28 Aug 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 08/28/2023

FTX, BlockFi's Customer Data Compromised in Kroll Hack Customer data of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and lender BlockFi have been compromised due to a hack of Kroll, a third party agent that manages creditor claims on behalf of bankrupt companies. Crypto account passwords and other sensitive data weren’t affected, but customers were warned to be on the lookout for scammers impersonating parties in the bankruptcy. An “unauthorized third party gained access to certain BlockFi client…
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30 Jun 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 06/30/2023

Does the world need an arms control treaty for AI?  At the dawn of the atomic age, the nuclear scientists who invented the atomic bomb realized that the weapons of mass destruction they had created desperately needed to be controlled. Physicists such as Niels Bohr and J. Robert Oppenheimer believed that as knowledge of nuclear science spread so, too, would bombs. That realization marked the beginning of the post-war arms control era. Today, there’s a similar…
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29 Aug 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 08/29/2022

A Massive Hacking Campaign Stole 10,000 Login Credentials From 130 Different Organizations Researchers say that a mysterious “threat actor” (a fancy term for a hacker or hacker group) has managed to steal nearly 10,000 login credentials from the employees of 130 organizations, in the latest far-reaching supply chain attack on corporate America. Many of the victims are prominent software companies, including firms like Twilio, MailChimp, and Cloudflare, among many others. The news comes from research conducted by…
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28 Jun 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 06/28/2022

LGBTQ+ community warned of extortionists abusing dating apps The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned this week of extortion scammers targeting the LGBTQ+ community by abusing online dating apps like Grindr and Feeld. According to the FTC, the criminals pose as potential romantic partners on LGBTQ+ dating apps, sending explicit photos to their targets and asking them to reciprocate. If they fall for it, the victims get blackmailed into paying a ransom, usually in…
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