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Millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles leak on cybercrime forum
Golem, the hacker who leaked the data of one million Ashkenazi Jews from the 23andMe ancestry service earlier this month has now released 4.1 million more genetic data profiles. The hacker claims they’ve included details of “the wealthiest people living in the US and Western Europe,” including the British Royal family. Read more in my…
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QR Codes Used in 22% of Phishing Attacks
The Hoxhunt Challenge was conducted in 38 organizations across nine industries and 125 countries Read More
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Valve Enhances Steam Security With SMS Verification
The move comes after threat actors compromised developers’ accounts Read More
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Ex-Navy IT manager jailed for selling people’s data on the dark web
A former US Navy IT manager has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison after illegally hacking a database containing personally identifiable information (PII) and selling it on the dark web. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Read More
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US Charge Man with Running Stolen Credentials Marketplace
Authorities believe the E-Root marketplace listed more than 350,000 computer credentials for sale Read More
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Former Uber CISO Appealing His Conviction
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction. Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach, of withholding information about the 2016 incident from the FTC even as its investigators were scrutinizing the company’s data security and privacy practices. The government argued that Sullivan should have…
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North Korean Attackers Exploiting Critical CI/CD Vulnerability
Microsoft has warned organizations using JetBrains TeamCity server to take immediate steps to mitigate this threat Read More
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Why are organizations failing to detect cybersecurity threats?
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. With the changing security landscape, the most daunting task for the CISO and CIO is to fight an ongoing battle against hackers and…
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Hacker Group GhostSec Unveils New Generation Ransomware Implant
The ex-hacktivist group is now fully involved with the ransomware-as-a-service market Read More
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Smashing Security podcast #344: What’s cooking at Booking.com? And a podcast built by AI
How hunting for an aubergine could be all it takes for you to hand your credit card details over to a scammer, and just how good is a podcast entirely built by AI? All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole…