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Suspected Snowflake hackers identified and charged

Two men have been arrested and charged with the breach of Snowflake, a cloud-based third-party server, back in May. This massive breach impacted around 165 corporations that utilized its services, such as AT&T and TicketMaster. Taking advantage of the fact that Snowflake did not require customers to add MFA to their accounts, the hackers stole huge amounts of corporate data just by using passwords stolen from employee computers with the aid of malware.

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Mozilla discontinues advocacy division amid layoffs

The Mozilla Foundation is making some big structural changes. The non-profit branch of the organization best known for the browser Firefox has laid off 30% of its staff and is completely eliminating its advocacy arm. The Mozilla Foundation exists to increase recognition of the Internet as a critical public resource and manage Mozilla’s corporate governance structure. 

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Capes are out, white hats are in

It’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday season, and while you’re enjoying better security with SSLs.com’s buy 2 get 1 free promo, we thought we’d take the opportunity to spotlight some often unsung cybersecurity heroes and collaborators: ethical hackers and open-source developers.

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New Android update rolls out theft protection

There can be a lot at stake if your phone gets stolen. Nowadays, so much of our lives are run from these small yet powerful devices. No longer just a means of communicating with anyone at any time, you can also go shopping, take care of your banking, and even attend doctor’s appointments. So if this device, which is so central to daily tasks, is stolen, you’re not just losing access to an expensive tech product. You’re left vulnerable to someone potentially exploiting that sensitive data. 

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The ongoing cyberattack against the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive hasn’t been having a great time of it lately. Between several cyberattacks since the beginning of October and losing a major legal battle over its book digitization project’s infringement of copyright law, the digital library project’s future seems to be on shaky ground. 

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FTC data shows massive increase in Bitcoin ATM scams

Just when you think you have a fair idea of all the modern tech-related scams in the ether, a new one appears seemingly out of nowhere. This financial scam of the moment is ATM scams, which have been on the rise since 2020. 

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US warns of increase in RansomHub Ransomware attacks

RansomHub has compromised 210 victims since its inception earlier this year. That’s according to a joint cybersecurity advisory, ‘#StopRansomware: RansomHub Ransomware’, recently released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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