Microsoft shares temporary fix for ODBC database connection issues
Microsoft has released a temporary fix for a known issue impacting Windows apps using ODBC database connections after installing the...
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FCC wants telecom carriers to report data breaches faster
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission wants to strengthen federal law enforcement and modernize breach notification requirements for telecommunications companies so...
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The Week in Ransomware – January 6th 2023
This week saw a lot of ransomware news, ranging from new extortion tactics, to a ransomware gang giving away a...
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Air France and KLM notify customers of account hacks
Air France and KLM have informed Flying Blue customers that some of their personal information was exposed after their accounts...
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Chick-fil-A investigates reports of hacked customer accounts
American fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is investigating what it described as “suspicious activity” linked to some of its customers’ accounts. “We...
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VSCode Marketplace can be abused to host malicious extensions
Researchers have found it surprisingly easy to upload malicious Visual Studio Code extensions to the VSCode Marketplace, and discovered signs...
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Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using...
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Hackers use CAPTCHA bypass to make 20K GitHub accounts in a month
South African threat actors known as ‘Automated Libra’ has been improving their techniques to make a profit by using cloud...
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WhatsApp adds proxy support to help bypass Internet blocks
Starting today, WhatsApp allows users to connect via proxy servers due to Internet shutdowns or if their governments block the...
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ChatGPT banned in NYC schools over learning impact concerns
The NYC Department of Education has banned the use of ChatGPT by students and teachers in New York City schools...
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Bitdefender releases free MegaCortex ransomware decryptor
Antivirus company Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware family, making it possible for victims of the once...
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Customer email data accessed in ransomware attack
Rackspace revealed on Thursday that attackers behind last month’s incident accessed some of its customers’ Personal Storage Table (PST) files...
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