Air Canada discloses data breach of employee and ‘certain records’
Image Credit: John McArthur (Unsplash) Air Canada, the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, disclosed a cyber security incident this week in which hackers…
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Dallas says Royal ransomware breached its network using stolen account
The City of Dallas, Texas, said this week that the Royal ransomware attack that forced it to shut down all IT systems in May started…
Nigerian man pleads guilty to attempted $6 million BEC email heist
Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a 29-year-old Nigerian national extradited from Canada to the United States last April, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through…
Government of Bermuda links cyberattack to Russian hackers
The Government of British Overseas Territory Bermuda has linked a cyberattack affecting all its departments’ IT systems since Thursday to hackers based out of Russia.…
Recently patched Apple, Chrome zero-days exploited in spyware attacks
Security researchers with The Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed today that three zero-days patched by Apple on Thursday were abused as…
Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach
Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at its authentication provider. Nansen is…
T-Mobile denies new data breach rumors, points to authorized retailer
T-Mobile has denied suffering another data breach following Thursday night reports that a threat actor leaked a large database allegedly containing T-Mobile employees’ data. The…
Hotel hackers redirect guests to fake Booking.com to steal cards
Security researchers discovered a multi-step information stealing campaign where hackers breach the systems of hotels, booking sites, and travel agencies and then use their access…
‘Sandman’ hackers backdoor telcos with new LuaDream malware
A previously unknown threat actor dubbed ‘Sandman’ targets telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and South Asia, using a modular info-stealing malware…
GitHub passkeys generally available for passwordless sign-ins
GitHub has made passkeys generally available across the platform today to secure accounts against phishing and allow passwordless logins for all users. Passkeys are linked…
Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks
Apple released emergency security updates to patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users, for a total of 16 zero-days…
Microsoft Copilot rolls out with Windows 11 22H2 update next week
Microsoft will start rolling out its Copilot digital assistant to all customers next week, on September 26th, together with a host of new AI-powered capabilities…