Illini Tech Services

06/04/2026

Hackers hijack thousands of sites for ClickFix and FakeUpdate attacks -

A threat actor tracked as DriveSurge has been operating large-scale malware distribution campaigns using ClickFix and FakeUpdates techniques on compromised sites.

06/03/2026

Your car is following you - how to reclaim your data privacy on the open road -

Today's vehicles know where we live, how much we weigh, and what we had for dinner. Here's how you can reduce that data flow.

06/02/2026

Meta's AI Support Bot Is Giving Hackers Access to Other People's Instagram Accounts Just by Asking -

Meta's AI customer support chatbot happily obliged when hackers asked it for access to high-profile Instagram profiles.

06/01/2026

Cruise operator Carnival discloses personal data breach -

Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Wednesday it had detected a cybersecurity incident involving ​a compromised account of an employee in April, ‌leading to the leak of certain personal information of individuals, including names, addresses and government-issued identification numbers.

05/29/2026

The Hidden Ransomware Economy Running on Exposed Databases -

A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying.

05/28/2026

Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat -

U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid.

05/27/2026

Bosses blinded by confidence about shadow AI use by workers -

More than half of orgs in Okta survey faced an AI-related security incident or near miss last year

05/26/2026

In observance of Independence Day, our office will be closed Friday, July 3rd.

05/26/2026

Major tech manufacturer Foxconn confirms cyberattack hit North American factories -

The ransomware group Nitrogen claimed responsibility for the attack and said it stole 8 terabytes of data spanning more than 11 million files belonging to the company’s top customers.

05/21/2026

Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores -

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin to inject skimming code into WooCommerce checkout pages.