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How do you fix a hack like Uber’s?

September 19, 2022 Zack Whittaker 239 Viewscloudflare, cybercrime, Duo, identity theft, internet security, multi-factor authentication, Uber 7 min read

Ride hailing giant Uber says its services are operational following a “cybersecurity incident” last week that saw a hacker break into the company’s network and access systems that store vast troves of customer data. Uber said little about the incident until Monday. Screenshots of inside Uber’s network posted to Twitter by security researchers in conversations […]

Rsocks, a popular proxy service, was just seized by the DOJ

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Rsocks, a popular proxy service, was just seized by the DOJ

June 17, 2022August 10, 2022 Carly Page 302 ViewsAndroid, botnets, computing, cybercrime, Cyclops, Germany, Internet, internet security, Netherlands, russia, smartphones, spamming, United Kingdom, United States 2 min read

The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed it has seized and dismantled the infrastructure of a Russian botnet used to hijack millions of devices worldwide for use as proxy servers. According to prosecutors, Rsocks provided its web proxy service — operated by unnamed Russian cybercriminals — by hacking into millions of computers, smartphones and Internet […]

Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax

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Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax

July 29, 2019August 10, 2022 Zack Whittaker 267 ViewsCanada, computer security, credit card, credit scoring, data breach, Federal Trade Commission, head, internet security, money, Seattle, security, security breaches, United States 3 min read

Another day, another massive data breach. This time it’s the financial giant and credit card issuer Capital One, which revealed on Monday a credit file breach affecting 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians. Consumers and small businesses affected are those who obtained one of the company’s credit cards dating back to 2005. That includes […]