Consumer loan company TMX Finance has started informing over 4.8 million individuals that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. Operating roughly 1,100 stores in 15 states, TMX offers loans under three brands, namely TitleMax (title lending services), TitleBucks (car title loans), and InstaLoan (fast-approval personal loan services).
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Phishing, the theft of users' credentials or sensitive data using social engineering, has been a significant threat since the early days of the internet – and continues to plague organizations today, accounting for more than 30% of all known breaches. And with the mass migration to remote working during the pandemic, hackers have ramped up their efforts to steal login credentials as they take advantage of the chaos and lack of in-person user verification.
Malicious hackers have been using an advanced information stealer to target Facebook business accounts by using Google ads and fake Facebook profiles that promote games, adult content, and cracked software to lure victims into downloading malicious files.
Microsoft warned customers today that it will finally disable basic authentication in random tenants worldwide to improve Exchange Online security starting October 1, 2022. Today's announcement follows multiple reminders and warnings the company has issued over the last three years, the first published in September 2019.
Threat analysts have spotted a new malware campaign dubbed ‘GO#WEBBFUSCATOR’ that relies on phishing emails, malicious documents, and space images from the James Webb telescope to spread malware.