Red Alert: Tap-To-Pay Terminals Can Reach Into Your Wallet Or Purse And Charge You For Things You Haven’t Even Purchased
By Michael Snyder Have you noticed a charge on one of your cards that you can’t explain? If so, you may be a victim of…
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Cyber ‘Catastrophe Bonds’ Gain Traction Among Investors As Hack Attacks Soar
By Tyler Durden Beazley Plc, a leading European and US specialist insurer, issued the market’s first cyber catastrophe (CAT) bonds earlier this year. The insurer…
The World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India’s Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach
By Nick Corbishley In one fell swoop, roughly 10% of the global population appears to have had some of their most valuable personal identifiable information…
ChatGPT Could Help Hackers Launch Devastating Cyberattacks, Experiments Reveal
By Study Finds AI systems, including the increasingly popular ChatGPT, could assist hackers launch cyberattacks on computer networks, a new study warns. Researchers from the…
Hackers Can Silently Grab Your IP Through Skype — Microsoft Is In No Rush to Fix It
By Joseph Cox Hackers are able to grab a target’s IP address, potentially revealing their general physical location, by simply sending a link over the…
Here’s the Newest Camera Hack Fraudsters are Using to Beat Facial Recognition
By Stuart Wells, Chief Technology Officer at Jumio As organizations have tried to stay ahead of cybercriminals, faces and other biometrics have become the passwords…
ChatGPT’s Evil Twin “WormGPT” Is Silently Entering Emails And Raiding Banks
ChatGPT is just one version of advanced AI platforms, but as predictable, it has already fallen into the hands of evil people to do evil…
America’s Two Largest Pension Funds Suffer Massive Third Party Data Breach
By Tyler Durden As if CalPERS didn’t have enough of a problem simply with incompetent portfolio management and an incessant need to play “catch up”…
Researchers Reveal How Power LEDs “designed to indicate when a device is turned on” Can Be Exploited by Hackers
By B.N. Frank If you were looking for more reasons to loathe LED lights (biological and environmental health risks, high costs) as well as “smart”…
Car Thieves are Using Increasingly Sophisticated Methods, and Most New Vehicles are Vulnerable
By Omair Uthmani, Glasgow Caledonian University Car theft is on the rise, according to AA Insurance Services. Worryingly, thieves are increasingly using high-tech tools to…
Microsoft Says CCP Hackers Compromised “Critical” US Infrastructure As DHS Warns Of “Grave Threat”
By Tyler Durden Microsoft on Wednesday warned that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group – “Volt Typhoon” has compromised “critical” US cyber infrastructure across several industries…
Cybersecurity Alert: Research Reveals How Hackers Can “manipulate smart meters to create an oscillation in electricity demand”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to utility “smart” meters – electric, gas, and water – has been worldwide for over a decade due to ongoing and…
Federal Agency Publishes “Smart” Cities Guide “warning that municipalities should carefully evaluate and address cybersecurity risks”
By B.N. Frank If your community isn’t officially “smart” yet, it may be soon. In fact, earlier this year, a report named 10 U.S. cities…
Novel Social Engineering Attacks Increase by 135% with Generative AI Uptake
By John Greenwood Cybersecurity firm Darktrace reported a 135% increase in novel social-engineering attack emails during the first two months of 2023. The firm’s research…