Bill Toulas
Author Bio
Bill Toulas is a tech writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications, covering open-source, Linux, malware, data breach incidents, and hacks.
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Critical flaw in LayerSlider WordPress plugin impacts 1 million sites
A premium WordPress plugin named LayerSlider, used in over one million sites, is vulnerable to unauthenticated SQL injection, requiring admins to prioritize applying security updates for the plugin.
- April 03, 2024
- 02:21 PM
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AT&T faces lawsuits over data breach affecting 73 million customers
AT&T is facing multiple class-action lawsuits following the company's admission to a massive data breach that exposed the sensitive data of 73 million current and former customers.
- April 03, 2024
- 12:28 PM
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Google fixes two Pixel zero-day flaws exploited by forensics firms
Google has fixed two Google Pixel zero-days exploited by forensic firms to unlock phones without a PIN and gain access to the data stored within them.
- April 03, 2024
- 10:47 AM
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Winnti's new UNAPIMON tool hides malware from security software
The Chinese 'Winnti' hacking group was found using a previously undocumented malware called UNAPIMON to let malicous processes run without being detected.
- April 02, 2024
- 05:59 PM
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Google agrees to delete Chrome browsing data of 136 million users
Google has agreed to delete billions of data records collected from 136 million Chrome users in the United States, as part of a lawsuit settlement regarding alleged undisclosed browser data collection while in Incognito mode.
- April 02, 2024
- 01:07 PM
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Russia charges suspects behind theft of 160,000 credit cards
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has announced the indictment of six suspected "hacking group" members for using malware to steal credit card and payment information from foreign online stores.
- April 02, 2024
- 11:37 AM
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New XZ backdoor scanner detects implant in any Linux binary
Firmware security firm Binarly has released a free online scanner to detect Linux executables impacted by the XZ Utils supply chain attack, tracked as CVE-2024-3094.
- April 02, 2024
- 10:33 AM
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India rescues 250 citizens enslaved by Cambodian cybercrime gang
The Indian government says it rescued and repatriated 250 citizens who sought jobs in Cambodia, only to be forced into conducting cybercrime once they arrived.
- April 01, 2024
- 09:04 PM
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FTC: Americans lost $1.1 billion to impersonation scams in 2023
Impersonation scams in the U.S. exceeded $1.1 billion in losses last year, according to statistics collected by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a figure that is three times higher than in 2020.
- April 01, 2024
- 12:03 PM
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Shopping platform PandaBuy data leak impacts 1.3 million users
Data belonging to more than 1.3 million customers of the PandaBuy online shopping platform has been leaked, allegedly after two threat actors exploited multiple vulnerabilities to breach systems.
- April 01, 2024
- 11:00 AM
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DinodasRAT malware targets Linux servers in espionage campaign
Security researchers have observed Red Hat and Ubuntu systems being attacked by a Linux version of the DinodasRAT (also known as XDealer) that may have been operating since 2022.
- March 31, 2024
- 10:35 AM
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Vultur banking malware for Android poses as McAfee Security app
Security researchers found a new version of the Vultur banking trojan for Android that includes more advanced remote control capabilities and an improved evasion mechanism.
- March 30, 2024
- 11:56 AM
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Activision: Enable 2FA to secure accounts recently stolen by malware
An infostealer malware campaign has reportedly collected millions of logins from users of various gaming websites, including players that use cheats, pay-to-cheat services.
- March 29, 2024
- 04:25 PM
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Google Podcasts service shuts down in the US next week
U.S. users have just a few more days to make the transition from Google Podcasts as the company moves forward with the process of discontinuing the service globally.
- March 29, 2024
- 11:03 AM
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Decade-old Linux ‘wall’ bug helps make fake SUDO prompts, steal passwords
A vulnerability has been discovered in the 'util-linux' library that could allow unprivileged users to put arbitrary text on other users' terminals using the 'wall' command.
- March 28, 2024
- 05:03 PM
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