Cyber Security Today, Dec. 7, 2022 – Rackspace hit by ransomware, employees are still falling for the fake IT colleague scam, and more
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Rackspace says Microsoft Exchange outage caused by ransomware attack
Rackspace, a cloud computing giant, has confirmed that it has been hit by a ransomware attack, which has left a number of its customers without email access and caused recent outages for its hosted Microsoft Exchange service. “As you know, on Friday, December 2nd, 2022, we became aware of suspicious activity and immediately took proactive […]
Amazon to pay $2 monthly to users to monitor phone traffic
Amazon is providing a discount to its customers. Some Amazon users will now earn $2 per month for agreeing to share their traffic data with the retail giant, according to the agreement. The offer is only available to Amazon Shopper Panel members, an invite-only reward program available to Amazon customers in the United States and […]
Suspects arrested in U.K., Sweden over alleged cybercrime in U.S.
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the unsealing of four indictments charging Akinola Taylor (Nigeria), Olayemi Adafin (United Kingdom), Olakunle Oyebanjo (Nigeria), and Kazeem Olanrewaju Runsewe (Nigeria) with wire fraud conspiracy, filing false claims with the U.S., theft of public money or property, and aggravated identity theft. The four men were arrested in London, […]
Neuralink under investigation for violating animal rights
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Inspector General is investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, for potential animal-welfare violations, following internal staff complaints that its animal testing is rushed, causing unnecessary suffering and deaths. According to reports, the company has killed approximately 1,500 animals since 2018, including over 280 sheep, pigs, and monkeys. […]
Microsoft considers launching super app
According to The Information, Microsoft’s proposed super app, which would aggregate shopping, messaging, web search, news feeds, and other services in a one-stop smartphone app, has been considered in order to break Google and Apple’s grip on the mobile search space. The Windows company hoped to use the super app to boost its ad business […]
EU bans Meta from running ads based on personal data
According to a confidential EU privacy watchdog decision, Meta cannot run advertising based on personal data and will require users’ consent to do so. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a steering body for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), confirmed it had intervened with three binding decisions in three complaints filed by European privacy […]
Two women are suing Apple for AirTag stalking
Two women have sued Apple, alleging that their previous romantic partners used the company’s AirTag devices to track their whereabouts, potentially endangering their safety, and that the company ignored warnings from advocacy groups and news reports. The two women are suing on their own behalf as well as on behalf of others who claim to […]
Open-source ransomware toolkit resurfaces as Accidental Wiper Malware
Fortinet researchers observed a sample of malware with wiper capabilities in the wild created with the publicly available open-source ransomware toolkit, Cryptonite, due to its weak architecture and programming. It also revealed that it never displays the decryption window, instead acting as a wiper. Cryptonite, which shares its name with a Chaos ransomware variant, is […]
Ethereum upgrade to POS reduces power usage
Ethereum’s blockchain power upgrade, the proof of stake (POS) system, has resulted in a 99% reduction in power usage. According to a report published in the scientific journal Patterns. According to the report, the amount of energy saved is equivalent to that used by mid-sized countries such as Ireland or Austria. It was also hailed […]
