CrowdStrike has asked a US judge to drop the lawsuit filed by Delta Air Lines. The cybersecurity company points to the contract conditions. Delta Air Lines has sued CrowdStrike over the major outage caused by an update from the company earlier this year. The American airline claims that the disruption caused damage of more than […]

Interpol wants an end to the use of the term ‘Pig Butchering’ because it is said to be offensive to victims. Last month, the Dutch Banking Association (NVB) warned about pig butchering, which is a combination of dating fraud and investment fraud. Scammers first build a relationship of trust with victims and then entice them

Privacy organization noyb has filed a complaint about Ryanair with the Italian privacy regulator because of the facial scan that new customers must undergo. All customers who want to book a flight via the Ryanair website or app must create an account. This is a permanent account, says noyb. “This often involves combining and retaining

The Japanese crypto exchange DMM was robbed of $308 million in bitcoin earlier this year via a rogue recruiter on LinkedIn, the FBI and Japanese police report (pdf). An employee of Ginco, the company to which crypto exchange DMM had entrusted the wallet management system, was approached via LinkedIn by someone posing as a recruiter.

The American cyber agency CISA today advised to only communicate end-to-end encrypted, as well as to stop using SMS-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) and personal VPN services. The advice is contained in a document on best practices for mobile communications and is suitable for everyone, but especially for ‘highly targeted’ individuals, according to the description (pdf).