VoIP.ms, Canada’s only VoIP provider, is still struggling with a week-long, massive ransom distributed denial of-service (DDoS) attack. Everything began on September 16th. The company, which provides internet telephony services to businesses across the US and Canada…
South Korean data watchdog fined Microsoft and five other companies, with a combined total of US$75,000. South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission found that each company had failed to protect administrative accounts. This led to the leak of over 119,000…
FSB – the Federal Security Service in Russia, warned “of the threat of targeted computer attacks.” It issued its message for companies, through its National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI). FSB blamed the Biden administration The Russian…
The former CISA director, Chris Krebs, became a consultant for SolarWinds. This comes as a help after the attack infected SolarWinds’ software and spread to important government and private customers.
After the attack, the company hired Krebs to counsult on the…
Home security systems put people at risk, according to a recent F.B.I. announcement. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation mentioned that attackers hack these systems and set them up to place fake emergency calls. The method is called “swatting.”
What is swatting and…
Any user can clear personal data that Facebook collects about her/his activity. The Off-Facebook Activity feature is now available to every user.
After facing worldwide criticism over privacy and data breach controversies, Facebook last summer announced a privacy tool…
Hong Kong announced it would apply tougher penalties for data protection crimes. The decision comes after a serious breach appeared in 2018, at airline Cathay Pacific.
The amendments proposed to the regional government’s Personal Data Ordinance establish fines as a…
Vpnmentor discovered over 1TB of customer data leaked from a huge online retailer. Researchers found the breach in the security of LigthInTheBox – a Chinese online retailer with a significant North American fan base.
Researchers managed to gain access to a…
Chrome warns you if your password was stolen, according to Google’s announcement. So, Google will alert users if their credentials were compromised. The new feature was integrated into Google Accounts. Thus, users have an easy way to check if their login credentials…
Attackers managed to compromise a tobacco web platform in Romania. The British American Tobacco (BAT) is one of the most gigantic manufacturers of nicotine and tobacco products. It seems that everything happened due to a ransomware attack and data breach.
The data breach…
