Category: Cyber Security
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Google Sues App Developers Over Fake Crypto Investment App Scam
Google has filed a lawsuit against two app developers for engaging in an “international online consumer investment fraud scheme” that tricked users into downloading bogus Android apps from the Google Play Store and other sources and stealing their funds under the guise of promising higher returns. The individuals in question are Yunfeng Sun (aka Alphonse…
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Hackers Exploit Magento Bug to Steal Payment Data from E-commerce Websites
Threat actors have been found exploiting a critical flaw in Magento to inject a persistent backdoor into e-commerce websites. The attack leverages CVE-2024-20720 (CVSS score: 9.1), which has been described by Adobe as a case of “improper neutralization of special elements” that could pave the way for arbitrary code execution. It was addressed by the company as part of…
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Google to Delete Billions of Browsing Records in ‘Incognito Mode’ Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
Google has agreed to purge billions of data records reflecting users’ browsing activities to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the search giant tracked them without their knowledge or consent in its Chrome browser. The class action, filed in 2020, alleged the company misled users by tracking their internet browsing activity who thought that it…
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Tuta becomes the first quantum-resistant email service with new hybrid protocol
Tuta claims to be the first secure email provider to offer post-quantum protection in the build-up to Q-Day. As of March 11, 2024, German provider Tuta, formerly known as Tutanota, launched TutaCrypt. It’s a new hybrid protocol that combines conventional encryption and quantum-resistant algorithms. The popular secure email provider claims to be the first to…
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OpenAI Has Released Damning Elon Musk Emails
This may shock you, but I am no fan of Elon Musk. If I wanted, I could go on about my misgivings of the arrogant billionaire for hours. But, one recent event sums up my feelings towards him. You see, back in 2015, Musk and a few of his friends founded OpenAI, a non-profit to…
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Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for FTX fraud
The co-founder and CEO of FTX has been sentenced. FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to a total of 300 months, or 25 years, in prison for seven counts of conspiracy and fraud charges stemming from the collapse of the crypto exchange he started. The judge applied a 240-month sentence and a 60-month sentence to…
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Chrome’s Standard Safe Browsing Now Has Real-Time URL Protection
Chrome’s standard Safe Browsing protections now provide real-time malicious site detection and Password Checkup on iOS now flags weak passwords. Google today announced that the standard Safe Browsing protections in the Chrome browser can now identify bad sites in real time. The real-time protection was previously available if the Enhanced protection mode was enabled in…
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South African pension fund attack admitted by LockBit
South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, which is the largest fund of its kind in Africa, was claimed to have been compromised by the LockBit ransomware operation in an intrusion last month that resulted in operational and pension payment disruptions, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity site Recorded Future. Advertisement Such claims…
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Russian Hackers Use ‘WINELOADER’ Malware to Target German Political Parties
The WINELOADER backdoor used in recent cyber attacks targeting diplomatic entities with wine-tasting phishing lures has been attributed as the handiwork of a hacking group with links to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), which was responsible for breaching SolarWinds and Microsoft. The findings come from Mandiant, which said Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29, BlueBravo, or Cozy Bear) used the…
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Exploiting Africa’s Resources: The Looting Machine
Africa remains a rich reservoir of natural wealth, encompassing rare earth minerals, metals, gold, and hydrocarbons. Despite this abundance, a significant portion of Africa’s populace resides in nations where oil, gas, and minerals hold pivotal economic roles. However, average incomes in these regions persistently lag behind the global average. Moreover, reliance on commodity exports often…
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