Category Archives: Technology

Twitter data breach: Social engineering attack made a mockery of security controls

On Thursday morning, millions of Internet users all over the world woke up to the [...]

Cloud Configuration Error Exposes 260,000+ Actors

More than 260,000 actors have had their personal data exposed thanks to yet another misconfigured [...]

Walmart Sued Under CCPA After Data Breach

Walmart has become the latest big-name brand accused of violating California’s new data breach regulations. [...]

Data Breach at Texas Benefits Recovery Firm

The personal data of over a quarter of a million people has been exposed following [...]

Microsoft Research Develops Invisible Cloud Malware Scanner

Microsoft Research has developed a system called Project Freta to do scan thousands of virtual cloud machines for [...]

Billions of Banking and Social Media Credentials Available Online

Around 15 billion credentials are in circulation in cyber-criminal marketplaces. According to new research from Digital Shadows, a [...]

Fraudsters Conducting Malvertising Campaign Via Inactive Domains

A number of inactive websites have been compromised and are redirecting visitors to unwanted URLs, [...]

Cyber-Attack Downs Alabama County’s Network

A suspected ransomware attack has caused the temporary closure of an Alabama county’s computer network. [...]

Researchers Find New Calendar-Based Phishing Campaign

Researchers have once again spotted crooks using calendar invitations to mount phishing attacks. The Cofense Phishing Defense [...]

Online Learning Platform Exposes Data on One Million Students

Over one million North American students have had their data exposed after a popular online [...]