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Australian e-tailer digiDirect customers' info allegedly stolen and dumped online
2024-10-01 00:26

Full names, contact details, and company info – all the fixings for a phishing holiday Data allegedly belonging to more than 304,000 customers of Australian camera and tech e-tailer digiDirect has...

Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh
2024-09-24 19:45

Four Chocolate Factory trackers cracked the Top 25 in all regions Google, once again, is the "undisputed leader" when it comes to monitoring people's behavior on the internet, according to...

Discover how online fraud can impact your business
2024-09-24 04:30

Recent reports underscore increased fraud losses driven by both old methods and new technologies. As fraudsters exploit advancements in AI and other sophisticated tools, their methods have become...

Microsoft: Exchange Online mistakenly tags emails as malware
2024-08-26 16:53

Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online false positive issue causing emails containing images to be wrongly tagged as malicious and sent to quarantine. [...]

After nearly 3B personal records leak online, Florida data broker confirms it was ransacked by cyber-thieves
2024-08-16 20:45

According to USDoD, the stolen data was collected by NPD between 2019 and 2024. After weeks of silence, and countless people starting to get alerts from privacy and anti-fraud services that their personal info has been leaked, NPD has, in cagey language, confirmed it was compromised and that its data was stolen and shared.

Philippines wipes out its legit online gambling industry to take down scammers
2024-07-24 00:30

President apologizes in advance for job losses The Philippines has decided to dismantle the worst of its offshored industries: the bits that run gambling and scam operations.…

Exchange Online adds Inbound DANE with DNSSEC for security boost
2024-07-17 19:02

Microsoft is rolling out inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online in public preview, a new capability to boost email integrity and security. The SMTP DANE security protocol utilizes a TLS Authentication DNS record to verify the identity of destination mail servers and the authenticity of the certificates used for securing email communication.

Singapore Banks to Phase Out OTPs for Online Logins Within 3 Months
2024-07-15 07:19

Retail banking institutions in Singapore have three months to phase out the use of one-time passwords for authentication purposes when signing into online accounts to mitigate the risk of phishing attacks. The decision was announced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and The Association of Banks in Singapore on July 9, 2024.

CDK Global says all dealers will be back online by Thursday
2024-07-01 19:22

CDK Global says that its dealer management system, impacted by a massive IT outage following a June 18th ransomware attack, will be back online by Thursday for all car dealerships. "We are continuing our phased approach to the restoration process and are rapidly bringing dealers live on the Dealer Management System," CDK spokesperson Lisa Finney told BleepingComputer.

New security loophole allows spying on internet users’ online activity
2024-06-25 10:03

Researchers at Graz University of Technology were able to spy on users' online activities simply by monitoring fluctuations in the speed of their internet connection. This stealthy approach allows the attacker to reconstruct the victim's online activity, posing a threat to their privacy.