New AcidPour data wiper targets Linux x86 network devices
A new destructive malware named AcidPour was spotted in the wild, featuring data-wiper functionality and targeting Linux x86 IoT and networking devices. Data wipers are…
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Chinese Earth Krahang hackers breach 70 orgs in 23 countries
A sophisticated hacking campaign attributed to a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as ‘Earth Krahang’ has breached 70 organizations and targeted at least…
Investment advisers pay $400K to settle ‘AI washing’ charges
Image: Midjourney The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions, have settled charges of making…
Microsoft announces deprecation of 1024-bit RSA keys in Windows
Microsoft has announced that RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits will soon be deprecated in Windows Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide increased security. Rivest–Shamir–Adleman…
How the New NIST 2.0 Guidelines Help Detect SaaS Threats
Article written by Hananel Livneh, Head of Product Marketing at Adaptive Shield. The SaaS ecosystem has exploded in the six years since the National Institute…
Apex Legends players worried about RCE flaw after ALGS hacks
Electronic Arts has postponed the North American (NA) finals of the ongoing Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) after hackers compromised players mid-match during the tournament.…
Fujitsu found malware on IT systems, confirms data breach
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data. Fujitsu is the world’s…
AT&T says leaked data of 70 million people is not from its systems
AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime…
Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows
Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat…
New acoustic attack determines keystrokes from typing patterns
Researchers have demonstrated a new acoustic side-channel attack on keyboards that can deduce user input based on their typing patterns, even in poor conditions, such…
Hackers exploit Aiohttp bug to find vulnerable networks
The ransomware actor ‘ShadowSyndicate’ was observed scanning for servers vulnerable to CVE-2024-23334, a directory traversal vulnerability in the aiohttp Python library. Aiohttp is an open-source…
McDonald’s IT systems outage impacts restaurants worldwide
McDonald’s restaurants are suffering global IT outages that prevent employees from taking orders and accepting payments, causing some stores to close for the day. The…