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Millions Of Gravatar Fans Face Data Theft As Data Scraping Flaw Is Used Against Them
In 2020, a technique for scraping enormous amounts of data from Gravatar was published by a security researcher. And recently...
State's Website Flaw Costs Millions And Leaks 100,000+ SSNs
It all started when the “Show Me” state showed way too much on their Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)...
BlackByte Ransomware Decryptor Key Returns Data, Foils Ransom Payments
The news is ransomware continues to be a growing threat against industry, critical infrastructure, and individuals alike. Holding...
Does Your State Rate? Top Five Worst States For Cybercrime In The U.S.
Last year was a wild ride for many reasons, least of all the continuing coronavirus pandemic. Hacking levels hit historic highs...
TrickBot Malware Improves Again, Finds New Distribution Channels
Since TrickBot opened its doors five years ago as a credential-stealing banking trojan, it’s made quite a name for itself. But...
Attackers Using Omicron Variant To Phish University Credentials
For those involved in higher education in the U.S. – students, faculty and administrators, lookout for email phishing campaigns...
Phishing Attacks Up-How To Avoid the Bait
The Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report finds phishing shows no signs of slowing down. In 2018, phishing efforts...
From Fitness To QR Scanners -- Malicious Apps Get 300K+ Downloads On Google Play
Just when we hoped it was safe to download apps from Google Play Store again, there’s news of malicious apps hiding there in...
Random WordPress Plugin Attacks Steal Payment Info-1.6 Million And Counting
There is so much cybersecurity news that sometimes, important information gets bypassed. In this case, WordPress is in the news...
Unpatched Zero-Day Access Vulnerability For MS Windows Remains For Over A Month
Microsoft Windows, like many other operating systems, has had its share of ongoing security flaws. For starters, this recent...
The Good News Is…Two International Ransomware Criminals Arrested!
By now we know that in the world of cybercrime, good news is hard to come by. But thanks to the tandem efforts of several law...