Facebook Was Down, But Was It Hacked?

Facebook is having a brutal week. First, a whistleblower issued damning testimony about the company’s already questionable integrity. Now Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Occulus services were inaccessible on October 4th 2021. The cherry on top? Reports have begun surfacing that hackers have made off with the data of 1.5 billion users, and they’re selling it … Read more

Former Hacker Issues Grave Warning – The U.S. Is Not Prepared

If 2020 was the year of the digital pandemic, then 2021 has still not discovered its digital vaccine. Cyberattacks have grown rapidly over the past year, showing zero signs of slowing down. One former Black Hat hacker expressed his growing concern at the lack of preparedness the United States has shown. Former Hacker Says the … Read more

GETTR, a Trump Adjacent Media App, Is Immediately Hacked

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That didn’t take long. GETTR, an app founded by former Trump spokesman Jason Miller, had barely gotten off the ground before it was hacked. It should come as no surprise. Within the first few hours of its launch, researchers discovered privacy bugs on the site. Roughly a week later, data from more than 90,000 users … Read more

Capital One Hacker Is Now Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison

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Capital One hacker Paige Thompson pulled off one of the biggest heists in history in 2019. Thompson was accused of hacking into the bank’s network and illegally infiltrating over 100 million customer accounts and credit card applications. She allegedly had access to hundreds of thousands of American social security numbers and Canadian social insurance numbers. … Read more

Hacked While Exercising? Peloton Users Were Vulnerable

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Where there’s a hacker, there’s a way. Peloton owners have been in danger of being hacked by bad actors. Cybersecurity company McAfee recently revealed a vulnerability that allows hackers to gain remote access to electronic exercise bikes. What’s that mean for you? Let’s take a closer look. McAfee Discovers a Peloton Problem Peloton bikes have … Read more

EA Has Been Hacked – Is Your Data Safe?

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Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is the latest big-name company to be hacked. First reported by Vice, the publication stated that hackers stole valuable information from the prominent gaming firm. The cybercriminals allegedly posted news of the data breach on underground hacking forums. What Are the EA Hackers Saying? The hackers claim to have … Read more

What Are Ethical Hackers, and Should You Hire One?

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The term ethical hackers might sound like an oxymoron, but increasingly, businesses view them as a valuable part of the cybersecurity ecosystem. As we’ve seen over the past few years, hacking incidents have been steadily rising. Then the pandemic hit. That’s when the hacking community shifted into warp speed and began aggressively attacking people, businesses, … Read more

CEO Reveals How Easily Colonial Pipeline Hack Could’ve Been Avoided

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The Colonial Pipeline hack might not have been the largest hack in recent memory–that probably goes to the SolarWinds or Microsoft Exchange hacks. But it was the most disruptive. Consumers panicked within days of the ransomware gang DarkSide breaching the country’s largest fuel pipeline. Gas prices skyrocketed. More than half of the gas stations in … Read more

How to Protect Your Wealth From Hackers

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In some ways, we’re just like hackers. We both want wealth, and we’d both prefer it to come to us easily. The main difference is that most of us work hard for our money, while hackers steal it from us. If this is a situation you’d like to avoid, it’s time to reevaluate your cybersecurity … Read more

Corporations Appear to Be Giving Hacker Gangs Exactly What They Want

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Experiencing a ransomware attack can be traumatic. Imagine you begin a normal workday, and your company’s entire network is shut down within the next hour. Your business comes to a screeching halt as you start hemorrhaging money with every passing second. Suddenly, a message materializes on your computer screen. It’s a hacker telling you your … Read more