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Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack
A software platform used by law enforcement agencies and major tech companies to manage subpoenas and data requests went dark this week after attackers socially engineered AWS into freezing its domain.…
Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims
Criminals with potential links to the notorious Clop ransomware mob are bombarding Oracle execs with extortion emails, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Big Red's E-Business Suite, according to researchers.…
EU funds are flowing into spyware companies, and politicians are demanding answers
An arsenal of angry European Parliament members (MEPs) is demanding answers from senior commissioners about why EU subsidies are ending up in the pockets of spyware companies.…
Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files
A hacking crew claims to have broken into Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, exfiltrating some 570GB of compressed data, including sensitive documents belonging to customers. …
US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew
The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and leaving cybersecurity operations to run on skeleton crews.…
'Delightful' root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover
A 9.9 out of 10 severity bug in Red Hat's OpenShift AI service could allow a remote attacker with minimal authentication to steal data, disrupt services, and fully hijack the platform.…
Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach
Exclusive The US Air Force confirmed it's investigating a "privacy-related issue" amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable to service members.…
3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America's mailboxes
A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.…
Autonomous AI adoption stalls amid trust and governance crisis
Enterprises aren't keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is crashing against the rocks of reality.…
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
The UK's data watchdog has described Imgur's move to block UK users as "a commercial decision" after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.…
Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told
UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put meat on the bones of the plans or risk it failing fast.…
Schools are swotting up on security yet still flunk recovery when cyberattacks strike
Schools and colleges hit by cyberattacks are taking longer to restore their networks — and the consequences are severe, with students' coursework being permanently lost in some cases.…
Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers
Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing it sling a new variety of malware.…
Fake North Korean IT workers sneaking into healthcare, finance, and AI
The North Korean IT worker threat extends well beyond tech companies, with fraudsters interviewing at a "surprising" number of healthcare orgs, according to Okta Threat Intelligence.…
Tile trackers are a stalker's dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360's security promises, a group of Georgia Tech researchers warns.…
Google bolts AI into Drive to catch ransomware, but crooks not shaking yet
Google on Tuesday rolled out a new AI tool in Drive for desktop that it says will pause syncing to limit ransomware damage, but it won't stop attacks outright.…
Warnings about Cisco vulns under active exploit are falling on deaf ears
Nearly 50,000 Cisco ASA/FTD instances vulnerable to two bugs that are actively being exploited by "advanced" attackers remain exposed to the internet, according to Shadowserver data.…
TMI: How cloud collaboration suites drive oversharing and unmanaged access
Partner Content Seamless collaboration through cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 has radically reshaped the modern workplace. In the span of an hour, you could go from uploading budget proposals to a project channel to live editing a joint presentation with a business partner, all while making lunch plans over Teams. From remote work to video calls, it’s never been easier to connect people, ideas, and information.…
Britain's policing minister punts facial recog nationwide
The government is to encourage police forces across England and Wales to adopt live facial recognition (LFR) technology, with a minister praising its use by the London's Metropolitan Police in a suburb in the south of the city.…
£5.5B Bitcoin fraudster pleads guilty after years on the run
London's Metropolitan Police has secured a "landmark conviction" following a record-busting Bitcoin seizure and seven-year investigation.…
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