On Wednesday June 12, 2024, a well-known dark web data broker and cybercriminal acting under the name “Sp1d3r” offered a significant amount of data allegedly stolen from Truist Bank for sale. Truist is a US bank holding company and operates 2,781 branches in 15 states and Washington DC. By assets, it is in the top 10 of US banks. In 2020, Truist...

Google has notified Pixel users about an actively exploited vulnerability in their phones’ firmware. Firmware is the code or program which is embedded into hardware devices. Simply put, it is the software layer between the hardware and the applications on the device. About the vulnerability, Google said there are indications it...

Following days of user pushback that included allegations of forcing a “spyware-like” Terms of Service (ToS) update into its products, design software giant Adobe explained itself with several clarifications. Apparently, the concerns raised by the community, especially among Photoshop and Substance 3D users, caused the company to reflect...

The British and Canadian privacy authorities have announced they will undertake a joint investigation into the data breach at global genetic testing company 23andMe that was discovered in October 2023. On Friday October 6, 2023, 23andMe confirmed via a somewhat opaque blog post that cybercriminals had “obtained information from certain accounts,...

“When things go wrong” is a troubling prospect for most couples to face, but the internet—and the way that romantic partners engage both with and across it—could require that this worst-case scenario become more of a best practice. In new research that Malwarebytes will release this month, romantic partners revealed that the degree to which...

Despite protests, Google is rolling out changes in the Chrome browser that make it harder for ad blockers to do their job. Starting last Monday, June 3, 2024, Chrome Beta, Dev, and Canary channels will see the effects of the implementation of the new extension platform Manifest V3. The gradual disabling of V2 extensions will later follow...