Ransomware gangs don’t always win, and when they don’t, it feels pretty great.
Month: December 2023
4 sneaky scams from 2023
Online scams abound every day, but these four scams from 2023 were particularly devious.
How to recognize AI-generated phishing mails
Cybercriminals now have AI to write their phishing emails, which might well improve their success rates. Here’s what to watch out for.
A week in security (December 18 – December 24)
A list of topics we covered in the week of December 18 to December 24 of 2023
Update Chrome now! Emergency update patches zero-day
Google has issued an emergency update for Chrome that fixes an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the WebRTC component.
US pharmacy Rite Aid banned from operating facial recognition systems
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has been denied the right to run facial recognition systems in its stores for five years, by the FTC.
New MetaStealer malvertising campaigns
In recent malvertising campaigns, threat actors dropped the MetaStealer information stealer, more or less coinciding with a new version release.
Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers
Loan and mortgage giant Mr. Cooper reported a data breach in which the personal data of 14.7 million homeowners were stolen.
Meet the entirely legal, iPhone-crashing device, the Flipper Zero: Lock and Code S04E25
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with EFF public interest technology Cooper Quintin about the hacking tool, the Flipper Zero.
A week in security (December 11 – December 17)
A list of topics we covered in the week of December 11 to December 17 of 2023