American Water Works, a major supplier of drinking water and wastewater services to over 14 million people, disclosed on Monday that its systems were hacked, leading the company to suspend customer billing operations as a precaution. The Camden, New Jersey-based utility detected the unauthorized activity last Thursday and immediately took measures to protect its systems. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has launched an investigation into an alleged cyberattack by Chinese hackers that compromised the systems of three major U.S. telecommunications companies—AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. According to NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh, the investigation is still in its early stages, and it is “premature” to share specific details. Speaking at […]
Intel Broker, a notorious hacker known for high-profile data breaches, has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on Cisco Systems, Inc. According to a post on the cybercrime platform Breach Forums, the hacker allegedly stole a significant amount of sensitive information, including source codes, credentials, and confidential documents from Cisco and its partners. The breach […]
Verizon customers across the United States faced major disruptions in their wireless services on Monday, with many reporting that their phones were stuck in SOS mode. The outages spanned from New York to Los Angeles, leaving users without service on their mobile phones. Reports began pouring in with frustrated customers taking to social media to […]
Many Bank of America customers were met with an unwelcome message: “Accounts temporarily unavailable.” This glitch left customers unable to access their account balances, adding to a week of high-profile outages across multiple platforms, including Spotify, Verizon, and PlayStation. Some Bank of America users reported that their accounts were showing a balance of $0 or […]
Kia recently addressed a critical security flaw in its dealer portal that put millions of cars and their owners at risk. The vulnerability allowed attackers to access personal information and remotely control target vehicles. Major Security Flaw in Kia Dealer Portal Patched Security researcher Sam Curry uncovered the vulnerability, which could be exploited by an […]
Forescout Technologies has identified over a dozen security vulnerabilities in routers produced by Taiwanese networking company DrayTek, including several critical flaws that could enable remote hacking attacks. The collection of 14 vulnerabilities, collectively named DRAY, affects more than 20 different DrayTek Vigor router models. While DrayTek has issued firmware patches to address all of the […]
Microsoft has identified the root cause of an outage that disrupted its Microsoft 365 services on Thursday morning, according to a company statement on social media. By 9 a.m., over 23,000 users had reported issues with Microsoft 365 on Downdetector. The outage affected several key services, including Outlook, Teams, cloud services, Exchange Server, Skype for […]
Sensitive data such as names, addresses, and credit card details have been compromised. Protecting your credit card information from cybercriminals just became more challenging due to a significant data breach involving a payment gateway provider that has impacted nearly 1.7 million people. According to BleepingComputer, this breach is the latest in a series of attacks […]
Recent research has uncovered a cunning new technique that cybercriminals are using to force Chrome browser users to reveal their Google account passwords. The attack, which uses malware known as StealC, traps users in a frustrating situation by locking their browser in kiosk mode. This mode blocks the F11 and ESC keys, preventing users from […]