04 Apr

Cyberattack hits Omni Hotels systems, taking out bookings, payments, door locks

Updated Omni Hotels & Resorts’ computer systems have been offline since Friday due to what the American luxury hospitality chain called a “disruption.” Latest: We

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03 Apr

Nearly 1M medical records feared stolen from City of Hope cancer centers

Nearly one million individuals’ personal details, financial account information, and medical records may have been stolen from City of Hope systems in the United States.

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03 Apr

Omni Hotels IT systems down since Friday, hitting bookings, payments, door locks

Luxury resort chain Omni Hotels & Resorts has had its computer systems knocked offline since Friday in what it has described as a “disruption,” though

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03 Apr

Security pioneer Ross Anderson dies at 67

Obituary Venerable computer scientist and information security expert Ross Anderson has died at the age of 67. His family broke the news to Anderson’s friends

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03 Apr

Google bakes new cookie strategy that will leave crooks with a bad taste

Google reckons that cookie theft is a problem for users, and is seeking to address it with a mechanism to tie authentication data to a

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03 Apr

Meet clickjacking’s slicker cousin, ‘gesture jacking,’ aka ‘cross window forgery’

Web browsers still struggle to prevent clickjacking, an attack technique first noted in 2008 that repurposes web page interface elements to deceive visitors. Despite continuing

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03 Apr

Microsoft slammed for lax security that led to China’s cyber-raid on Exchange Online

A review of the June 2023 attack on Microsoft’s Exchange Online hosted email service – which saw accounts used by senior US officials compromised by

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03 Apr

Pandabuy confirms crooks nabbed data on 1.3M punters

Ecommerce platform Pandabuy has apologized after two cybercriminals were spotted hawking personal data belonging to 1.3 million of its customers. A user with the alias

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02 Apr

Feds finally decide to do something about years-old SS7 spy holes in phone networks

The FCC appears to finally be stepping up efforts to secure decades-old flaws in American telephone networks that are allegedly being used by foreign governments

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02 Apr

OWASP server blunder exposes decade of resumes

A misconfigured MediaWiki web server allowed digital snoops to access members’ resumes containing their personal details at the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation.

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02 Apr

Distinctive Campaign Evolution of Pikabot Malware

Authored by Anuradha and Preksha PikaBot is a malicious backdoor that has been active since early 2023. Its modular design is comprised of a loader

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02 Apr

Pandabuy admits to data breach of 1.3 million unique records

Ecommerce platform Pandabuy has apologized after two cybercriminals were spotted hawking personal data belonging to 1.3 million customers. A user with the alias Sanggiero originally

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02 Apr

Microsoft warns deepfake election subversion is disturbingly easy

As hundreds of millions of voters around the globe prepare to elect their leaders this year, there’s no question that trolls will try to sway

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02 Apr

Are You a Victim of a Deepfake Attack? Here’s What to Do Next

With the rise of cheap and easy-to-use AI tools, deepfake attacks find themselves likewise on the rise. Startling as that news might sound, you have

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02 Apr

Rubrik files to go public following alliance with Microsoft

Cloud security provider Rubrik has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange following a flurry of similar flotations. The company, which provides

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02 Apr

Polish officials may face criminal charges in Pegasus spyware probe

Former Polish government officials may face criminal charges following an investigation into their use of the notorious spyware Pegasus to surveil political opponents and others.

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02 Apr

INC Ransom claims to be behind ‘cyber incident’ at UK city council

The cyber skids at INC Ransom are claiming responsbility for the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Leicester City Council, according to a post caught by eagle-eyed

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02 Apr

Malware hiding in pictures? More likely than you think

Malware, Digital Security There is more to some images than meets the eye – their seemingly innocent façade can mask a sinister threat. Márk Szabó

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