Hundreds of Bank of America customers had trouble accessing their bank accounts yesterday due to Avast and AVG antivirus engines flagging the site as “malware.” — According to reports, hundreds of Bank of America customers had trouble accessing their bank accounts yesterday due to Avast and AVG antivirus engines flagging the site as “malware.” Naturally, seeing a virus alert when visiting their banking website would worry any customer.

It’s not your usual erotica: it transcends normal. Don’t read it! — Yesterday, spending a regular afternoon on Twitterverse this popped up on my feed:

Numerous user complaints ask the same question. And, what to do if your account is compromised? — Streaming service accounts get compromised all the time either due to data breaches, credential stuffing attacks from leaked databases, or simply because of users employing weak passwords. How accessible a streaming service makes it for a rightful account owner to attempt recovery is what counts. However, in the case of…

Researcher awarded a $10,000 bounty for reporting the bug — Originally published at securityreport.com on July 7, 2020. PlayStation has disclosed a severe use-after-free vulnerability, after over three months since it was reported. The vulnerability discovered by researcher Andy Nguyen exists in PS4 Firmware versions 7.02 and below. …

Security company has accused an Israeli domain registrar for registering thousands of malicious domains powering Chrome malware — Originally published at https://securityreport.com on June 26, 2020. It is not unusual for malware to use malicious C&C servers and domains. However, what we learn this week is something entirely different, sinister and going at a much larger scale. In a report published by the Awake Security Threat Research Team…

Customers advised carrying alternate cards and payment methods — Originally published at https://securityreport.com on June 26, 2020. In an email sent out today to Curve card customers, it is stated that their card would no longer be working, at least temporarily. Curve is an all-in-one credit card product in UK which lets customers carry a single card, and switch…