05 Jun

4 cuffed following probe into holiday scheme for cybercrooks

Four arrests were made this week as part of an international probe into two overlapping corruption schemes that allowed cybercrims on INTERPOL watch lists to

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05 Jun

How To Prevent Your Emails From Being Hacked

My mother recently turned 80, so of course a large celebration was in order. With 100 plus guests, entertainment, and catering to organise, the best

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05 Jun

Microsoft paid Tenable a bug bounty for an Azure flaw it says doesn’t need a fix, just better documentation

A vulnerability — or just Azure working as intended, depending on who you ask — in Microsoft’s cloud potentially allows miscreants to wave away firewall

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04 Jun

Command senior chief busted for secretly setting up Wi-Fi on US Navy combat ship

The US Navy has cracked down on an illicit Wi-Fi network installed on a combat ship by demoting the command senior chief who ordered it

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04 Jun

Pentagon ‘doubling down’ on Microsoft despite ‘massive hack,’ senators complain

The Pentagon is “doubling down” on its investment in Microsoft products despite the serious failings at the IT giant that put America’s national security at

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04 Jun

London hospitals declare critical incident after service partner ransomware attack

Hospitals in London are struggling to deliver pathology services after a ransomware attack at a service partner downed some key systems. NHS England’s London region

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04 Jun

Christie’s stolen data sold to highest bidder rather than leaked, RansomHub claims

The cybercrims who claimed the attack on Christie’s fancy themselves as auctioneers as well, after they allegedly sold off the company’s data to the highest

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04 Jun

Microsoft accused of tracking kids with education software

A privacy campaign group with a strong record in legal upheavals has asked the Austrian data protection authority to investigate Microsoft 365 Education to clarify

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04 Jun

Cybercrooks get cozy with BoxedApp to dodge detection

Malware miscreants are increasingly showing a penchant for abusing legitimate, commercial packer apps to evade detection. Jiří Vinopal, threat researcher at Check Point Research, says

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04 Jun

Hudson Rock yanks report fingering Snowflake employee creds snafu for mega-leak

Analysis Hudson Rock, citing legal pressure from Snowflake, has removed its online report that claimed miscreants broke into the cloud storage and analytics giant’s underlying

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04 Jun

Researchers warn robot cars can be crashed with tinfoil and paint daubed on cardboard

A team of researchers from prominent universities – including SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State, UNC Charlotte, and Purdue – were able to turn an autonomous vehicle

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03 Jun

NIST turns to IT consultants to clear National Vulnerability Database backlog

Facing a growing backlog of reported flaws, NIST has extended a commercial contract with an outside consultancy to help it get on top of its

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03 Jun

NIST turns to IT supplier to clear National Vulnerability Database backlog

Facing a growing backlog of reported flaws, NIST has extended a commercial contract with an outside consultancy to help it get on top of its

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03 Jun

Crooks threaten to leak 3B personal records ‘stolen from background check firm’

Billions of records detailing people’s personal information may soon be dumped online after being allegedly obtained from a Florida firm that handles background checks and

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03 Jun

Russia takes gold for disinformation as Olympics approach

Still throwing toys out the pram over its relationship with international sport, Russia is engaged in a multi-pronged disinformation campaign against the Olympic Games and

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03 Jun

How to Stay Safe Against Scams While Traveling

Following a whirlwind year of travel in 2023, 40% of Americans are gearing up for even more adventures in 2024. As the warmth of summer

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03 Jun

Check Point warns customers to patch VPN vulnerability under active exploitation

Infosec in brief Cybersecurity software vendor Check Point is warning customers to update their software immediately in light of a zero day vulnerability under active

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03 Jun

The murky world of password leaks – and how to check if you’ve been hit

How To Password leaks are increasingly common and figuring out whether the keys to your own kingdom have been exposed might be tricky – unless

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