QNAP takes down server behind widespread brute-force attacks
QNAP took down a malicious server used in widespread brute-force attacks targeting Internet-exposed NAS (network-attached storage) devices with weak passwords....
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City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months
The City of Philadelphia is investigating a data breach after attackers “may have gained access” to City email accounts containing...
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Hackers may have breached entire voter roll
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) says that a threat actor who breached a web server operated by...
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Google Chrome’s new “IP Protection” will hide users’ IP addresses
Google is getting ready to test a new “IP Protection” feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users’ privacy by...
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Microsoft announces Security Copilot early access program
Microsoft announced this week that its ChatGPT-like Security Copilot AI assistant is now available in early access for some customers. Security...
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New TetrisPhantom hackers steal data from secure USB drives on govt systems
A new sophisticated threat tracked as ‘TetrisPhantom’ has been using compromised secure USB drives to target government systems in the...
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Number of hacked Cisco IOS XE devices plummets from 50K to hundreds
The number of Cisco IOS XE devices hacked with a malicious backdoor implant has mysteriously plummeted from over 50,000 impacted...
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American Family Insurance confirms cyberattack is behind IT outages
Insurance giant American Family Insurance has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack and shut down portions of its IT systems after...
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International Criminal Court systems breached for cyber espionage
The International Criminal Court provided additional information about the cyberattack five weeks ago, saying that it was a targeted operation...
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The Week in Ransomware – October 20th 2023
This was a bad week for ransomware, with the Trigona ransomware suffering a data breach and law enforcement disrupting the...
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Cisco discloses new IOS XE zero-day exploited to deploy malware implant
Cisco disclosed a new high-severity zero-day (CVE-2023-20273) today, actively exploited to deploy malicious implants on IOS XE devices compromised using...
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Okta says its support system was breached using stolen credentials
Okta says attackers accessed files containing cookies and session tokens uploaded by customers to its support management system after breaching...
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