UnitedHealth confirms it paid ransomware gang to stop data leak

bleepingcomputer.com The UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that it paid a ransom to cybercriminals to protect sensitive data stolen during the Optum ransomware attack in late February. The attack…

Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack. Frontier is a…

Google Ads Promotes Fake Crypto Website Leading to Phishing Scam

cryptonews.com Google’s online advertising platform, Google Ads, is promoting malicious crypto websites, exposing users to a phishing scam. According to a report from BleepingComputer,…

Cisco warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against VPN services

bleepingcomputer.com Cisco warns about a large-scale credential brute-forcing campaign targeting VPN and SSH services on Cisco, CheckPoint, Fortinet, SonicWall, and Ubiquiti devices worldwide. A…

T-Mobile, Verizon workers get texts offering $300 for SIM swaps

bleepingcomputer.com Criminals are now texting T-Mobile and Verizon employees on their personal and work phones, trying to tempt them with cash to perform SIM swaps. The targeted employees have…

Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS firewall zero-day used in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Today, Palo Alto Networks warns that an unpatched critical command injection vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewall is being actively exploited in attacks. "Palo Alto Networks…

Your anonymous reviews may not stay that way

aol.com None Reservations site OpenTable will reportedly add users' first names to formerly anonymous reviews. • None The move comes a month after news of a similar change from…

SEC Vs. Uniswap: Legal Expert Draws Parallels To Ripple’s SEC Showdown

bitcoinist.com Uniswap, the pioneering decentralized exchange (DEX), finds itself at the center of a legal maelstrom as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sets its sights on…

OpenTable plans to display members' first names and profile photos on all reviews, including past reviews, starting May 22 in a bid to provide more transparency

bleepingcomputer.com Restaurant reservation platform OpenTable says that all reviews on the platform will no longer be fully anonymous starting May 22nd and will now show members' profile…

CISA says Sisense hack impacts critical infrastructure orgs

bleepingcomputer.com The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is investigating the recent breach of data analytics company Sisense, an incident that also impacted…

AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain

arstechnica.com AT&T is notifying millions of current or former customers that their account data has been compromised and published last month on the dark web. Just how many millions, the…

Hackers deploy crypto drainers on thousands of WordPress sites

bleepingcomputer.com Almost 2,000 hacked WordPress sites now display fake NFT and discount pop-ups to trick visitors into connecting their wallets to crypto drainers that automatically steal…