Hacker claims Giant Tiger data breach, leaks 2.8M records online
Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger disclosed a data breach in March 2024. A threat actor has now publicly claimed responsibility for the data breach and leaked 2.8…
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Palo Alto Networks zero-day exploited since March to backdoor firewalls
Suspected state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewalls tracked as CVE-2024-3400 since March 26, using the compromised devices to…
UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that
Royal Mail, the British postal and courier service began switching all snail mail stamps to barcoded stamps last year. The purpose of the barcode was…
Telegram fixes Windows app zero-day used to launch Python scripts
Telegram fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its Windows desktop application that could be used to bypass security warnings and automatically launch Python scripts. Over the…
Microsoft now testing app ads in Windows 11’s Start menu
Microsoft has started testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu, a new experiment the company says will help users find new “great” apps in…
Telegram fixes Windows app zero-day caused by file extension typo
Telegram fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its Windows desktop application that could be used to bypass security warnings and automatically launch Python scripts. Over the…
FBI warns of massive wave of road toll SMS phishing attacks
On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll…
Ex-Amazon engineer gets 3 years for hacking crypto exchanges
Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022 and stealing over $12…
Former AT&T customers get $6.3 million in data throttling refunds
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending out $6,300,000 in partial refunds to 267,000 former AT&T Wireless customers as part of a data throttling settlement…
Roku warns 576,000 accounts hacked in new credential stuffing attacks
Roku warns that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks after disclosing another incident that compromised 15,000 accounts in early March. The company…
Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS firewall zero-day used in attacks
Today, Palo Alto Networks warns that an unpatched critical command injection vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewall is being actively exploited in attacks. “Palo Alto Networks…
How to automate up to 90% of IT offboarding tasks
Employee offboarding isn’t anybody’s favorite task—but it’s a critical IT process that needs to be executed diligently and efficiently. According to recent research on employee…