U.S. DOJ warns of fake unemployment benefit websites stealing data

By Habiba Rashid
The United States Justice Department has warned of fake unemployment benefit websites aiming at the personal data of Americans.
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Marketing firm CallX exposed customers data including call recordings

By Habiba Rashid
CallX was using an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket to store audio client files.
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Gab hacked – DDoSecrets leak profiles, posts, DMs, passwords online

By Habiba Rashid
In total, DDoSecrets has leaked 70 GB worth of sensitive data belonging to registered Gab users. Here’s what Hackread.com can confirm.
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Microsoft release open-source CodeQL queries to hunt SolarWinds hacks

By Habiba Rashid
Microsoft has released open-source CodeQL queries to detect the malicious implants that were the cause of the SolarWinds attack.
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Mozilla releases Firefox 86 equipped with ‘Total Cookie Protection’

By Habiba Rashid
Mozilla has released Firefox 86 with various new features including Total Cookie Protection which is a huge privacy advancement for users.
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Silver Sparrow malware on 30,000 Macs leaves security pros confused

By Habiba Rashid
According to researchers, as of mid-February, Silver Sparrow malware has affected almost 30,000 macOS across 153 countries.
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Misconfigured baby monitors exposing video stream online

By Habiba Rashid
A vulnerability in baby monitors due to their misconfiguration could potentially allow dangerous parties to have access to the camera’s video stream.
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Hacked Finnish psychotherapy clinic files for bankruptcy

By Habiba Rashid
Finnish-based psychotherapy practice, Vastaamo, earlier came into the world’s attention back in October 2020 after it suffered a devastating attack.
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Threat actor selling 158,000 Canadian, US credit card data

By Habiba Rashid
The threat actor also claims to sell full information of credit card holders which can be a massive privacy threat to unsuspecting banking customers.
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Generation Z least likely to share their location data with government

By Habiba Rashid
The study reveals which generation is comfortable with sharing their location data and which is not under any circumstances.
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