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Oracle rushes out another emergency E-Business Suite patch as Clop fallout widens

Tue, 14/10/2025 - 13:32
Latest in a long line of EBS flaws leta miscreants remotely compromise enterprise systems to pinch sensitive data

Oracle is rushing out another emergency patch for its embattled E-Business Suite as the fallout from the Clop-linked attacks continues to spread.…

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British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50%

Tue, 14/10/2025 - 11:51
Warn businesses to act now as high-severity incidents keep climbing

Cyberattacks that meet upper severity thresholds set by the UK government's cyber agents have risen 50 percent in the last year, despite almost zero change in the volume of cases handled.…

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EU biometric border system launches, suffers teeting problems

Tue, 14/10/2025 - 07:45
Malfunctioning equipment and manual processing cause 90-minute waits

The European Union's new biometric Exit/Entry System (EES) got off to a chaotic start at Prague's international airport, with travelers facing lengthy queues and malfunctioning equipment forcing border staff to process arrivals manually.…

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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters rage-quit the internet (again), promise to return next year

Mon, 13/10/2025 - 17:17
'We will never stop,' say crooks, despite retiring twice in the space of a month

The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) cybercrime collective - compriseed primarily of teenagers and twenty-somethings - announced it will go dark until 2026 following the FBI's seizure of its clearweb site.…

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Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students via 365 Education, says data watchdog

Mon, 13/10/2025 - 14:38
Redmond argued schools, education authorities are responsible for GDPR

An Austrian digital privacy group has claimed victory over Microsoft after the country's data protection regulator ruled the software giant "illegally" tracked students via its 365 Education platform and used their data.…

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China probes Qualcomm's Autotalks deal amid rising US trade tensions

Mon, 13/10/2025 - 13:21
Beijing insists it's business as usual – Washington might see it differently

China's competition regulator has launched an investigation into Qualcomm's purchase of Israeli firm Autotalks, the latest salvo in the escalating tech trade war between Washington and Beijing.…

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Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for pretending UK's Online Safety Act doesn't exist

Mon, 13/10/2025 - 12:10
Regulator warns penalties will pile up until internet toilet does its paperwork

Ofcom, the UK's Online Safety Act regulator, has fined online message board 4chan £20,000 ($26,680) for failing to protect children from harmful content.…

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Dutch government puts Nexperia on a short leash over chip security fears

Mon, 13/10/2025 - 12:01
Minister invokes powers to stop firm shifting knowledge to China, citing governance shortcomings

The Dutch government has placed Nexperia - a Chinese-owned semiconductor company that previously operated Britain's Newport Wafer Fab — under special administrative measures, citing serious governance failures that threaten European tech security.…

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