FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) keys are becoming increasingly popular as a way to secure online accounts and protect against identity theft. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what FIDO keys are, how they work, and what the user experience is like when using them. First, let’s talk about what FIDO keys are. …
Nearly 500 million WhatsApp users’ most recent mobile phone numbers are purportedly being sold by someone. Cybernews’ analysis of a data sample suggests that this is true. On November 16, a hacker advertised on a well-known hacking site that they were offering a database with 487 million WhatsApp user mobile numbers as of the year …
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WhatsApp is stuck on ‘connecting’ for users worldwide. It’s the first major WhatsApp outage since last year. Meta’s Service Whatsapp is Down. Many people use WhatsApp, a well-known messaging service owned by Meta, to send rapid texts. However, there may be a problem. There are currently millions of WhatsApp users who cannot send or receive …
LESSONS FOR ENCRYPTION DAY Encryption is the process of scrambling information so that it can only be read by those who have access to the keys to unscramble it. End-to-End (E2E) encryption provides the strongest level of security and trust, because ideally only the intended recipient holds the key to decrypt the message. 1. Lessons …
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Conti ransomware attack in Costa Rica Costa Rica has been making headlines over the last few months, especially after President Rodrigo Chaves Robles declared a national state of emergency. The declaration followed a series of ransomware attacks that halted Costa Rica’s economy, affecting several branches of government and the public sector at large. Since many …
Ransomware as a Service(Raas) The phrase “ransomware as a service” (RaaS) describes the practice of using ransomware as a tactic or business model. Ransomware services are sold to customers by organizations like Conti through servers. In order to infect the systems of target organizations at the affiliate or buyer’s request, ransomware developers construct distinctive ransomware …
Data Breach: Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft : The Trilogy – Online game leaked A hacker going by the handle “teapotuberhacker” posted 90 videos containing 50 minutes of in-development game footage to GTAForums on September 18, 2022. The Guardian said that the footage was from various phases of development, with some films being around a year …
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Data Breach: Uber Hacked by 18 year old allegedly-Uber hack 2022 Uber acknowledged reports of a widespread cybersecurity compromise on September 15th. An attacker gained access to the account of an Uber EXT contractor. After the contractor’s device had been infected with malware, revealing those credentials, the attacker likely bought the contractor’s Uber corporate password …
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Cisco Hacked 2022 by Yanluowang Ransomware Gang – Cyberattack Cisco has now stated that the Yanluowang ransomware organization infiltrated their corporate network in late May and that the actor attempted to extort money from them by threatening to post stolen material online. The corporation disclosed that the attackers could only access a Box folder that …
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In this digital age, phishing attacks have become rampant. In this post, I discuss what phishing, whaling, spear phishing, and vishing is, how to protect yourself and how to spot phishing attacks. A phishing attack is an attempt by criminals to trick you into sharing information or taking an action that gives them access to …
