The Mac ecosystem has a reputation for being safe and secure by default, due to Apple’s strict control over its hardware and software. Apple strictly monitors the hardware production for its devices and sets tight restrictions on app developers. While …

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued an alert to instant-quote websites, particularly car insurers, warning of a growing campaign to steal nonpublic information (NPI). The agency says it learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers. […]

A threat actor dumped 12,000 email addresses of NuseryCam users online last Friday, prompting the service to suspend operations. NurseryCam is a remote webcam service used by around 40 daycare centers across the UK, allowing parents to watch and monitor their children’s activities. News of the breach reached NurseryCam after the attacker notified the Register […]

A threat actor dumped 12,000 email addresses of NuseryCam users online last Friday, prompting the service to suspend operations. NurseryCam is a remote webcam service used by around 40 daycare centers across the UK, allowing parents to watch and monitor their children’s activities. News of the breach reached NurseryCam after the attacker notified the Register […]

Utility provider Austin Energy is warning residents that scammers are exploiting the chaos surrounding the severe winter storms that cut power to millions of Texans and left many households freezing. In the aftermath of multiple utility outages, scammers impersonating Austin Energy are calling customers and threatening to cut the power supply unless immediate payment is […]

Utility provider Austin Energy is warning residents that scammers are exploiting the chaos surrounding the severe winter storms that cut power to millions of Texans and left many households freezing. In the aftermath of multiple utility outages, scammers impersonating Austin Energy are calling customers and threatening to cut the power supply unless immediate payment is […]

88 publicly traded companies in Japan compromised personal information last year, either because of a malware infection or misconfigured access protocols. As many as 30% of the incidents occurred simply because someone sent an email by mistake. Credit reporting agency Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR), which compiled the data, says the number is the highest since […]

Kroger is notifying customers of a data breach, two months after the supermarket chain’s file transfer service Accellion disclosed a cyberattack. The supermarket giant is the latest victim of the zero-day vulnerability exploited by malicious actors in the December 23 attack. Although Accellion released a patch for the vulnerability within 72 hours of its discovery, […]