Palestine crypto donation scams emerge amid Israel-Hamas war
As thousands of civilians die amid the deadly Israel-Hamas war, scammers are capitalizing on the horrific events to collect donations by pretending to be legitimate…
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Employee, student data stolen in cyberattack
The University of Michigan says in a statement today that hackers breaching its network in August accessed systems with information belonging to students, applicants, alumni,…
Citrix warns admins to patch NetScaler CVE-2023-4966 bug immediately
Citrix warned admins today to secure all NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances immediately against ongoing attacks exploiting the CVE-2023-4966 vulnerability. The company patched this critical…
US energy firm shares how Akira ransomware hacked its systems
In a rare display of transparency, US energy services firm BHI Energy details how the Akira ransomware operation breached their networks and stole the data…
Spain arrests 34 cybercriminals who stole data of 4 million people
The Spanish National Police have dismantled a cybercriminal organization that carried out a variety of computer scams to steal and monetize the data of over…
Cisco patches IOS XE zero-days used to hack over 50,000 devices
Caption Cisco has addressed the two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273) that hackers exploited to compromise tens of thousands of IOS XE devices over the past…
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. The Taiwanese hardware vendor detected…
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 personal and protected health information…
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 the DataNet Systems hosting provider…
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 masking their IP addresses using…
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 Copilot, Redmond’s AI-driven security analysis…
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 Asia-Pacific region. Secure USB drives…