#digital-security

#digital-security

Manufacturers legally required to enhance security of smart devices by banning weak default passwords and ensuring transparency in security updates. [ more ]

Scammers use 'ghost hacking' to target deceased individuals' accounts for scams and theft.

Family members of the deceased can be emotionally manipulated by such scams. [ more ]

Ransomware victims are being targeted by criminals posing as security researchers, who offer to delete stolen data or grant access to servers for a fee.

Arctic Wolf Labs identified two cases of victims being extorted by a fake cyber samaritan, believed to be the same individual or group. [ more ]

Over 300,000 Line app user data exposed in a data breach at LY Corp.

No sensitive financial information or chat messages were compromised.

The breach occurred due to unauthorized access to an affiliate's computer system. [ more ]

A quantum computer has the potential to break public-key cryptography, a form of modern cryptography that keeps online transactions secure.

The Y2Q clock is a reminder of the projected date when a quantum computer will be able to break public-key cryptography. [ more ]