PayPal has filed a patent application for a novel method that can identify when “super-cookie” is stolen, which could improve the cookie-based authentication mechanism and limit account takeover attacks. […]
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada’s national police force has disclosed that it recently faced a cyber attack targeting its networks. The federal body has started its criminal investigation into the matter as it works to determine the scope of the security breach. […]
Apple is adding to the iMessage instant messaging service a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol named PQ3, designed to defend encryption from quantum attacks. […]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company’s deceptive “free” online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services. […]
Sony subsidiary Insomniac Games is sending data breach notification letters to employees whose personal information was stolen and leaked online following a Rhysida ransomware attack in November. […]
Google is retiring the standalone Pay app in the United States. Users have until June 4 to transfer the balance to bank accounts. […]
The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the analysis of hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets associated with the operation. […]
U-Haul has started informing customers that a hacker used stolen account credentials to access an internal system for dealers and team members to track customer reservations. […]
Microsoft’s Windows Photos app now has its own generative erase tool that enables users to replace unwanted objects with AI-generated content. […]
US healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group announced that its subsidiary Optum suffered a cyberattack by “nation-state” hackers on the Change Healthcare platform, forcing the company to shut down IT systems and various services. […]