Cyber Crime – The TechBriefs

Experts warn 2.2 million cars could be at risk of hijacking via Bluetooth

(Image credit: Getty Images) 2.2 million vehicles are susceptible to a Bluetooth-based attack in the state of California The vulnerability […]

Fake FBI social media scams are on the rise — here’s what to look out for

Scammers are pretending to offer FBI support to victims Victims are becoming double-victims after falling for this trap FBI’s IC3 […]

US sanctions on rogue VPN accidentally break Telegram’s short links worldwide

The US Treasury sanctioned First VPN Service for aiding ransomware gangs Complying with the sanctions, the .ME registry wrongly suspended […]

First VPN administrators sanctioned by US Treasury over ransomware attacks

The US Treasury has sanctioned First VPN’s administrator for aiding ransomware attacks on American infrastructure Another suspect was targeted for […]

Baby Boomers beat Gen Z in password hygiene, but both generations still don’t stick to the best practices — and many people are still using decades-old passwords that they made as kids

(Image credit: Shutterstock) NordPass study claims older generations are more likely to change passwords than younger generations But younger users […]

81 million login attempts hit Microsoft 365 accounts as hackers try password-spraying to force entry using stolen credentials and OAuth to bypass authentication

(Image credit: Microsoft) A password-spraying attack successfully breached Microsoft 365 accounts The hackers abused improperly configured conditional access policies to […]