This worrying scenario envisions the remote capture of a smartphone user’s fingerprints
Computer security researchers have uncovered a novel fingerprint recognition technique, based on the sounds made by a finger on a…
Category: Cybersecurity
Who’s behind these mysterious deliveries? California man showered with products he didn’t order
For more than six months, a parade of unsolicited Amazon packages – large and small, cheap and expensive, free or…
Google announces free AI cyber tools to bolster online security
Alphabet Inc’s Google announced an initiative to provide artificial intelligence tools and investments to bolster online security, as the emerging…
US and allies kick Russian hackers off home routers, FBI says
The US and its allies have disrupted access by a Russian-state sponsored hacking organisation to “well over a thousand home…
Hackers exploit ad tools to track victims, boosting scam efforts
Cybercriminals are using advertising tools to make their scams as “clickable” as possible.
Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn
Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the US are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling…
South Korea says presumed North Korean hackers breached personal emails of presidential staffer
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office said Feb 14 that presumed North Korean hackers breached the personal emails of…
Prudential says hackers gained access to its computer systems
Prudential Financial Inc said hackers it believes to be part of a cybercrime group gained access to some of its…
What is ‘pig butchering’? FBI issues warning about latest scam
The FBI is warning folks about a number of current predatory online scams, including one with a rather gruesome name.