Nevada closes state offices as cyberattack disrupts IT systems
Nevada remains two days into a cyberattack that began early Sunday, disrupting government websites, phone systems, and online platforms, and forcing all state offices to…
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Beyond GDPR security training: Turning regulation into opportunity
By Eirik Salmi, System Analyst at Passwork Even though 88% of businesses spend over €1 million on GDPR compliance and 40% invest up to €10…
CISA warns of actively exploited Git code execution flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Git distributed version control system. The…
Nissan confirms design studio data breach claimed by Qilin ransomware
Nissan Japan has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it suffered a data breach following unauthorized access to a server of one of its subsidiaries, Creative Box…
Surge in coordinated scans targets Microsoft RDP auth servers
Internet intelligence firm GreyNoise reports that it has recorded a significant spike in scanning activity consisting of nearly 1,971 IP addresses probing Microsoft Remote Desktop Web…
New AI attack hides data-theft prompts in downscaled images
Researchers have developed a novel attack that steals user data by injecting malicious prompts in images processed by AI systems before delivering them to a…
Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers
French retailer Auchan is informing that some sensitive data associated with loyalty accounts of several hundred thousand of its customers was exposed in a cyberattack.…
Farmers Insurance data breach impacts 1.1M people after Salesforce attack
U.S. insurance giant Farmers Insurance has disclosed a data breach impacting 1.1 million customers, with BleepingComputer learning that the data was stolen in the widespread…
Malicious Android apps with 19M installs removed from Google Play
Seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs were delivering multiple malware families to Google Play users. This malware infiltration was discovered by Zscaler’s…
Critical Docker Desktop flaw lets attackers hijack Windows hosts
A critical vulnerability in Docker Desktop for Windows and macOS allows compromising the host by running a malicious container, even if the Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI)…
Defending against malware persistence techniques with Wazuh
Malware persistence techniques enable attackers to maintain access to compromised endpoints despite system reboots, credential changes, or other disruptions. Common methods include altering configurations, injecting…
Microsoft working on fix for ongoing Outlook email issues
Microsoft is working to resolve an Exchange Online issue causing email access problems for Outlook mobile users who use Hybrid Modern Authentication (HMA). HMA is a Microsoft…