Police Arrest 150 Dark Web Vendors Of Illegal Drugs and Guns Law enforcement authorities arrested 150 suspects allegedly involved in selling and buying illicit goods on DarkMarket, the largest illegal marketplace on the dark web when it was taken down in January 2021. “At the time, German authorities arrested the marketplace’s Read more…
Australia Drafts Online Privacy Bill To Bolster Data Security Australia’s Attorney-General has submitted the first draft of a new Online Privacy Bill that contains striking reforms over existing privacy laws. The goal of the new bill is to modernize the legislative context that underpins online data protection and security and Read more…
The Week in Ransomware – October 22nd 2021 – Striking Back Between law enforcement operations, REvil’s second shut down, and ransomware gangs’ response to the hacking of their servers, it has been quite the week. This week’s biggest news is the Reuters report that international law enforcement operation took over Read more…
Groove Ransomware Calls On All Extortion Gangs To Attack US Interests The Groove ransomware gang is calling on other extortion groups to attack US interests after law enforcement took down REvil’s infrastructure last week. Over the weekend, BleepingComputer reported that the REvil ransomware operation shut down again after an unknown third party Read more…
Nine Arrested For Impersonating Bank Clerks To Steal From The Elderly The Dutch Police have arrested nine people for targeting and stealing money from the elderly by impersonating bank employees. The group of bank help desk fraudsters, five men and four women between the ages of 20 and 27, were Read more…
Google’s TensorFlow Drops YAML Support Due to Code Execution Flaw TensorFlow, a popular Python-based machine learning and artificial intelligence project developed by Google has dropped support for YAML, to patch a critical code execution vulnerability. YAML or Yet Another Markup Language is a convenient choice among developers looking for a human-readable data serialization language Read more…
WhatsApp to Appeal $266 Million Fine for Violating EU Privacy Laws Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) has hit Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp with a €225 million ($266 million) administrative fine for violating the EU’s GDPR privacy regulation after failing to inform users and non-users on what it does with their Read more…
FTC Bans Stalkerware Maker Spyfone from Surveillance Business FTC has banned stalkerware maker Spyfone and CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business after failing to protect customers’ devices from hackers and sharing info on their location and activity. Stalkerware tech allows third parties to monitor your mobile device without your knowledge Read more…
Samsung Can Remotely Disable Their TVs Worldwide Using TV Block Samsung says that it can disable any of its Samsung TV sets remotely using TV Block, a feature built into all television products sold worldwide. This was revealed by the company South Korean multinational in a press release issued earlier this month Read more…
You Can Post LinkedIn Jobs as Almost ANY employer — So Can Attackers EXCLUSIVE: Anyone can create a job listing on the leading recruitment platform LinkedIn on behalf of just about any employer—no verification needed. And worse, the employer cannot easily take these down. Now, that might be nothing new, but Read more…
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