AT&T deploys new account lock feature to counter SIM swapping
The feature is available for both consumer and business accounts.
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Scammers have a new tactic: impersonating DOGE
An email reviewed by Scoop News Group and analyzed by Proofpoint reveals the latest attempt by fraudsters to capitalize on confusion over the Elon Musk-created group.
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Arrest, seizures in latest U.S. operation against North Korean IT workers
The coordinated steps included searches spanning 16 states involving workers who obtained employment at more than 100 U.S. companies.
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Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
A cartel affiliate notified an FBI agent about a hacker who infiltrated cameras and phones to track an FBI official’s meetings, the DOJ inspector general said.
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Slavery, torture, human trafficking discovered at 53 Cambodian online scamming compounds
Pig butchering scams were the most common activity carried out at the facilities identified in the Amnesty International investigation.
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Microsoft security updates address CrowdStrike crash, kill ‘Blue Screen of Death’
Third-party antivirus software will no longer have access to the Windows kernel as Microsoft rolls out changes to reduce IT downtime from unexpected crashes or disruptions.
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Scattered Spider strikes again? Aviation industry appears to be next target for criminal group
Hawaiian Airlines announced a cybersecurity incident Friday as security experts warned of a sector-wide threat.
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Notorious cybercriminal ‘IntelBroker’ arrested in France, awaits extradition to US
Kai West, a 25-year-old British national, is accused of stealing data from more than 40 organizations during a two-year spree.
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Many data brokers aren’t registering across state lines, privacy groups say
An analysis of four states with data broker registry laws found that hundreds of brokers are registered as such in one state but not in others.
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Short-term extension of expiring cyber information-sharing law could be on the table
Time is running short for Congress to renew the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.
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Citrix users hit by actively exploited zero-day vulnerability
The vendor disclosed the critical zero-day in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway nine days after it warned of a pair of defects in the same products.
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Rubrik acquires AI startup Predibase to boost agentic AI offerings
Rubrik executives say the startup will help the company deliver “radical simplicity” in AI models and data management.
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Stealth China-linked ORB network gaining footholds in US, East Asia
The number of devices infected by LapDogs is smaller than other ORBs, but that is likely by design, according to SecurityScorecard researchers.
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Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers
The chamber’s chief administrative officer issued a memo Monday that the messaging app is not approved for official use.
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The ‘16 billion password breach’ story is a farce
Experts told CyberScoop the research 'doesn’t pass a sniff test' and detracts from needed conversations around credential abuse and information stealers.
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Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members
Despite being sentenced to five years in prison, the court released the four men on time served.
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The SAVE database was already a headache for states. Now it’s fueling Trump’s voter fraud allegations.
Experts believe lawsuits are first steps in a larger plan by the White House to create new metrics that lend support to the president’s unproven claims that noncitizens are voting en masse for Democratic politicians.
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Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill
New legislation seeks the creation of a Treasury-led task force to examine and combat AI-fueled scams that trick Americans out of their money.
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Aflac duped by social-engineering attack, marking another hit on insurance industry
Three insurance companies have publicly disclosed cyberattacks in the past week. Scattered Spider, an amorphous band of cybercriminals, has been actively targeting the sector.
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Iran’s financial sector takes another hit as largest crypto exchange is targeted
A $90 million crypto theft from Nobitex marks the second cyberattack on Iran’s financial systems in as many days. Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for both attacks.
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