All websites hosted on foreign hosting providers not registered in Russia will be blocked starting from February 1, 2024. This is according to regulations introduced by amendments passed last summer by the State Duma, which demands that all hosting service providers register with Roskomnadzor, Russia’s internet watchdog, or they will be prohibited from operating in … The post . . .
Database With Info on 750 Million Telecom Subscribers Sold Online
Cybercriminals have put up for sale on a popular hacker forum a massive set comprising records of 750 million people from India, customers of several telecom service providers in the country. The seller, a member of the so-called ‘Cybo Crew’ claimed to hold 1.8 terabytes of data containing full names, mobile numbers, physical addresses, and … The post Database With Info on 750 . . .
Why You Shouldn’t Be Worried About MOAB, the “Mother of All Breaches”
A supermassive data leak comprising 26 billion records, dubbed the “mother of all breaches” (MOAB), has been discovered, and many media outlets are touting it as a historic finding that should be a wake-up call for regulators, especially in the U.S. However, the truth is that the news is overblown. The MOAB data is most … The post Why You Shouldn’t Be Worried About MOAB, the . . .
Zero-Click Bluetooth Attack Impacts Unpatched Android Phones
Security researcher ‘Mobile Hacker’ has demoed a zero-click attack that leverages recently disclosed Bluetooth vulnerabilities to install a Metasploit payload on unpatched devices. For the demonstration, the researcher used proof-of-concept (PoC) exploitation scripts released by Marc Newlin earlier this month, which are publicly available via GitHub. The scripts leverage the . . .
71 Million Email Account Holders Receive Notice of Breach by HIBP
The account holders of roughly 71 million emails received a notice of password breach by alerting service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), after the platform added a massive dataset confirmed to have been exposed online. The dataset comes from Naz.API, a humongous collection of compromised credentials allegedly containing a billion accounts, which was circulated among … The post 71 . . .