Brave Software has announced plans to deprecate the ‘Strict’ fingerprinting protection mode in its privacy-focused Brave Browser because it causes many sites to function incorrectly. […]
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Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure
A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on data. […]
Researchers link 3AM ransomware to Conti, Royal cybercrime gangs
Security researchers analyzing the activity of the recently emerged 3AM ransomware operation uncovered close connections with infamous groups, such as the Conti syndicate and the Royal ransomware gang. […]
Meta won’t remove fake Instagram profiles used for obvious catfishing
Meta seems to be falling short of effectively tackling fake Instagram profiles even when there are sufficient signs to indicate that a profile is misusing someone else’s photos and identity. […]
Meta won’t remove fake Instagram profiles that are clearly catfishing
Meta seems to be falling short of effectively tackling fake Instagram profiles even when there are sufficient signs to indicate that a profile is misusing someone else’s photos and identity. […]
Russian hackers stole Microsoft corporate emails in month-long breach
Microsoft warned Friday night that some of its corporate email accounts were breached and data stolen by a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard. […]
BreachForums hacking forum admin sentenced to 20 years supervised release
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia for operating the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, known for the sale and leaking of personal data for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. […]
Payoneer accounts in Argentina hacked in 2FA bypass attacks
Numerous Payoneer users in Argentina report waking up to find that their 2FA-protected accounts were hacked and funds stolen after receiving SMS OTP codes while they were sleeping. […]
CISA emergency directive: Mitigate Ivanti zero-days immediately
CISA issued this year’s first emergency directive ordering Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to immediately mitigate two Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure zero-day flaws in response to widespread and active exploitation by multiple threat actors. […]
FTC bans one more data broker from selling your location info
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to target data brokers, this time in a settlement with InMarket Media, which bans the company from selling Americans’ precise location data. […]