14 Feb 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 2/14/2024

Meta says risk of account theft after phone number recycling isn't its problem to solve Meta has acknowledged that phone number reuse that allows takeovers of its accounts "is a concern," but the ad biz insists the issue doesn't qualify for its bug bounty program and is a matter for telecom companies to sort out. The core problem is that telecom companies recycle phone numbers that have been abandoned after a brief waiting period –…
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05 Jul 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 07/05/2023

Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam?  If you’ve ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you’ve received a snail mail letter which appears to be a bill for a domain or website-related services. In reality, these misleading missives try to trick people into paying for useless services they never ordered, don’t need, and probably will never receive. Here’s a look at the most recent incarnation of this scam — DomainNetworks — and…
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18 Nov 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/18/2022

Hive Ransomware Attackers Extorted $100 Million from Over 1,300 Companies Worldwide The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have launched attacks against over 1,300 companies across the world, netting the gang $100 million in illicit payments as of November 2022. "Hive ransomware has targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including government facilities, communications, critical manufacturing, information technology, and — especially — Healthcare and Public Health (HPH)," U.S. cybersecurity and…
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25 Oct 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 10/25/2022

TikTok is increasingly becoming a news source More and more Americans are getting their news from TikTok, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The percentage of people getting news from TikTok has tripled since 2020; around 10 percent of all US adults now regularly get news on the app. For adults under 30, that number jumps to 26 percent. People already on TikTok are also shifting how they use the app, in this…
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