A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients. On October 21, 2020, the Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center in Finland became the target of blackmail […]
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers — including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent. The fines mark the culmination of a more than four-year investigation into the actions of the major carriers. In […]
A new cluster of activity tracked as “Muddling Meerkat” is believed to be linked to a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor’s manipulation of DNS to probe networks globally since October 2019, with a spike in activity observed in September 2023. […]
Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all its retail stores to contain what it described as a “cybersecurity incident.” […]
The FBI is warning of fake verification schemes promoted by fraudsters on online dating platforms that lead to costly recurring subscription charges. […]
Google blocked 2.28 million Android apps from being published on Google Play after finding various policy violations that could threaten user’s security. […]
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network. […]
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Credential stuffing attacks are hitting firms using Okta ID management solutions, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, April 29, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon. Credential stuffing attacks on organizations that use Okta’s identity and access management solutions have spiked in the last nine days. The company issued that warning on Saturday. It comes […]
Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service (USPS) saw that the traffic to the fake domains is typically similar to what the legitimate site records and it is even higher during holidays. […]
Some Google Chrome users report having issues connecting to websites, servers, and firewalls after Chrome 124 was released last week with the new quantum-resistant X25519Kyber768 encapsulation mechanism enabled by default. […]