by Adre's IT | 27 August, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, CargoX, clearview ai, electric boats, mosquitoes, wiretapping
A Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company in recent months to have been hacked. In an...
by Adre's IT | 25 August, 2023 | aclu, Adre's IT Blog, clearview ai, file transfers, mosquitoes, moveit mass hacks, Progress Software
The mass-exploitation of MOVEit Transfer software has rapidly cemented itself as the largest hack of the year so far. While the full impact of the attack will likely remain untold for months to come, there are now more than 1,000 known victims of the MOVEit breach,...
by Adre's IT | 25 August, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, byjus, clearview ai, New Delhi, Startups
Byju’s, the edtech giant and India’s most valuable startup, has fixed a server-side misconfiguration that was exposing the sensitive data of its students. The Indian startup exposed some students’ names, phone numbers, addresses and email IDs. The...
by Adre's IT | 24 August, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, clearview ai, Enterprise, Funding, salto, Startups
There’s a growing number of cybersecurity regulations designed to keep business and customer data protected. In 2022 alone, over 40 U.S. states introduced 250 bills focused on cybersecurity, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And more...
by Adre's IT | 23 August, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, clearview ai, Fika Ventures, Startups, TC Disrupt 2023, TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
We’ve all seen headlines about major hacks and data breaches of major companies — it can feel like nobody’s safe. Security is a constant learning curve, and what we learn when things go wrong can help defend against similar threats and would-be incidents...
by Adre's IT | 23 August, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, Analysis, clearview ai, decentralization, mosquitoes, U.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. government said it believes North Korean hackers are preparing to cash out millions of dollars stolen during a spate of high-profile crypto hacks. On Tuesday, the FBI warned cryptocurrency companies about recent blockchain activity connected to the theft of...
