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What could the problem be? Reportedly, a cyberattack

American oil giant Halliburton is investigating an "issue," reportedly a cyberattack, that has disrupted some business operations and global networks.…

Whether attack slowdown continues downward trend is the million dollar question that security researchers can't answer

Critical industrial organizations continued to be hammered by ransomware skids in July, while experts suggest the perps are growing in confidence that law enforcement won't intervene.…

Needless to say, it backfired in a big way

University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) students may be relieved to hear that an emailed warning about a staff member infected with the Ebola virus was just a phishing exercise.…

Visit IGEL’s DISRUPT Munich event this September to learn more about the latest end user computing technologies

Sponsored Post  The IGEL DISRUPT Munich event promises an opportunity to explore the latest innovations in end user computing (EUC), with a focus on endpoint security, Zero Trust, digital workspaces and cloud infrastructures.…

Echoes human rights groups' concerns that it could suppress free speech and more

Networking giant Cisco has suggested the United Nations' first-ever convention against cyber crime is dangerously flawed and should be revised before being put to a formal vote.…

Why accurate threat detection and faster response times require a comprehensive view of the threat landscape

Partner Content  In today's digital landscape, the threat of automated attacks has escalated, fuelled by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).…

Unless you're cool with an unauthorized criminal enjoying admin privileges to comb through your code

A critical bug in GitHub Enterprise Server could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user account with administrator privileges and then wreak havoc on an organization's code repositories.…

If you needed yet another reminder of what happens when security basics go awry

It's a good news day for organizations that don't leave their AWS environment files publicly exposed because infosec experts say those that do may be caught up in an extensive and sophisticated extortion campaign.…

Forget about your love life too, no dating apps until the war is over

Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs is warning residents of under-siege regions to switch off home surveillance systems and dating apps to stop Ukraine from using them for intel-gathering purposes.…

Hoped to dodge child support payments, now faces 81 months inside – and a bigger bill than ever

A US man has been sentenced to 81 months in jail for faking his own death by hacking government systems and officially marking himself as deceased.…

Defense contractor gets hacked – what's the worst that could happen

US semiconductor manufacturing firm Microchip Technology has revealed an "unauthorized party disrupted the Company's use of certain servers and some business operation."…

Notification omits a number of key details

Popular flight-tracking app FlightAware has admitted that it was exposing a bunch of users' data for more than three years.…

Political stirrer Roger Stone may have been a weak link after personal emails cracked

US authorities have named Iran as the likely source of a recent attack on the campaign of the US Republican Party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump.…

Researchers find it's possible to downgrade authentication checks, and shabby token refresh policies

Digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal can be used to conduct transactions using stolen and cancelled payment cards, according to academic security researchers.…

12 on X and one on Instagram caught in the crackdown

OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian crew suspected of spreading fake news on social media sites about the upcoming US presidential campaign.…

Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn't fixing them

Cisco Talos says eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft's macOS apps could be abused by nefarious types to record video and sound from a user's device, access sensitive data, log user input, and escalate privileges.…

Investigators previously said the number was much, much higher

The data broker at the center of what may become one of the more significant breaches of the year is telling officials that just 1.3 million people were affected.…

Also: Your external-facing NetSuite sites need a review; five popular malware varieties for Q2, and more

in brief  Malware that kills endpoint detection and response (EDR) software has been spotted on the scene and, given it's deploying RansomHub, it could soon be prolific.…

Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, more all out there

A Florida firm has all but confirmed that millions of people's sensitive personal info was stolen from it by cybercriminals and publicly leaked.…

Attacker locked out all staff for four days

The cryptocurrency offshoot of reality TV and entrepreneurship show Unicorn Hunters has confirmed that an unknown attacker compromised its G-Suite, locking all staff out of their accounts.…