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Google now blocks spoofed emails for better phishing protection
2024-04-01 20:29

Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don't meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks. Non-compliance may result in email delivery issues, including rejected emails or emails being automatically sent to recipients' spam folders.

OWASP discloses data breach caused by wiki misconfiguration
2024-04-01 19:25

The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach after some members' resumes were exposed online due to a misconfiguration of its old Wiki web server. OWASP says it discovered the Media Wiki misconfiguration in late February following several support requests.

Yacht retailer MarineMax discloses data breach after cyberattack
2024-04-01 18:37

MarineMax, self-described as one of the world's largest recreational boat and yacht retailers, says attackers stole employee and customer data after breaching its systems in a March cyberattack. The Florida-based yacht seller said in a March 12 SEC filing that it didn't store sensitive data in the compromised systems.

FTC: Americans lost $1.1 billion to impersonation scams in 2023
2024-04-01 16:03

Impersonation scams in the U.S. exceeded $1.1 billion in losses last year, according to statistics collected by the Federal Trade Commission, a figure that is three times higher than in 2020. The agency compiled this data based on 490,000 reported scams in 2023.

Shopping platform PandaBuy data leak impacts 1.3 million users
2024-04-01 15:00

Data belonging to more than 1.3 million customers of the PandaBuy online shopping platform has been leaked, allegedly after two threat actors exploited multiple vulnerabilities to breach systems. According to data breach aggregation service Have I Been Pwned, 1,348,407 PandaBuy accounts have been exposed in the breach.

Nearly 3M people hit in Harvard Pilgrim healthcare data theft
2024-04-01 14:45

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2024-04-01 14:19

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Indian Government Rescues 250 Citizens Forced into Cybercrime in Cambodia
2024-04-01 13:51

The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into running cyber scams. The Indian nationals "were lured with...

Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster
2024-04-01 13:15

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AT&T admits massive 70M+ mid-March customer data dump is real though old
2024-04-01 12:34

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