Coronavirus scams and hacking efforts are on the rise. In response, more than 400 cybersecurity experts have joined forces to tackle the problem. The group’s primary objective is to prevent hospitals from getting >>
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The hottest new smartphone chat app is secretly spying on you, so uninstall it right now
Not all mobile messaging apps are equal when it comes to built-in security and privacy protections, so you should be wary of anything new that comes your way no matter how viral it >>
Hackers took over a couple’s Nest devices, raised the temperature to 90°, and blasted vulgar music
In something of a bizarre story that speaks to the risks that can accompany having everyday household objects connected to the internet, hackers recently broke into the smart home system of a Milwaukee >>
Hacker steals data for more than 100 million Capital One users, then brags about it and gets arrested
Just as Equifax is settling an FTC case on the massive data breach from a couple of summers ago, Capital One had to come forward and admit that it suffered a massive breach >>
Florida city agrees to pay hackers $600,000 in bitcoin to get its computer files back
Everyone knows that crime doesn’t pay, or at least that’s what we’re all led to believe. For hackers who broke into the computer systems of a Florida city a few weeks back, crime >>
NYT: Chinese hackers detected and repurposed NSA malware for attacks
An unidentified group of hackers that are referred to as Shadow Brokers posted several NSA hacking tools online in 2016 and 2017. But a new report reveals that some of the NSA’s malware >>
Hackers are passing around a massive collection of 2.2 billion stolen logins
We learned a few days ago that a hacker shared a huge collection of username and passwords, including some 773 million unique accounts and more than 21 million different passwords. “Collection #1,” he >>
The recent ‘Collection #1’ data breach that leaked 773M accounts is only the tip of the iceberg
Reports earlier this week revealed what’s being referred to “Collection #1,” an 87GB pile of data that included no less than 773 million unique email accounts and more than 21 million different passwords. >>
