Social Blade Confirms Data Breach Exposing PII on the Dark Web
The company confirmed the data does not include any credit card information
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsData breach at Social Blade confirmed. Hacker offers to sell database on underground website
Social media analytics service Social Blade has confirmed that it is investigating a security breach, after a hacker offered its user database for sale on an underground criminal website. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsData breach at Social Blade confirmed. Hacker offers to sell database on underground website
Social media analytics service Social Blade has confirmed that it is investigating a security breach, after a hacker offered its user database for sale on an underground criminal website. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsApple Patches iPhone Zero-Day
The most recent iPhone update—to version 16.1.2—patches a zero-day vulnerability that “may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1.” News: Apple said security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates nation state-backed spyware, hacking and cyberattacks, discovered and reported the WebKit bug. WebKit bugs are often exploited when a […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 16, 2022
GitHub Announces Free Secret Scanning for All Public Repositories
GitHub on Thursday said it is making available its secret scanning service to all public repositories on the code hosting platform for free. “Secret scanning alerts notify you directly about leaked secrets in your code,” the company said, adding it’s expected to complete the rollout by the end of January 2023. Secret scanning is designed to examine repositories […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 16, 2022
Cyber Security Is Not a Losing Game – If You Start Right Now
Reality has a way of asserting itself, irrespective of any personal or commercial choices we make, good or bad. For example, just recently, the city services of Antwerp in Belgium were the victim of a highly disruptive cyberattack. As usual, everyone cried “foul play” and suggested that proper cybersecurity measures should have been in place. […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- December 16, 2022
Secure Email Threat Defense: Providing critical insight into business risk
Attackers specifically craft business email compromise (BEC) and phishing emails using a combination of malicious techniques, expertly selected from an ever-evolving bag of tricks. They’ll use these techniques to impersonate a person or business that’s well-known to the targeted recipient and hide their true intentions, while attempting to avoid detection by security controls. As a […]
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- December 16, 2022
Ex-Twitter employee Gets 3.5 Years Jail for Spying on Behalf of Saudi Arabia
A former Twitter employee who was found guilty of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia by sharing data pertaining to specific individuals has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Ahmad Abouammo, 45, was convicted earlier this August on various criminal counts, including money laundering, fraud, falsifying records, and being an illegal agent of a foreign government. […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsApple Patches iPhone Zero-Day
The most recent iPhone update—to version 16.1.2—patches a zero-day vulnerability that “may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1.” News: Apple said security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates nation state-backed spyware, hacking and cyberattacks, discovered and reported the WebKit bug. WebKit bugs are often exploited when a […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends