Online scam targets gift cards and loyalty cards Over 100,000 inboxes are the target of an under the radar approach to extracting small amounts of funds from giftcards, credits, and other valuables that show up in people’s inboxes. This cybercrime…

At a productive White House meeting on August 25th, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM and others committed to significant efforts in the cybersecurity area. Google plans to invest more than 10 billion to strengthen cybersecurity and train 100,000…

Cyber experts warn that Chinese tech giant Tuya’s IOT products may be a high security risk. Tuya makes products that have been incorporated into many of today's, smart devices including smart TVs, smart home security camera, home thermostats and…

White Hacker returns millions in cryptocurrency hacked from Poly Network last week. The company has decided to offer the hacker a $500K bug bounty. The white hat hacker had stated that he/she had initiated the hack for fun—and was motivated to…

The UK National Security Centre recommends using three random words as passwords because they are easy to remember and are often stronger that the combinations of letters and numbers that people are led to create. Their research found that hacking…

Microsoft alerts that the BazaCall attack starts with malicious emails that tricks the users into calling the fake call center. Claiming that a demo service is ending and the user will be charged for a premium service.

The National Cryptologic Foundation Cyber Center for Education and Innovation has just released a great booklet, Outsmart Cyberthreats, on cyber security for Middle and High School students. The scenarios show students how to protect themselves and…

Facebooks takes down over 200 Iranian Hacker Accounts used to target US Military Personnel This week Facebook disabled a sophisticated online cyber espionage campaign by Iranian threat actor AKA Tortoiseshell which was targeting about 200 military…

Kaseya which provides solutions to managed service providers (MSP) was the victim of a ransomware attack on July 2. There were up to 1500 small to medium-sized companies that may have had their systems compromised through their MSP.Kayseya provides…

The PrintNightmare vulnerability is part of the Windows Print Spooler and allows remote code execution. This enables hackers to gain system privileges on a device to install programs, view, change, and delete data and create accounts with full user…

30 million Dell devices are at risk from firmware security issues. Researchers from Eclypsium report that 128 recent models including desktops, laptops, and tablets are exposed. The problems show up in a Dell feature called BIOSConnect which allows…

Former NSA’er Chris Inglis was confirmed by the Senate as the first national cyber director. His job is to make sure that all federal agencies are operating consistent with the national cyber policy. The director will be the Biden administration’s main…

FBI recovers a chunk of the BITCOIN Ransom paid for the Colonial Pipeline ransom attack. The victim contacted the FBI and then agreed to pay the ransom. The FBI was able to track the origin back to a hacking group called Darkside. They followed the…

GOOGLE adds new features to Chrome to detect suspicious downloads. The new protections let the users know if a download from the Chrome Webstore can be considered “trusted.” This is part of its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature and has enabled the…

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Hackers used fake ads on Google to trick users into downloading…

<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">CNA, a US insurance giant, paid $40…