Auckland transport authority hit by suspected ransomware attack
The Auckland Transport (AT) transportation authority in New Zealand is dealing with a widespread outage caused by a cyber incident, impacting a wide range of…
Month: September 2023
Criminal IP Elevates Payment Security with PCI DSS Level 1 Certification
With payment card information being an enticing target for cyber attackers, the safeguarding of payment card transactions is of utmost importance. AI Spera is pleased…
UK Greater Manchester Police disclosed a data breach
UK Greater Manchester Police disclosed a data breach Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2023 UK Greater Manchester Police (GMP) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had…
Iranian hackers breach defense orgs in password spray attacks
Image: Midjourney Microsoft says an Iranian-backed threat group has targeted thousands of organizations in the U.S. and worldwide in password spray attacks since February 2023.…
GitHub Vulnerability Let Attackers Hijack Thousands of Repositories
Researchers uncover a novel Github vulnerability that might let an attacker exploit a race condition in GitHub’s repository creation and username renaming operations. A Repojacking attack…
A Second Major British Police Force Suffers a Cyberattack in Less Than a Month
Personal details of thousands of police officers and staff from Greater Manchester Police have been hacked from a company that makes identity cards, the second…
Windows 11 Snipping Tool gets OCR support to copy text from images
Microsoft has added text recognition support to the latest Snipping Tool build, allowing users to select and copy text from screenshots. The new OCR (optical…
Contractor Data Breach Impacts 8k Greater Manchester Police Officers
KEY FINDINGS The data breach affected over 8,000 Greater Manchester Police officers. The hackers targeted a company that produces warrant cards for the police force.…
Caesars Confirms Ransomware Hack, Stolen Loyalty Program Database
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., a well-known global hospitality brand, has been hacked by a cybercrime gang that stole a vast chunk of data, including the company’s…
Caesars Entertainment confirms ransom payment, customer data theft
Caesars Entertainment, self-described as the largest U.S. casino chain with the most extensive loyalty program in the industry, says it paid a ransom to avoid…
Getting ready for a post-quantum world
[ This article was originally published here ] Quantum computers are changing the cryptography rules Under Data Encryption, the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0…
More than 60% of firms have lost diverse tech talent
A large number of firms are struggling to keep diverse talent, with more than half saying it isn’t easy to retain diverse tech employees, according…