security breaches
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‘Bizarro,’ a New Banking Trojan, Is Sweeping Through Europe
Photo: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP (Getty Images) Meet “Bizarro.” It’s a new banking trojan currently sweeping through Europe and large parts of…
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Hackers Behind Colonial Attack Cleared $90 Million in Bitcoin
Photo: Dan Kitwood (Getty Images) New research into the ransomware thieves who attacked the Colonial Pipeline shows just how much…
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Colonial Pipeline Is Coming Back on as Gas Shortage Ramps Up
A gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, that was out of gas on Tuesday.Photo: Ben Margot (AP) Large swathes of the…
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A Hacker Gang Was Trying to Extort D.C. Police for $4 Million
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP (Getty Images) A ransomware gang, Babuk Locker, has been attempting to extort the Metropolitan Police Department in…
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Colonial Oil Pipeline Cyberattack Threatens East Coast Fuel
Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) Over the weekend, a cyberattack by the Russia-based ransomware gang DarkSide managed to hamstring…
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Your Old Phone Number Could Get You Hacked, Researchers Say
Photo: STR/AFP (Getty Images) When you get a new phone number, mobile carriers will often “recycle” your old one—assigning it…
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Hackers Leak Data on D.C. Cops as Part of Extortion Scheme
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) In an attempt to extort some unknown amount of money out of the D.C. Metropolitan…
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REvil Claims to Have Stolen Apple Product Designs
Photo: Eric Thayer (Getty Images) Cybercriminals claim to have stolen blueprints for some of Apple’s newest products and are now…
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Geico Data Breach Let Fraudsters Steal Driver’s License Numbers
Photo: David McNew (Getty Images) Car insurance giant Geico has quietly disclosed that a recent security breach allowed cyber thieves…
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Cybercriminals Put Out Facebook Ads for a Fake Clubhouse App That Was Riddled with Malware
Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP (Getty Images) Cybercriminals have been pushing Facebook users to download a Clubhouse app “for PC,” something that…
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