Cencora data breach exposes US patient info from 8 drug companies
Some of the largest drug companies in the world have disclosed data breaches due to a February 2024 cyberattack at Cencora, whom they partner with…
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New ShrinkLocker ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt your files
A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker. ShrinkLocker, named so because it creates the…
Google fixes eighth actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year
Google has released a new emergency security update to address the eighth zero-day vulnerability in Chrome browser confirmed to be actively exploited in the wild.…
Microsoft pushes emergency fix for Windows Server 2019 update errors
Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band (OOB) update for Windows Server 2019 that fixes a bug causing 0x800f0982 errors when attempting to install the May 2024…
JAVS courtroom recording software backdoored in supply chain attack
Attackers have backdoored the installer of widely used Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) courtroom video recording software with malware that lets them take over compromised systems. The…
Microsoft spots gift card thieves using cyber-espionage tactics
Microsoft has published a “Cyber Signals” report sharing new information about the hacking group Storm-0539 and a sharp rise in gift card theft as we approach…
High-severity GitLab flaw lets attackers take over accounts
GitLab patched a high-severity vulnerability that unauthenticated attackers could exploit to take over user accounts in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-4835)…
Apple wasn’t storing deleted iOS photos in iCloud after all
Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple’s recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or even years ago was caused by…
Northern Ireland police faces £750k fine after exposing staff info
The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) intends to impose a fine of £750,000 ($954,000) on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for exposing…
Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search
A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo. Microsoft outage started at approximately 3 AM EDT…
Intercontinental Exchange to pay $10M SEC penalty over VPN breach
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will pay a $10 million penalty to settle charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after failing to…
Microsoft to start killing off VBScript in second half of 2024
Microsoft announced today that it will start deprecating VBScript in the second half of 2024 by making it an on-demand feature until it’s completely removed.…