Verizon insider data breach hits over 63,000 employees
Verizon Communications is warning that an insider data breach impacts almost half its workforce, exposing sensitive employee information. Verizon is an American telecommunications and mass…
Month: February 2024
Safer Internet Day, or why Brad Pitt needed an internet bodyguard
February 6, 2024 is Safer Internet Day. When I was asked to write about the topic, I misunderstood the question and heard: “can you cover…
Experts Detail New Flaws in Azure HDInsight Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop Services
Feb 06, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cloud Security Three new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Azure HDInsight’s Apache Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark services that could be…
UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation
The UK government has said it will consider creating “targeted binding requirements” for select companies developing highly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems, as part of…
A new cybersecurity listing on Microsoft Azure
AI SPERA, a leader in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)-based solutions, today announced that Criminal IP ASM (Attack Surface Management) is now available on the Microsoft…
Now Spyware links can lead to Visa restrictions
The United States has taken a firm stance on visa restrictions targeting individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken…
Spoutible API exposed encrypted password reset tokens, 2FA secrets of users
A publicly exposed API of social media platform Spoutible may have allowed threat actors to scrape information that can be used to hijack user accounts.…
State of Malware 2024: What consumers need to know
Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. As home users,…
Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials
Feb 06, 2024NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malvertising Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new…
Inquiry to explore cyber risk to Sunak-Starmer showdown
With less than 12 months until the latest possible date upon which the next UK general election can be held – 28 January 2025 –…
Google’s open-source bazel Flaw Attackers insert malicious code
Bazel, an open-source software used for automation of building and testing, has been discovered with a critical supply chain vulnerability that could allow a threat…
Cloudflare Server Compromised Due to Leaked Access Token
On November 23, 2023, Cloudflare detected a threat actor on the self-hosted Atlassian server. The attack was initiated using a single stolen access token and…