In efforts to enhance online security and curb cyberbullying and explicit content, France’s proposed SREN Bill has raised concerns about the potential ban of VPNs from major app stores. On September 30th, lawmakers from the center-right Horizons political party introduced amendments to address
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of a sinister scam dubbed "Phantom Hacker", which has caused alarming financial damages, particularly among the senior community. This elaborate fraud scheme has evolved from typical tech support scams, integrating an intricate web of deceit
In a significant security breach, India's National Logistics Portal-Marine inadvertently exposed sensitive personal and trade data. The breach, attributed to misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets and a JavaScript file embedded with login credentials, has raised concerns about the safety of state-run
Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained over 3 million records. The documents appeared to be associated with internal invoices, communications, and customer’s stored CRM files. Upon further research,
Malicious advertisements, known as malvertising, have made their way into Microsoft’s Bing Chat AI-powered search engine. Responses from the chatbot may include links to deceptive domains that effectively trick the user into downloading malware. Microsoft introduced Bing Chat, which is powered
In a swift response to a critical security threat, Google has patched a zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome browser that was being actively exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-5217, was a heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding within the libvpx
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new and concerning malware strain known as ZenRAT. This malicious software is taking advantage of unsuspecting Windows users by masquerading as Bitwarden, a trusted, open-source password manager. ZenRAT's intent is not to safeguard your passwords but to
A significant data breach has hit the Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), exposing the sensitive personal and health information of approximately 3.4 million individuals. BORN Ontario, a major perinatal and child registry, collects and shares essential data related to pregnancy, birth,
The notorious Android banking Trojan, Xenomorph, has widened its attack spectrum to target customers of over two dozen major US and Canadian banks and several cryptocurrency wallets, including Bitcoin, Binance, and Coinbase. According to BleepingComputer, the trojan initially emerged in early 2022,
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that targets hotels, booking sites, and travel agencies, designed to steal the financial data of customers. The hackers compromise and then send phishing messages via the affected service’s official communication channels —