AT&T Data Breach – 9 Million Affected
In a recent statement, telecommunications giant AT&T confirmed that a hack on a vendor it was working with exposed around 9 million accounts. AT&T said that the sensitive information was mainly about device upgrade eligibility. The hacking happened in January 2023 using a weakness in the vendor’s system. The hackers accessed customer data, such as […]
AT&T Data Breach – 9 Million Affected
Cerebral Data Breach – 3.18 Million Affected
Cerebral, an online platform that offers mental health care services, recently suffered a data breach that may have affected up to 3.18 million users. According to its report, the breach was due to the company’s use of third-party pixel trackers. Cerebral did not say the exact number of users affected. However, the company said it […]
Maintain Customer Trust By Scaling Up IT Systems
Every business owner knows that forming a strong relationship with customers is essential to succeed. And two important elements of this relationship are positive customer experience and customer trust. Having these will help you bring in new customers and repeat or loyal customers. With businesses relying more on computer systems for various functions, data breaches […]
Hatch Bank Falls Victim to Data Breach
Hatch Bank confirmed a data breach that compromised its customers’ personal data. The financial technology firm said hackers found a vulnerability in its internal file-transfer software. This allowed the hackers to access and steal around 140,000 customer names and social security numbers from Jan. 30-31, 2023. Hatch is using Fortra’s GoAnywhere file-transfer platform. Many other […]
Chick-fil-A Confirms Credential Stuffing Attack
Credential stuffing is one of the many forms of cyberattacks on the rise. It’s a low-risk, low-cost automated method. It uses bots to access username-password combinations from past data breaches. It then uses that information to exfiltrate data from a new target system. It relies on people’s habit of reusing the same login credential across […]
How to Protect Your Organization From Callback Phishing
Callback phishing scams are one of the worst cyberattacks you can encounter. It is devastating to experience on a personal level. But it is even more disastrous if it happens to your organization. To help you, here is a guide covering how callback phishing works and the steps you should take to address it. How […]
Password Mask Attacks
Having a password for online accounts is not enough protection. Hackers and cybercriminals have found a way to crack passwords and hijack emails, bank accounts, social media pages, and other digital real estate. Through password mass attacks, cyber threat actors no longer have to spend a long time trying to guess your online credentials. Understanding […]
Microsoft Exchange Online Outage Blocks Access to Mailboxes Worldwide
Microsoft Corp. announced via Twitter on March 1 that a worldwide outage affected Exchange Online – its cloud-based email service. According to the software giant in a series of tweets, Exchange Online users can’t access their mailboxes. Users can’t send or receive emails and got error messages. The good news is that Microsoft resolved these […]
News Corp Cyberattack
News Corporation (News Corp) has disclosed more information about the 2022 cyberattack against the major publishing conglomerate. News Corp revealed that the cybercriminals had access to its systems two years ago, starting in Feb. 2020. News Corp recently sent notification letters to affected employees. These laid out the most recent information on the data breach. […]