02 Apr Omni Hotels experiencing nationwide IT outage since Friday Omni Hotels & Resorts has been experiencing a chain-wide outage that brought down its IT systems on Friday, impacting reservation, hotel room door lock, and point-of-sale (POS) systems. […]
02 Apr New Chrome feature aims to stop hackers from using stolen cookies Google announced a new Chrome security feature called ‘Device Bound Session Credentials’ that ties cookies to a specific device, blocking hackers from stealing and using them to hijack users’ accounts. […]
01 Apr India rescues 250 citizens enslaved by Cambodian cybercrime gang The Indian government says it rescued and repatriated 250 citizens who sought jobs in Cambodia, only to be forced into conducting cybercrime once they arrived. […]
01 Apr Google now blocks spoofed emails for better phishing protection Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don’t meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks. […]
01 Apr OWASP discloses data breach caused by wiki misconfiguration The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach after some members’ resumes were exposed online due to a misconfiguration of its old Wiki web server. […]
01 Apr Yacht retailer MarineMax discloses data breach after cyberattack MarineMax, self-described as one of the world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailers, says attackers stole employee and customer data after breaching its systems in a March cyberattack. […]
01 Apr FTC: Americans lost $1.1 billion to impersonation scams in 2023 Impersonation scams in the U.S. exceeded $1.1 billion in losses last year, according to statistics collected by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a figure that is three times higher than in 2020. […]
31 Mar DinodasRAT malware targets Linux servers in espionage campaign Security researchers have observed Red Hat and Ubuntu systems being attacked by a Linux version of the DinodasRAT (also known as XDealer) that may have been operating since 2022. […]
30 Mar AT&T confirms data for 73 million customers leaked on hacker forum AT&T has finally confirmed it is impacted by a data breach affecting 73 million current and former customers after initially denying the leaked data originated from them. […]
30 Mar Vultur banking malware for Android poses as McAfee Security app Security researchers found a new version of the Vultur banking trojan for Android that includes more advanced remote control capabilities and an improved evasion mechanism. […]