TorGuard VPN Forced to Block Torrenting on US Servers
Updated on June 2023 with new information. TorGuard, a US-based VPN provider, has been sued in court over copyright violations that occurred on its …
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How the FBI Uncovered the IP Address of a Tor Hidden Service
A security researcher has shared more details about a method he followed to find the IP address of a Tor hidden service hosting the data that a Ragnar …
Fake VPN Apps Push Malware to Unsuspecting Users
Threat actors continue to bet on the popularity of VPN apps to distribute their malware payloads onto the computers and mobile devices of unsuspecting …
Hackers Stole Millions of Driver’s Licenses and IDs from U.S. States
Oregon and Louisiana authorities have alerted their citizens that hackers have accessed and stole sensitive personal details stored in their systems. …
Entire Population of Turkey Had Personal Data Exposed Online
The personal and financial details of roughly 85 million people, the entire population of Turkey, was added to a website where visitors can search by …
Authorities Press OpenAI to Disclose How ChatGPT Input Is Used
Data protection authorities demand OpenAI to share more about how its AI-powered large-language model chatbot ChatGPT works and, more specifically, …
Russia Begins Testing Blocks on the OpenVPN Protocol
Russia has started tentative blocks of the OpenVPN protocol on several mobile internet service providers since last week. The fact became known after …
Amazon Facing $30 Million Fine for Ring Privacy Violations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) accuse Amazon of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act …
New ZIP Domains Already Used in Cunning Phishing Concepts
A security researcher has demonstrated an innovative phishing attack that takes advantage of Google’s debatable decision to offer risky …
MCNA Admits LockBit Ransomware Stole Data of 8.9M People
Managed Care of North America, one of the largest dental care service providers in the United States, has admitted that the LockBit cyberattack the …
BlackCat Ransomware Says It Snatched Millions of Medical Records
The BlackCat ransomware group, also known as ‘ALPHV,’ has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that caused problems earlier in the …
Facebook Fined €1.2 Billion for Transferring EU User Data to the US
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a record-breaking fine of €1,200,000 on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, for GDPR …
Hackers Can Retrieve Master Passwords from KeePass Memory
KeePass, a widely-used open-source password manager, saves user input in retrievable memory strings, including master passwords that protect the …
Flaw in Telegram Gives Attackers Access to macOS Camera
A Google security engineer has revealed that the Telegram application on macOS suffers from a vulnerability that could be exploited to gain …
Brightly Discloses Data Breach Impacting Almost 3 Million Clients
Brightly Software has informed users of the SchoolDude app that hackers have gained access to its user database and stole sensitive information. …