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More than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T in 2021, were dumped on a cybercrime forum at the weekend. The stolen files include names, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, addresses, emails, phone numbers and other personal information, according to Dark Web Informer, who first spotted the massive data dump by the criminals. Miscreants […]

Cybercrime looms as an ever-present threat in the hospitality industry and online fraudsters are increasingly sophisticated in the tactics they deploy to infiltrate businesses, according to FEDHASA National Chair, Rosemary Anderson. Natasha Parry, GM of SATIB Insurance Brokers, told Tourism Update that it had noticed a general increase in the frequency and sophistication of malware attacks in […]

Highlights The ALGS NA regional finals are being postponed due to hackers disrupting the tournament, sparking calls for better anti-cheat system. Pro players like Genburten and ImperialHal encountered wall hacks and aimbot mid-match. The Apex Legends community has called for improved security measures. The regional finals of Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) in North America […]

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is now a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).   The designation from the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, identifies institutions committed to producing cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge to reduce risks to the national digital infrastructure.  HU said it can now compete for Department of […]

Image Credits: YouTube/APEX Streamers On Sunday, two competitive esports players appeared to get hacked during a live streamed game, prompting the organizers to postpone the tournament. Players were competing in the Apex Legends Global Series, a competitive esports tournament for the popular shooter game Apex Legends, which has a $5 million total prize pool. During […]

Run by organized crime, these traps can be financially devastating and even fatal For seven days, Black Press journalist Andrea DeMeer played the victim in a romance scam executed over Facebook Messenger, to understand how criminals manipulate others and try to walk away with their money. A message in the inbox, at first, appeared to […]

Microsoft Security Copilot,Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Information Security Media Group •March 18, 2024     Today’s security tools capture a wealth of data. Yet when incidents occur, threat data from siloed platforms can take hours or days to gather, analyze and act upon. Correlating threat data takes time, as does developing the right remediation […]

The Apex Legends North American esports final has been postponed after pro players were hacked mid-match. During the Global Series match on Saturday, hackers activated unwanted cheat modes, causing panic among the players. As the game was compromised, the official social media handle for Apex Legends Esports declared that the tournament had been postponed till […]

What just happened? The LockBit ransomware group is back in the news again, though this time it isn’t related to the recent seizure of its website by law enforcement. One of the group’s high-ranking members has just been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $635,000 for his role in […]

Accusations of cheating or “hax” tend to be flung around a lot in online shooter games. But for two high-level competitors in the Apex Legends battle royal, the cheating was both indisputable…and apparently completely unwanted. Evidence of multiple hacking attacks on players during a live-streamed tournament has the community reeling. According to a report from […]