Square: Last week’s outage was caused by DNS issue, not a cyberattack
Payment processing firm Square says a widespread outage that took down a large part of the company's infrastructure last week…
Federal budget deficit expected to nearly double to around $2 trillion
The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it…
Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape
A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning…
Texas law goes into effect requiring drunk drivers who kill a parent to pay child support
A Texas law requires drunk drivers to pay child support if they cause the death of a parent. The commonsense…
NYC Subway Disables Trip-History Feature Over Tap-and-Go Privacy Concerns
The move by New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) follows a report that showed how easy it is for someone…
Forever 21 data breach: hackers accessed info of 500,000
Forever 21 clothing and accessories retailer is sending data breach notifications to more than half a million individuals who had…
Free Key Group ransomware decryptor helps victims recover data
Researchers took advantage of a weakness in the encryption scheme of Key Group ransomware and developed a decryption tool that…
How the FBI nuked Qakbot malware from infected Windows PCs
The FBI announced today the disruption of the Qakbot botnet in an international law enforcement operation that not only seized…
Qakbot botnet dismantled after infecting over 700,000 computers
Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date, was taken down following a multinational law enforcement operation spearheaded…
University of Michigan shuts down network after cyberattack
The University of Michigan has taken all of its systems and services offline to deal with a cybersecurity incident, causing…