Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known by his handle “Pompompurin”, made his initial court appearance today on a criminal charge related to the creation and administration of the notorious “BreachForums” dark web site. BreachForums hosted the stolen databases of almost 1,000 companies and websites,
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A recent report made by the Surfshark research hub analyzed user data requests made by government agencies towards tech giants Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. The data gathered spanned 177 countries between 2013 and 2021. Not surprisingly, the US and the EU authorities requested the most data.
Italian luxury car manufacturer Ferrari has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that exposed its customers' personal information. The carmaker stated that a threat actor accessed a limited number of systems in its IT environment. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna sent a letter to
The BBC has become the second European news outlet to advise against the use of TikTok on work-issued devices, joining Denmark’s public-service broadcaster DR. The decision comes a week after the UK banned the Chinese video-sharing app on all government-issued devices. The BBC stated that it
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler recently discovered and reported to vpnMentor a non-password protected database that contained nearly 50,000 records. The publicly exposed documents were invoices belonging to a special education and behavioral health service provider for school children. Upon
Google's Project Zero, a team dedicated to studying and reporting vulnerabilities, has identified 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung's Exynos chipsets used in various Android devices, including mobile devices, wearables, and vehicles. Four of the most severe vulnerabilities detected allow
NordVPN has announced the release of three of its products under an open source license. This includes the entire NordVPN Linux application, the Libtelio networking library (which is used across all NordVPN apps), and the Libdrop library, which is critical to NordVPN’s Meshnet file-sharing service.
DISH customers continue to face issues as the American TV and satellite broadcast provider reels from the cyberattack that wreaked havoc over two weeks ago. Customers still encounter problems accessing their DISH accounts and services, and are still in the dark as to whether their personal data was
Independent Living Systems (ILS), a Florida-based company that offers third-party healthcare administration and managed care solutions, has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 4.2 million individuals. The number of patients affected makes it the most significant
The UK government is contemplating a ban on the popular short-video sharing app TikTok for official devices, following concerns about the app's potential privacy risks. Tom Tugendhat MP, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, called on the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to