July 16, 2024 Just two days after the attempted assassination at a Trump rally, the FBI announced it had gained access to the shooter's phone. The speed and efficiency of this access highlight the growing capabilities of phone-hacking more...
July 16, 2024 Disney is investigating a significant data breach by the hacking group Nullbulge, which claims to have accessed and downloaded thousands of internal communications, including messages about upcoming projects. The group, which positions itself as a more...
July 16, 2024 Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab announced it will cease its U.S. operations starting July 20, following sanctions from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). These sanctions targeted twelve Kaspersky executives, freezing more...
July 15, 2024 Google's Gemini AI has come under fire for scanning private PDF documents in Google Drive without user consent. The issue was brought to light by Kevin Bankston, a Senior Advisor on AI Governance, who reported more...
July 14, 2024 AT&T announced a significant data breach affecting nearly all of its mobile phone customers, marking one of the largest private communications data breaches. The stolen data includes call and text records from May 1, 2022, more...
July 10, 2024 JFrog Security Research team continuously scans public repositories such as Docker Hub, NPM, and PyPI to identify malicious packages and leaked secrets. The company does this as a public service and when weaknesses are found, more...
July 10, 2024 Phishing attacks targeting state and local governments have surged by 360% between May 2023 and May 2024, according to recent research from Abnormal Security. These attacks pose significant risks, as they target critical infrastructure, public more...
July 10, 2024 Here's the letter that has been sent out out to Ticketmaster clients that a reader sent to me. If you have more info on this, please contact us on our "tip line" at editorial@technewsday.ca Anonymity more...
July 8, 2024 A new ransomware group is discovered. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday July 8th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. Starting today I'm taking a few weeks off to enjoy more...
July 7, 2024 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. What should management and IT leaders do when their organization is hit by ransomware? To help answer that question today, I'm more...
