Mid-Week Intel: TV Box Botnet Dismantled, mSecure Password Reset Warning, and Fake Job Interview Scams
It's Wednesday, and here's your mid-week roundup of what matters for UK households.
Cheap TV boxes were being used as proxies
Tech firms have dismantled a botnet that had turned around 1.3 million TV boxes into proxies. In plain terms, those boxes were quietly routing other people's internet traffic in the background. The risk isn't that your television was watching you. It's that criminals were borrowing your connection to hide their activity, which can cause problems with your ISP. If you own one of these budget boxes, don't rely on it. A streaming stick from a known brand, bought from a known retailer, is the safer choice.
mSecure users told to reset credentials
mSecure has warned users to change their passwords and reset two-factor authentication and passkeys after suspicious activity. If you use it, change your master password, reset your second factor, and set up passkeys again. While you're there, check for logins or settings you don't recognise.
Chainstack reports a breach
Chainstack, a blockchain infrastructure provider, has reported a breach of its production systems that exposed customer data and password hashes. If you have an account, change that password and change it anywhere else you've reused it.
Fake job interviews and AI tool abuse
Binance has revealed how fake job interviews and abuse of AI tools contributed to a theft worth 6.43 billion dollars. The household lesson is simple. If a job offer arrives out of the blue and the interview is a link and a download, slow right down.
Dark web watch
DarkWatch is tracking 9 active targets, and one capture relates to LockBit material appearing on an active dark web leak site. Leaked data keeps circulating long after the headline fades.
Today's takeaway
Pick the account or password manager you care about most. Change the password tonight, and make sure two-factor authentication is switched on.
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