Microsoft widens enterprise access to its threat intelligence poolOrganizations can be more proactive in tracking threats, finding holes in their protection Microsoft says it will give...
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Solana, Phantom blame Slope after millions in crypto-coins stolen from 8,000 wallets
Solana, Phantom blame Slope after millions in crypto-coins stolen from 8,000 walletsSOL holders literally S.O.L. Millions of dollars worth of Solana cryptocurrency and other tokens were...
UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fears
UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fearsPlan to educate the children turned out to be a 'won't someone think of the children?' moment...
Student crashes Cloudflare beta party, redirects email, bags a bug bounty
Student crashes Cloudflare beta party, redirects email, bags a bug bountySimple to exploit, enough to pocket $3,000 A Danish ethical hacker was able to work his...
India scraps data protection law in favor of better law coming … sometime
India scraps data protection law in favor of better law coming … sometimeTech giants and digital rights groups didn't like it, but at least it was...
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Taiwanese military reports DDoS in wake of Pelosi visit
Taiwanese military reports DDoS in wake of Pelosi visitControversial visit to Taiwan continues to reverberate through cyberspace, the real world, and the semiconductor industry Taiwan's Ministry...
Bloke robbed of $800,000 in cryptocurrency by fake wallet app wants payback from Google
Bloke robbed of $800,000 in cryptocurrency by fake wallet app wants payback from GoogleI got played via the Play store Last October, California resident Jacob Pearlman...
Critical flaws found in four Cisco SMB router ranges – for the second time this year
Critical flaws found in four Cisco SMB router ranges – for the second time this yearAt least Switchzilla thinks they're salvageable, unlike the boxes it ordered...
Warning! Critical flaws found in US Emergency Alert System
Warning! Critical flaws found in US Emergency Alert SystemDEF CON may be about to blow lid off security hole The US government is warning of critical...
Nomad to crypto thieves: Please give us back 90%, keep 10% as a reward. Deal?
Nomad to crypto thieves: Please give us back 90%, keep 10% as a reward. Deal?The Feds may see things differently Cryptocurrency bridge Nomad sent a message...
Hi, I’ll be your ransomware negotiator today – but don’t tell the crooks that
Hi, I'll be your ransomware negotiator today – but don't tell the crooks thatWhat it's like bargaining with criminals ... and advising clients suffering their worst...
DuckDuckGo says Hell, Hell, No to those Microsoft trackers after web revolt
DuckDuckGo says Hell, Hell, No to those Microsoft trackers after web revoltPlus: That Twitter privacy leak, scammers send Ubers for victims, critical flaw in Cisco gear,...
Dark Utilities C2 service draws thousands of cyber criminals
Dark Utilities C2 service draws thousands of cyber criminalsNascent platform provides miscreants an easier and cheaper way to launch remote access, DDoS, and other attacks A...
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Slack leaked hashed passwords from its servers for years
Slack leaked hashed passwords from its servers for yearsUsers who created shared invitation links for their workspace had login details slip out among encrypted traffic Did...
Microsoft tightens Edge security for less visited websites
Microsoft tightens Edge security for less visited websitesWe're pretty sure that doesn't mean it's safe to click on sketchy popups Microsoft wants to make it safer...
Twilio customer data exposed after its staffers got phished
Twilio customer data exposed after its staffers got phishedComms giant says several other firms targeted in 'sophisticated attack' Twilio confirmed a breach of the communication giant's...
US treasury whips up sanctions for crypto mixer Tornado Cash
US treasury whips up sanctions for crypto mixer Tornado CashBeing the money launderer for North Korea’s Lazarus Group comes at a price The US Treasury Department...
China-linked spies used six backdoors to steal info from defense, industrial enterprise orgs
China-linked spies used six backdoors to steal info from defense, industrial enterprise orgsWe're 'highly likely' to see similar attacks, Kaspersky warned Beijing-backed cyberspies used specially crafted...
Chinese scammers target kids with promise of extra gaming hours
Chinese scammers target kids with promise of extra gaming hoursCyberspace regulator's fraud report finds all is not well behind the Great Firewall Fraudsters in China have...
Microsoft’s fix for ‘data damage’ risk hits PC performance
Microsoft's fix for 'data damage' risk hits PC performance'AES-based operations might be two times slower' without latest updates Microsoft has warned that Windows devices with the...
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Malicious deepfakes used in attacks up 13% from last year, VMware finds
Malicious deepfakes used in attacks up 13% from last year, VMware findsPlus: Crooks swimming around your network, looking for a way in, says Incident Response Threat...
APIC fail: Intel ‘Sunny Cove’ chips with SGX spill secrets
APIC fail: Intel 'Sunny Cove' chips with SGX spill secretsAMD Zen chips, meanwhile, are vulnerable to side-channel data scrying A group of computer scientists has identified...
Patch Tuesday: Yet another Microsoft RCE bug under active exploit
Patch Tuesday: Yet another Microsoft RCE bug under active exploitOh, and that critical VMware auth bypass vuln? Miscreants found it, too August Patch Tuesday clicks off...
Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop
Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktopIt makes perfect sense for enterprises as well as enthusiasts. Just ask GitLab Opinion I've been preaching the gospel...
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Cloudflare: Someone tried to pull the Twilio phishing tactic on us too
Cloudflare: Someone tried to pull the Twilio phishing tactic on us tooAttack was foiled by content delivery network's hardware security keys Cloudflare says it was subject...
Maui ransomware linked to North Korean group Andariel
Maui ransomware linked to North Korean group AndarielAttack origins point to April 2021 first strike on Japanese target The Maui ransomware that has been used against...
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As Black Hat kicks off, the US government is getting the message on hiring security talent
As Black Hat kicks off, the US government is getting the message on hiring security talentKatie Moussouris tells it like it is Black Hat With the...
Ex-CISA chief Krebs calls for US to get serious on security
Ex-CISA chief Krebs calls for US to get serious on securityBlack Hat kicks off with call for single infosec agency with real clout and less confused...
Boffins rate npm and PyPI package security and it’s not good
Boffins rate npm and PyPI package security and it's not goodGuess what? Open source security still has gaps The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), as its...
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Meta privacy red team lead: Does your business know its privacy adversaries?
Meta privacy red team lead: Does your business know its privacy adversaries?Ethical hackers, but for privacy programs Black Hat Miscreants aren't only working to exploit flaws...