Robinhood ordered to pay $70m penalty to US regulator June 30, 2021 It's the largest penalty the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has ever ordered. https://bit.ly/3AiCNiP Read more
Starlink’s “next-generation” user terminal will cost a lot less, Musk says June 30, 2021 Musk expects near-global coverage in August and up to 500,000 users in one year. https://bit.ly/3xeFvUU Read more
Microsoft digitally signs malicious rootkit driver June 29, 2021 Company still hasn't revealed the cause of this serious security lapse. https://bit.ly/3w51kET Read more
Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices June 29, 2021 Western Digital removed code that would have prevented the wiping of petabytes of data. https://bit.ly/3AaHQC8 Read more
SolarWinds hackers breach new victims, including a Microsoft support agent June 26, 2021 Discovery came as Microsoft was investigating new breaches by the same hacker group. https://bit.ly/3zWYdSJ Read more
A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable June 26, 2021 Firmware security tool flaws affect as many as 30m desktops, laptops, and tablets. https://bit.ly/3dgV3iP Read more
NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone June 25, 2021 Flaws in card-reader technology can wreak havoc with point-of-sale systems and more. https://bit.ly/3jjvhhF Read more
“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted June 24, 2021 Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP. https://bit.ly/3jce2Pu Read more
Hackers are using unknown user accounts to target Zyxel firewalls and VPNs June 24, 2021 Authentication bypass attacks allow hackers to change breach network security. https://bit.ly/3h6Ntsf Read more
John McAfee found dead by apparent suicide in Spanish prison cell June 23, 2021 McAFee's larger-than-life and often illegal antics came to define his later years. https://bit.ly/2SRUwgr Read more
Altice is reducing cable-Internet upload speeds by up to 86% next month June 23, 2021 Altice cuts uploads from 35Mbps to 5Mbps to bring them "in line with other ISPs." https://bit.ly/3xMOfRT Read more
Ahoy, there’s malice in your repos—PyPI is the latest to be abused June 23, 2021 Open source repositories can be vectors for badness, so look before you run. https://bit.ly/35NhIiI Read more
A week after arrests, Cl0p ransomware group dumps new tranche of stolen data June 22, 2021 Leak shows that, like the rest of the ransomware scourge, Cl0p isn't going away. https://bit.ly/3j9Ofrb Read more
Monero emerges as crypto of choice for cybercriminals June 22, 2021 Untraceable "privacy coin" is rising in popularity among ransomware gangs. https://bit.ly/3qoSi4j Read more
Connecting to malicious Wi-Fi networks can mess with your iPhone June 21, 2021 The world's most secure consumer OS is bitten by a garden-variety programming bug. https://bit.ly/3wStvIw Read more
Ukraine arrests ransomware gang in global cybercriminal crackdown June 18, 2021 Arrests of Cl0p hacker group members adds to pressure on other countries to follow suit. https://bit.ly/3wHgPnx Read more
Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them June 17, 2021 Most malware tries to steal stuff. Vigilante, by contrast, takes aim at piracy. https://bit.ly/3iQazG8 Read more
Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit June 15, 2021 Arizona man watered dish to cool it down but still suffered 7-hour outage. https://bit.ly/2SD6RVl Read more
CD Project Red does an about-face, says ransomware crooks are leaking data June 11, 2021 Data taken in breach disclosed in February likely related to employees and contractors. https://bit.ly/2TriWxe Read more
EA source code stolen by hacker claiming to sell it online June 10, 2021 More organizations feel the pain as the ransomware scourge grows more pernicious. https://bit.ly/2TfY0cg Read more
Mystery malware steals 26M passwords from 3M PCs. Are you affected? June 09, 2021 Massive trove can be used for ransomware, espionage, and more. https://bit.ly/2RDI2bp Read more
Hackers can mess with HTTPS connections by sending data to your email server June 09, 2021 Cross-protocol attacks could potentially steal login cookies or execute malicious code. https://bit.ly/351JlE2 Read more
US seizes $2.3 million Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware attackers June 07, 2021 Funds seized after Justice Department IDs Bitcoin wallet and obtains its private key. https://bit.ly/3x4QoIh Read more
Hacker lexicon: What is a supply chain attack? June 06, 2021 From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon. https://bit.ly/3x4lwYb Read more
This is not a drill: VMware vuln with 9.8 severity rating is under attack June 04, 2021 Code execution flaw in vCenter is exploited to install web shell on unpatched machines. https://bit.ly/3fSoDNb Read more
Ransomware will now get priority treatment at the Justice Department June 04, 2021 Directive comes as ransomware is exposing the fragility of critical supply chains. https://bit.ly/3ckAcL8 Read more
Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cut-throat gang June 03, 2021 Criminals use high-pressure tactics to extort victims. https://bit.ly/2S4VGVa Read more
Shortages loom as ransomware hamstrings the world’s biggest meat producer June 01, 2021 Add meat to the list of critical supply chains disrupted by the malware scourge. https://bit.ly/2Tugh5D Read more