That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Fake
The answer is: No, but you’d be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so. …
Cybercrime
3 Reasons to Increase Your Cybersecurity Protocols in 2024
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Cybersecurity is one of the biggest challenges facing businesses today. With the rise of technology and increasing connectivity, the threat of cyberattacks …
cybersecurity: Why the CEO of Israel’s biggest cybersecurity company is calling for major consolidation
Gil Shwed, co-founder, Check Point Technologies. Credit: Check Point Technologies Synopsis “Don’t let unsecured devices access your networks,” says Gil Shwed, co-founder of Israel’s Check Point Technologies. In an exclusive …
Have one of these apps on your Android phone? Delete it now
Joe Maring / Digital Trends The NSO Group raised security alarms this week, and once again, it’s the devastatingly powerful Pegasus malware that was deployed in Jordan to spy on …
Explicit fake images of Taylor Swift prove laws haven’t kept pace with tech, experts say
Explicit AI-generated photos of one of the world’s most famous artists spread rapidly across social media this week, highlighting once again what experts describe as an urgent need to crack …
GTA Hacker Gets Life Sentence for Stealing $10 Million Data
Arion Kurtaj’s joyride as a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) criminal appears to have crashed and burned. The 18-year-old hacker from Oxfordshire, UK, played a crucial role in the Lapsus$ group …
Hackers stole $2 billion in crypto in 2023, data shows
For yet another year, hackers stole billions of dollars in crypto. But for the first time since 2020, the trend is downwards, according to crypto security firms. This year, hackers …
Hacks accessed the personal data of 36M Comcast customers
Comcast Comcast, alongside several other big corporations, has recently suffered a devastating data breach. According to reports, it’s possible that hackers got their hands on the data of up to …
Cybersecurity Attacks Are On the Rise — Is Your Business Prepared?
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the traditional castle-and-moat approach is proving increasingly inadequate. The global average data breach cost in …
The 23andMe data breach just keeps getting scarier
23andMe The 23andMe breach that took place in October has been confirmed as much worse than originally reported, affecting 6.9 million people, as opposed to the 14,000 users first thought. …