Brave browser surpasses the 100 million active monthly users mark
Brave browser reached 101 million monthly active users and 42 million daily active users this September, marking a new record in the project’s history. At…
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Microsoft Defender bug triggers erroneous BIOS update alerts
Microsoft is working to resolve a bug that causes Defender for Endpoint to incorrectly tag some devices’ BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) firmware as outdated, prompting users…
Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach
An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000…
Android spyware campaigns impersonate Signal and ToTok messengers
Two new spyware campaigns that researchers call ProSpy and ToSpy lured Android users with fake upgrades or plugins for the Signal and ToTok messaging apps…
Clop extortion emails claim theft of Oracle E-Business Suite data
Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle…
Emails claim Oracle data theft in new Clop-linked extortion campaign
Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle…
Data breach at dealership software provider impacts 766k clients
A ransomware attack at Motility Software Solutions, a provider of dealer management software (DMS), has exposed the sensitive data of 766,000 customers. Motility (formerly known…
Adobe Analytics bug leaked customer tracking data to other tenants
Adobe is warning its Analytics customers that an ingestion bug caused data from some organizations to appear in the analytics instances of others for approximately one…
Android malware uses VNC to give attackers hands-on access
A new Android banking and remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Klopatra disguised as an IPTV and VPN app has infected more than 3,000 devices across Europe.…
New bug in classic Outlook can only be fixed via Microsoft support
Microsoft is investigating a known issue that causes the classic Outlook email client to crash upon launch, which can only be resolved via Exchange Online support.…
WestJet data breach exposes travel details of 1.2 million customers
This story was updated with new information on the number of customers impacted. Canadian airline WestJet is informing customers that the cyberattack disclosed in June…
F-Droid project threatened by Google’s new dev registration rules
F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party…