Consumer Alerts
November 20, 2024
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Update now! Apple releases software to patch critical security flaws

No joke — update promptly because these vulnerabilities are being actively exploited. Apple is urging users to promptly apply the iOS 18.1.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, and the older iOS 17.7.2 updates across all devices in the Apple ecosystem. NewsBytes summarizes the issues: In a move to protect its users, Apple has pushed critical security updates for its macOS and iOS platforms, […]

Consumer Alerts
November 18, 2024
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Hackers are exploiting Microsoft 365 to send extortion emails

PCWorld reports that in the past week, a number of people have started receiving extortion demands that were sent via emails from the Microsoft 365 Message Center. These emails are demanding users to pay $2,000 worth of cryptocurrency to a specific address, under the threat of stealth nude webcam photos of them being leaked to […]

Consumer Alerts
September 16, 2024
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Hackers Force Chrome Users To Hand Over Google Passwords, Here’s How

Forbes reports: Newly published research has revealed how threat actors are using a devious new technique to force Chrome browser users to reveal their Google account passwords out of nothing more than sheer frustration. The credential-stealing campaign, which uses malware called StealC, locks the user’s browser in kiosk mode while blocking both the F11 and […]

News, Consumer Alerts, Data Breach News
September 13, 2024
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FBI and CISA Release Joint PSA, Just So You Know: False Claims of Hacked Voter Information Likely Intended to Sow Distrust of U.S. Elections

Released: September 12, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, as part of their public service announcement (PSA) series to put potential election day cyber related disruptions during the 2024 election cycle into context for the American people, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly issued the Just So You Know: False Claims of Hacked Voter […]

Data Breach News, Consumer Alerts
August 16, 2024
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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

Questions continue to abound following a data leak that reportedly contained 2.9 billion records with Americans’ personal information. Investigative journalist Brian Krebs summarizes what is known about the data in the breach, its authenticity, and the company behind the data. HaveIBeenOwned.com’s Troy Hunt analyzed the leaked data and found it is a somewhat disparate collection of consumer and […]

Data Breach News, Consumer Alerts, News
August 11, 2024
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2.9 Billion Records With Personal Info About US, Canada, and UK Persons Was Leaked on a Hacking Forum; The Data Owner Has Been Silent

If verified, one of the largest breaches ever of personal information of Americans, Canadians, and UK persons went up for sale on a hacking forum on April 7. While researchers and analysts watched and started investigating the listing, the background checks firm allegedly responsible for the data remained silent, neither confirming nor refuting the claimed […]