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Cyberattack Disrupts Operations at Frontier Communications
The parent company of Frontier Communications, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the US, reported that on April 14 a cyberattack led to the disruption of many company operations. After detecting a third-party intr...
Brute-Force Cyberattacks Target VPN & Other Services
Cybersecurity firm Cisco Talos warned on April 16 that cybercrime groups have been targeting VPN (virtual private network), SSH (secure socket shell), and web app services with global, brute-force cyberattacks since March. The att...
LastPass Users Fall Victim to Sophisticated Scam
LastPass is alerting its users about a malicious campaign using the CryptoChameleon phishing kit.
This kit allows cybercriminals to build counterfeit websites that mimic legitimate services, featuring genuine-looking graphics and...
Global Crackdown on Phishing Empire: LabHost Platform Shut Down
In a sweeping international law enforcement effort, a major online platform known as LabHost, which has been instrumental in supplying cybercriminals with phishing kits, has been dismantled. The operation, led by the Metropolitan...
Survey Reveals American Travelers Grapple with Online Privacy
A recent survey from ExpressVPN reveals that while over 80% of American travelers worry about their privacy, nearly half still share their locations on social media when they travel.
The company surveyed 2,000 U.S. respondents and...
Hackers Attempt To Bribe Telecom Employees To Help Them Swap SIM Cards
Employees for telecom companies such as Verizon and T-Mobile are reporting that scammers are attempting to bribe them to help them with SIM-swapping attacks.
SIM swapping gives hackers your phone number, allowing them to bypass yo...
YouTube Steps Up Efforts to Stop Ad Blockers
YouTube announced on Monday that it’s strengthening measures against third-party ad-blocking apps that violate its terms of service.
YouTube’s latest initiative to combat ad blocking was announced last fall when the company began...
Iranian Cyber Group Claims Cyberattack on Israel Prior to Missile Attack
Just hours before Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel on April 13, the Tehran-backed cyber group Handala claimed in a Telegram post that it had infiltrated Israel’s air defense systems.
“You have only a few hou...
Data of Critical Infrastructure Organizations Compromised
The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported on April 11 that data belonging to customers of data analytics company Sisense was recently compromised. CISA urged all Sisense customers to change their passwo...
NSA Issues New Guidance for Securing AI Systems
The US National Security Agency (NSA) released a cybersecurity information (CSI) sheet on April 15 aimed at helping private defense and security companies securely implement AI systems developed by other organizations. The NSA, th...