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The Register
It’s amazing the number of calls Jo, Helen, and Ian get through The UK's data protection watchdog fined two Brit businesses with offshore call centers £550,000 (c $735,000) over illegal automated marketing calls.…
Graham Cluley
The personal information of almost half a million people is now in the hands of hackers after a security breach of a company used by some of the world's best known hotel brands. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Register
Google revises Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program with higher payouts for bug hunters Google's Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) is now significantly more rewarding – with a top payout that's at least twice as substantial.…
Graham Cluley
UK-based gym chain Total Fitness has been accused of sloppy security, following the discovery of an unsecured database containing the images of 470,000 members and staff - all accessible to anyone on the internet, no password required. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Register
Details of civilians and Garda officers were included, as well as high-res scans of identity documents A third-party contractor running a database without password protection exposed more than 500,000 records related to vehicle seizures by the Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána, "Garda").…
The Hacker News
A severe privilege escalation issue impacting MikroTik RouterOS could be weaponized by remote malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and seize full control of vulnerable devices. Cataloged as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), the shortcoming is expected to put approximately 500,000 and 900,000 RouterOS systems at risk of exploitation via their web and/or Winbox interfaces, respectively,
The Register
Nice. They went after vulnerable people and those over 60 who'd registered with Telephone Preference Service Britain's data watchdog has slapped financial penalties totaling £435,000 (c $529,000) on five companies it says collectively made almost half of million marketing calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).…
Graham Cluley
A 74-year-old Manga artist received an unsolicited Facebook message from somebody claiming to be Incredible Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo. You can probably guess where this is heading...
Graham Cluley
44-year-old Kenneth Carter from Portland, Oregon, used to work in an AT&T retail store. But now he has been sentenced to 16 months in a federal prison. That should be plenty of time for him to rue the day he agreed to increase his monthly income by helping a SIM swap gang in their attempt to steal over half a million dollars. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.