E.U. Court Limits Meta’s Use of Personal Facebook Data for Targeted Ads
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Advertising Europe’s top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook…
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Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability
Oct 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Mobile Security Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have…
U.S. and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown
Oct 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananPhishing Attack / Cybercrime Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used…
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Security Flaw Exposes Sites to XSS Attacks
Oct 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability A new high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable…
Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors
Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. The…
How to Get Going with CTEM When You Don’t Know Where to Start
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a strategic framework that helps organizations continuously assess and manage cyber risk. It breaks down the complex task of…
Android 14 Adds New Security Features to Block 2G Exploits and Baseband Attacks
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Technology Google has revealed the various security guardrails that have been incorporated into its latest Pixel devices to counter…
The Secret Weakness Execs Are Overlooking: Non-Human Identities
For years, securing a company’s systems was synonymous with securing its “perimeter.” There was what was safe “inside” and the unsafe outside world. We built…
New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Malware Linux servers are the target of an ongoing campaign that delivers a stealthy malware dubbed perfctl with the primary…
North Korean Hackers Using New VeilShell Backdoor in Stealthy Cyber Attacks
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed delivering a previously undocumented backdoor and remote…
INTERPOL Arrests 8 in Major Phishing and Romance Fraud Crackdown in West Africa
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Financial Fraud INTERPOL has announced the arrest of eight individuals in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria as part of a crackdown…
LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corp Leaders Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort
Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers…