The Record reports: Online networks of teenage boys “dedicated to inflicting harm and committing a range of criminality” are among the most significant concerns for British law enforcement, officials announced this week. Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is warning of a “new generation of young, English-speaking cyber criminals” who are “predominantly teenage boys that often […]
The Washington Post reports: If you’re one of the 15 million people who shared your DNA with 23andMe, it’s time to delete your data. The genetic information company, best known for its saliva test kits, announced Sunday that it is headed to bankruptcy court to sell its assets. And 23andMe’s financial distress prompted California Attorney General Rob […]
Analytics Insight explains the risk to consumers and what individuals and companies can do to protect themselves: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have warned Gmail and Microsoft Outlook users of an emerging ransomware threat called Medusa. The ransomware-as-a-service has been in operation since 2021 and has recently affected hundreds […]
Back in May 2024, the FBI issued a warning about the increasing threat of cybercriminals using AI in their scams to make it difficult for users to spot. Unilad reports: Cybercriminals are seemingly using all the right tricks to take advantage of innocent web users and recently, they have been targeting Gmail customers, which sees them use AI […]
Mobile phone owners are strongly advised to install the latest security update ASAP The Irish Sun reports: ANDROID users have been told to update their phones immediately to fix two bugs that allowed hackers to hijack devices. One bug, which meant hackers could install malware or steal files from devices without even needing a password, […]
Siri may have sounded benevolent, but was she really recording you without your knowledge or consent and then sharing what she learned? Agence France-Press reports: Apple has agreed to pay US$95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing its digital assistant Siri of listening in on users’ private conversations. The proposed settlement filed in an Oakland, California, […]
Have you ever been approached by someone offering you money for a picture of yourself and your identity documents like your passport? Did you take them up on their offer? Forbes reports: Update, Dec. 26, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 25 now includes a breakdown of the know your customer attack threat methodology that […]
If you’re still using default passwords or easy-to-brute-force passwords, your days are numbered. Boing Boing reports: Read more at BoingBoing.
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has some interesting findings about how many consumers either do not know how to protect their information when they are getting rid of old devices or aren’t concerned enough: New figures reveal that three in 10 UK adults (29%) don’t know how to wipe their personal information from an […]
The U.S. may not have totally kicked China-affiliated Salt Typhoon out of U.S. telecommunication systems, a new publication by CISA explains. Politico reports that CISA and the FBI are advising people to use encrypted communications: Jeff Greene, [executive assistant director of cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency], strongly urged Americans to “use your […]
