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Happy Friday Italian University La Sapienza  disclosed on social media this week that it has been the victim of a cyberattack. This is a big deal because the University is Europe’s largest by number of in-campus residents, with over 112,500 enrolled students. As a precautionary measure and to ensure the integrity and security of private data, an immediate shutdown of all network systems was ordered. This included their website  which I just checked is "technically" back onli

We love to imagine password cracking as a battle between huge AI supercomputers and unbreakable encryption. But in many real-world attacks, hackers do something much simpler and honestly, much more uncomfortable. They build wordlists around you. Not just any list of passwords, but carefully crafted sets of guesses based on your habits, your culture, your hobbies, and the shortcuts people tend to use when they are tired, busy, or stressed. Here's what's really happening Instea

Happy Friday It's Friday and who doesn't like a fun weekend party invite? But don't party with scammers! As you might have guessed, the bad guys are blasting fake party invites into people's inboxes. Here's how it goes: 1. You'll get an email that looks like a party invitation, likely from someone you know who's mailbox has been broken into. The message looks informal, social and not suspicious at all. 2. If you click the link inside the email, you'll be sent to a webpage tha

“Your subscription is about to expire, click here to avoid losing your cloud storage!” Sound familiar? Thousands of users are waking up to this exact message, and sadly, many are falling for it. This new phishing wave pretends to come from trusted cloud storage providers like iCloud, OneDrive, and Dropbox. But behind the invoice-style emails is a well-orchestrated scam designed to exploit your urgency, not your subscription. What went wrong The phishing emails arrive disguis

Happy Friday, This week I spoke with a robot scammer and let me tell you, " he" sounded convincing. Here are the exact words that started the conversation: "Hi, this is Alex calling from the Golden Beast Restaurant. I'm calling to confirm a dinner reservation for tonight. Would it be possible to speak with the person who made the reservation?" It sounded convincing - there were awkward pauses, background noise and no accent whatsoever. Of course I knew what it was doing - lis

If you woke up to your inbox filled with “suspicious login” warnings or got strange SoundCloud follow requests you’re not alone Late 2025 brought bad news for music lovers and creators nearly 29.8 million SoundCloud accounts  were exposed in a data breach. But it wasn’t just the volume that raised eyebrows. It was the silence that followed until it hit Have I Been Pwned SoundCloud confirmed the incident occurred through unauthorized access to an admin dashboard not the stream

Happy Friday Last week it was Verizon , this week it's Microsoft. I'm talking about massive outages that ground business to a halt around the globe. It all started Wednesday at around 8am HST, when thousands began reporting that they couldn't send or receive emails, search OneDrive or SharePoint, access service portals like as Microsoft Admin Center and Purview or use Teams whatsoever. The outage lasted around 4 hours and Microsoft stated vaguely that it was because of "backe

The once-lively American arm of Stoli Group is closing shop. After a rocky road through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Stoli Group USA and its bourbon-focused sibling Kentucky Owl are now heading into Chapter 7 liquidation. Translation: it's not just restructuring anymore—it’s the end of the road. What Went Wrong Originally filing for Chapter 11 in 2024, the U.S. units of Stoli Group tried to reorganize under creditor pressure and shifting market dynamics. But those efforts didn’t s

Happy Friday and Happy New Year  You've probably already heard about Wednesday's massive Verizon outage - nearly 10 hours down, no bars, no service, no Internet and as of today, no real details. Yesterday however, Verizon broke their silence and told a reporter that the outage was caused by a software issue, not a cyber attack but provided no further details. Verizon customers are being offered a $20 credit for the inconvenience, so I guess lunch is on them. This is all start

Aloha, He Woke Up to 1,000 Messages. Then 4,000 Messages. The phone started buzzing  early in the morning. Then it didn’t stop . By the time he sat up in bed, there were over 1,000 messages  on his phone. Within minutes, that number doubled . Then doubled again. Vendors. Partners. Contacts he barely remembered. Hackers had gained access to his email account and blasted a message to everyone he’d ever communicated with. What started as confusion quickly turned into panic as t