23andMe updates user agreement to prevent data breach lawsuits
As Genetic testing provider 23andMe faces multiple lawsuits for an October credential stuffing attack that led to the theft of customer data, the company has…
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2024 Live Hacking Events | HackerOne
Before we dive into invitations for 2024 and the new criteria and estimated number of hackers within each “bucket,” we remind all our researchers that,…
US government is snooping on people via phone push notifications, says senator
Many people don’t realize that the instant alert push notifications you get on your phone are routed through Google or Apple’s servers, depending on which…
Atlassian patches several critical vulnerabilities – Security
Atlassian has issued patches for a variety of critical vulnerabilities, leading with a fix for CVE-2023-22522, a template injection vulnerability in Confluence Data Centre and Confluence Server.…
EU closer to landmark AI Act – Software
EU lawmakers and governments have agreed provisional terms for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT, taking a step closer to clinching landmark rules governing…
Windows 11 Notepad gets a built-in character counter, finally
Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter. Until now, users who needed a…
Cyber agencies call on software developers to improve memory safety – Finance – Software
Old favourites among software developers like C and C++ can’t guarantee memory safe software and should be replaced, according to ‘Five Eyes’ countries’ cyber security…
WordPress fixes POP chain exposing websites to RCE attacks
WordPress has released version 6.4.2 that addresses a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could be chained with another flaw to allow attackers run arbitrary PHP…
New XorDdos-Linked Linux RAT Krasue Targeting Telecom Firms
The Krasue Linux RAT is quite sophisticated, and equipped with the capability to evade detection through Rootkit and RTSP communication. Group-IB, a leading cybersecurity company,…
End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years
Since 2016, the social behemoth now known as Meta has been working to deploy end-to-end encryption in its communication apps. CEO Mark Zuckerberg even promised…
UK names Russian FSB agents behind political hacking campaign
The government has confirmed that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is behind a long-running hacking campaign that targeted politicians, civil servants, journalists and civil society…
Russian pleads guilty to running crypto-exchange used by ransomware gangs
Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty to operating the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange that helped ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals launder over $700 million. As a Bitzlato…