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T-Mobile is facing a new lawsuit from the Washington State Attorney General over its handling of a 2021 data breach that compromised the personal information of 79 million customers. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, accuses the telecommunications giant of failing to secure its

An emerging Android malware, FireScam, is posing as a premium version of Telegram and spreading via phishing websites imitating RuStore, Russia's alternative app marketplace. Researchers at Cyfirma revealed the malware uses advanced techniques to steal user data. FireScam is distributed through

vpnMentor’s Research Team has recently witnessed a series of events in the Venezuelan digital landscape that have raised concerns about internet freedom, censorship, and political unrest. What’s Important to Know: Venezuela's Supreme Court fined TikTok USD$10 million for failing to prevent

A new law requiring children and teenagers to have parental consent to use social media platforms officially went into effect on January 1st in Tennessee. The legislation, HB1891, passed during the last legislative session, aims to empower parents and protect minors from harmful online

India’s government, on account of its stringent data regulations, has ordered the removal of more than half a dozen VPN apps from Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store. Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1 app, along with Hide.me and PrivadoVPN, are among the affected services. The Indian Ministry

A newly identified vulnerability, labeled “DoubleClickjacking” by security researcher Paulos Yibelo, exploits a timing-based double-click process to bypass clickjacking protections on prominent websites. DoubleClickjacking builds on traditional clickjacking, where users are tricked into clicking

Vietnam has enacted a new internet law (Decree No. 147/2024/ND-CP) that tightens restrictions on online content. Effective 25th December 2024, the legislation mandates swift content removal by tech companies and expands government oversight of digital platforms. The new law, passed earlier in

The Clop ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has compromised at least 66 companies by exploiting vulnerabilities in Cleo Software’s widely used file transfer tools. The gang revealed the partial names of the targeted organizations on its dark web portal, threatening to

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that large language models (LLMs) can generate thousands of new variants of existing malware, which in turn helps the malware avoid detection. By obfuscating malicious JavaScript code, this AI-driven technique challenges traditional malware detection

The vpnMentor Research Team observed the demand for VPN services in Florida experience a significant spike on January the 1st. This increase followed the decision by Pornhub, the most visited adult website in the United States, to prohibit users from accessing their site from within the