LastPass says 12-hour outage caused by bad Chrome extension update
LastPass says its almost 12-hour outage yesterday was caused by a bad update to its Google Chrome extension. Starting at around 1 PM ET yesterday,…
Month: June 2024
New Phishing Campaign Uses Stealthy JPGs to Drop Agent Tesla
Spanish speakers beware! A new campaign using the Agent Tesla RAT targets Spanish-speaking individuals. Learn how to protect yourself from this and other malware attacks.…
Akira Ransomware Group Claims Attack On Panasonic Australia
The Akira ransomware group claims on its dark web leak site to have compromised data from Panasonic Australia. Shortly after that announcement, Singapore authorities issued…
Apple to unveil new ‘Passwords’ password manager app for iPhones, Macs
Apple will reportedly unveil a standalone password manager named ‘Passwords’ as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 during the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.…
Christie’s starts notifying clients of RansomHub data breach
British auction house Christie’s is notifying individuals whose data was stolen by the RansomHub ransomware gang in a recent network breach. Christie’s discovered that it…
Windows Recall will be opt-in and the data more secure, Microsoft says
The insistent public complaints and proof-of-concept tools have have borne fruit: Microsoft has realized that the security of its recently previewed Windows Recall feature leaves…
Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats
Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that there information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation.…
Northern Irish police used covert powers to monitor over 300 journalists
Police in Northern Ireland have made 323 applications for communications data relating to journalists since 2011. The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern…
Microsoft Makes Windows Recall Opt-in, Encrypted After Outcry
Microsoft is making changes to its planned Windows Recall feature in response to growing criticism over the lack of privacy and cybersecurity controls of the…
SolarWinds fixes severe Serv-U vulnerability (CVE-2024-28995)
SolarWinds has fixed a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-28995) affecting its Serv-U managed file transfer (MFT) server solution, which could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to access…
Google will start deleting location history
Google announced that it will reduce the amount of personal data it is storing by automatically deleting old data from “Timeline”—the feature that, previously named…
LightSpy Spyware’s macOS Variant Found with Advanced Surveillance Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that the LightSpy spyware allegedly targeting Apple iOS users is in fact a previously undocumented macOS variant of the implant. The…