X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan's main political rival
It should be a primary goal of democratic states to prevent such concentrations of power, & to ensure that global plutocrats cannot shut off the arteries of democracy. — www.politico.eu/article/musk...
A scammer details how voice phishing groups are abusing Apple's support line to generate “account confirmation” message prompts from Apple to their customers
Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution … Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com , @lilithsaintcrow.com , @metacurity.com , @kryton3298 , @its...
A profile of Brian Krebs, who in the past 20 years has probed and outed some of the worst cybercriminals, including the alleged hackers of Snowflake clients
In the increasingly dangerous world of cybercrime, Brian Krebs faces threats, manipulation and the odd chess challenge Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @nixonnixoff@infosec.exchange . X: @ea...
Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street
The “Nearest Neighbour attack” (very cool name, btw) involves connecting with nearby organizations and using their Wi-Fi networks to reach the main target organization. … @xpnsec.com : This hack is br...
Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info
General Information What Happened? There appears to have been a data … CNET : National Public Data Breach: How to Protect Your Social Security Number Mike Snider / USA Today : National Public Data co...
Google fixes a flaw after hackers bypassed email verification to create “a few thousand” Workspace accounts to access 3rd-party apps via Sign in with Google
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : X: @_prbh . LinkedIn: Brian Krebs . Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot X: @_prbh : Authentication bypass by merely changing the email address during the token verifica...
Experts say CrowdStrike's fix requires deleting a specific file and that cannot be automated at scale, meaning outages could persist for longer than expected
and what the chaos serves to remind us about Katie Collins / CNET : Microsoft Outage: CrowdStrike Update Affects Flights, Hospitals and Businesses Globally Robert Greenall / BBC : Global services slow...
AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers
Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents. On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : Unlawful access of customer data AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Th...
AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers
Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents. On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data CNN : Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed ...
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him
$10 million reward for his arrest Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : Law enforcement agencies identified LockBit ransomware admin and sanctioned him Hannan Mundia / Android Headlines : US indicat...