Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles
06 July 2023
The tech retailer Poorvika had a non-password-protected data breach exposing sensitive employee and customer data. The breach included a vast number of records, including personal information, email addresses, tax invoices, and payment receipts.
06 July 2023
The development was reported by the Irish Independent, which said the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has been in contact with the social media giant about the new product and confirmed the release won't extend to the EU "at this point."
06 July 2023
The Russian state-owned railway company RZD said Wednesday that its website and mobile app were down for several hours due to a “massive” cyberattack, forcing passengers to only buy tickets at railway stations.
06 July 2023
International cops have arrested a suspected "key figure" of a cybercrime group dubbed OPERA1ER that has stolen as much as $30 million from more than 30 banks and financial organizations across 15 countries.
06 July 2023
A member of the US Navy's red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue in Microsoft Teams to bypass restrictions for incoming files from users outside of a targeted organization (external tenants).
06 July 2023
Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. This report offers you an understanding of the evolving threat landscape and highlights the measures required to protect against attacks effectively. It serves as an insight for businesses and individuals seeking to stay informed about the
06 July 2023
The development comes in the aftermath of an audit initiated by the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) against four companies CDON, Coop, Dagens Industri, and Tele2.
06 July 2023
Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow a user to gain elevated privileges on a target host.
Dubbed StackRot (CVE-2023-3269, CVSS score: 7.8), the flaw impacts Linux versions 6.1 through 6.4. There is no evidence that the shortcoming has been exploited in the wild to date.
"As StackRot is a Linux kernel vulnerability found in the memory
06 July 2023
As technology advances and organizations become more reliant on data, the risks associated with data breaches and cyber-attacks also increase. The introduction of data privacy laws, such as the GDPR, has made it mandatory for organizations to disclose breaches of personal data to those affected. As such, it has become essential for businesses to protect themselves from the financial and
06 July 2023
Technical information has emerged for a serious vulnerability affecting multiple Linux kernel versions. The security issue is referred to as StackRot (CVE-2023-3269) and can be used to compromise the kernel and elevate privileges.
06 July 2023
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed an attack infrastructure that's being used as part of a "potentially massive campaign" against cloud-native environments.
"This infrastructure is in early stages of testing and deployment, and is mainly consistent of an aggressive cloud worm, designed to deploy on exposed JupyterLab and Docker APIs in order to deploy Tsunami malware, cloud credentials
06 July 2023
“IT staff validated the source of the data is previously released data in response to a Public Information Act request. The underlying server, database and storage, again, was not compromised,” the city’s IT department said.
06 July 2023
Hundreds of energy organizations could be exposed to attacks due to an actively exploited vulnerability affecting a solar power monitoring product made by Contec, vulnerability intelligence company VulnCheck warned on Wednesday.
06 July 2023
Mozilla on Tuesday announced the release of Firefox 115 to the stable channel with patches for a dozen security vulnerabilities, including two high-severity use-after-free bugs.
06 July 2023
The university denied any cyberattack and attributed the system's downtime to technical issues. Officials also claimed that the photos and screenshots shared by the hackers were fake and photoshopped.
06 July 2023
A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has been arrested as part of an international law enforcement operation codenamed Nervone, Interpol has announced.
"The group is believed to have stolen an estimated USD 11 million -- potentially as much as 30 million -- in more than 30 attacks across 15 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America," the agency said.
06 July 2023
Users clicking on seemingly legitimate ads for postal package tracking can be redirected to malicious websites that collect sensitive data, such as credit card details and banking credentials.
06 July 2023
Cybercriminals have adopted a deceptive strategy by introducing fake "Are You Human" checks. The aim of this malicious scheme is to trick unsuspecting individuals into granting unnecessary permissions, thereby exploiting their trust and potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information. These websites, furthermore, exploit the granted permissions to establish a backdoor into your browser.
05 July 2023
The sixth annual report from Active Cyber Defence (ACD) highlights success of a “whole-of-society" approach in preventing millions of cyber attacks from reaching UK organisations and citizens each year.
05 July 2023
iHealth has settled with the Office for Civil Rights over potential Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy violations.