?” It’s not a theoretical concern. Over the past year, residential proxy networks have exploded and have been turning home internet connections into exit points for other people’s […]
