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In the modern age, data has become a crucial asset. It's like a new form of currency that powers businesses globally, but it also raises concerns about security. How can individuals be sure their personal information is protected? How do companies safeguard their own data and that of their clients? This is where CyberNews steps in. We are a group of privacy advocates dedicated to guiding individuals and businesses through the complexities of the digital landscape. We offer a daily mix of the latest technology news, insightful articles, helpful cyber tips, software and product evaluations, thorough research, and thought-provoking pieces. Our mission is to equip you with the knowledge needed to protect yourself and your digital assets.

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Europol busts up criminal organzation operating fake online trading platform

1 day ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

An organized international crime gang is busted by international authorities on Tuesday for operating a fake online investment platform that stole millions from dozens of unsuspecting victims. Europol said the organized crime group was responsible for defrauding at least 100 victims out of 3,000,000 euros over the past three years. International law enforcement conducted a total of eight simultaneous searches on Tuesday, May 13th across three counties: Albania, Cyprus and Israel.
American college spills half a million files with personal data

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Bank Street College of Education, a New York-based private school, exposed hundreds of thousands of files with personal data, including home addresses and phone numbers. An exposed Amazon AWS bucket revealed personal details of hundreds of thousands of people, the Cybernews research team discovered. According to the team, the exposed instance belongs to the Bank Street College of Education, a prominent century-old private school and graduate school.
DoppelPaymer suspect arrested for €4.5 million research agency hack

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

A 45-year-old foreign national was arrested in Moldova, suspected of numerous cybercrimes against companies in the Netherlands. Moldovan law enforcement authorities arrested the man on May 6th, in cooperation with colleagues from the Netherlands. The suspect was allegedly involved in the ransomware attack on the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Research (NWO), causing damage worth €4.5 million ($5 million).
Marks and Spencer cyber nightmare continues as customer information leaks

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

British retailer Marks and Spencer said on Tuesday some personal customer information was taken in the cyberattack that has crippled its online operation for more than three weeks. M&S, one of the best-known names in British business, stopped taking online orders on April 25th, and its share price has fallen 15% since the Easter weekend, when problems with orders first started.
Banking update glitch allowed users to view each other’s accounts

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Update bug in Arkansas-based Arvest Bank systems exposed customer data, allowing users to peek into accounts they do not own. While data leaks usually involve third parties going places they‘re not supposed to, private data can get exposed in less nefarious ways. Take Arkansas' oldest bank, Arvest. According to the company‘s recent breach notification letter, thousands of its customers were exposed over an update gone awry.
Update VMware Tools: hackers can tamper with virtual machines

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

Broadcom alerts that attackers with limited access to a virtual machine can exploit a vulnerability affecting VMware Tools and trigger insecure file operations. The open-source implementation, open-vm-tools, is also affected. Broadcom has released patches addressing the flaw affecting VMware Tools, a suite of utilities that enhance the performance and management of virtual machines (VMs) on the ESXi hypervisor.
ALERT: CISA revamps how it disperses security advisories and updates starting today

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure SecurityAgency (CISA)on Monday said it is officially changing the way it disseminates online security updates and guidance. CISA says the enhanced information dissemination system will from now on use social media and email only to disperse cybersecurity alerts and advisories, saving its landing page for more critical warnings.
Fidelity fail as frustrated users unable to log-in during Monday's stock market rally

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

Thousands of Fidelity customers are reporting ongoing issues logging in to the investment company’s trading platform, which began just minutes after the US stock markets opened on Monday morning. Barely five minutes after the opening bell was rung on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, Fidelity users began experiencing issues logging into their trading accounts.
Easy subscription cancellation rule delayed to July 14th

2 days ago | cybernews.com | Ernestas Naprys

The jumping through hoops and loops to cancel unwanted subscriptions should end on July 14th, 2025. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gives companies two additional months to comply with the click-to-cancel rule. In October last year, the FTC revised a Negative Option Rule, also known as a “click-to-cancel” requirement. The updated rule requires companies to provide an easy way to cancel, no harder than it was to sign up for the services. The rule went into effect on January 19th.
Russia’s aviation personnel's health data leaked en masse

3 days ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas

Millions of extremely personal records from the Rostec-owned Center of Aviation Medicine (TsAM) were leaked, exposing everything from names and phone numbers to allergies and account balances. The information initially appeared on a popular data leak forum on the 9th of May, when Russia celebrates the Soviet victory in the Second World War. The post author claims the leaked dataset includes a myriad of private details, exposing a total of 1.1 million individuals.