OpenAI confirms DDoS attacks behind ongoing ChatGPT outages
OpenAI has been addressing “periodic outages” due to DDoS attacks targeting its API and ChatGPT services within the last 24 hours. While the company didn’t…
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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private
Signal is now testing public usernames that allow users to conceal the phone numbers linked to their accounts while communicating with others. As Signal’s VP…
Microsoft drops SMB1 firewall rules in new Windows 11 build
Windows 11 will no longer add SMB1 Windows Defender Firewall rules when creating new SMB shares starting with today’s Canary Channel Insider Preview Build 25992…
Sumo Logic discloses security breach, advises API key resets
Security and data analytics company Sumo Logic disclosed a security breach after discovering that its AWS (Amazon Web Services) account was compromised last week. The…
Russian state-owned Sberbank hit by 1 million RPS DDoS attack
Russian financial organization Sberbank states in a press release that two weeks ago it faced the most powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in recent…
Ransomware gangs hack casinos via 3rd party gaming vendors
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning that ransomware threat actors are targeting casino servers and use legitimate system management tools to increase their permissions…
WhatsApp now lets users hide their location during calls
WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp…
ChatGPT down after major outage impacting OpenAI systems
OpenAI’s AI-powered ChatGPT large language model-based chatbot is down because of a major ongoing outage that also took down the company’s Application Programming Interface (API). Customers affected…
Russian-speaking threat actor “farnetwork” linked to 5 ransomware gangs
The operator of the Nokoyawa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), a threat actor known as ‘farnetwork’, built experience over the years by helping the JSWORM, Nefilim, Karma, and Nemty affiliate programs with…
TransForm says ransomware data breach affects 267,000 patients
Shared service provider TransForm has published an update on the cyberattack that recently impacted operations in multiple hospitals in Ontario, Canada, clarifying that it was…
Fake Ledger Live app in Microsoft Store steals $768,000 in crypto
Microsoft has recently removed from its store a fraudulent Ledger Live app for cryptocurrency management after multiple users lost at least $768,000 worth of cryptocurrency…
BlueNoroff hackers backdoor Macs with new ObjCShellz malware
The North Korean-backed BlueNorOff threat group targets Apple customers with new macOS malware tracked as ObjCShellz that can open remote shells on compromised devices. BlueNorOff…