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FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers — including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent. The fines mark the culmination of a more than four-year investigation into the actions of the major carriers. In…
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The Darkgate Menace: Leveraging Autohotkey & Attempt to Evade Smartscreen
Authored by Yashvi Shah, Lakshya Mathur and Preksha Saxena McAfee Labs has recently uncovered a novel infection chain associated with DarkGate malware. This chain commences with an HTML-based entry point and progresses to exploit the AutoHotkey utility in its subsequent stages. DarkGate, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) developed using Borland Delphi, has been marketed as…
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How to Delete Your Browser History
Until recently, people had little control over how companies used their online data. But, with data privacy now a human right, people are pickier about who can access their data and how they use it. Every time you visit a website by typing its address on the address bar, your browser history holds a…
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Study Reveals Alarming Levels of USPS Phishing Traffic
The top malicious domains attracted over 100,000 hits each, according to Akamai Security Read More
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Judge0 Sandbox Vulnerabilities Expose Systems to Takeover Risk
Tanto Security uncovered three vulnerabilities which could allow attackers to execute sandbox escapes and gain root permissions on host machines Read More
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Voter Registration System Taken Offline in Coffee County Cyber-Incident
Coffee County has discovered malicious cyber-activity on its IT systems, and it reportedly severed its connection to Georgia’s state voter registration system Read More
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT is Breaking GDPR, Says Noyb
European non-profit Noyb has filed a complaint to the Austrian data protection authority (DSB) over OpenAI’s ChatGPT providing false personal information Read More
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Whale Song Code
During the Cold War, the US Navy tried to make a secret code out of whale song. The basic plan was to develop coded messages from recordings of whales, dolphins, sea lions, and seals. The submarine would broadcast the noises and a computer—the Combo Signal Recognizer (CSR)—would detect the specific patterns and decode them on…
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Enhancing Financial Security Through Behavioral Biometrics
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The evolution of tech necessitates stronger cybersecurity. Financial information is appealing to hackers trying to steal identities and commit fraud. These bad actors…
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New UK Smart Device Security Law Comes into Force
IoT manufacturers, retailers and importers must comply with new security legislation, the PSTI act, from today Read More