23 Jul

$380M lawsuit claims intruder got Clorox’s passwords from Cognizant simply by asking

Clorox is suing its service desk provider, Cognizant, for $380 million in a California state court, alleging the IT support crew “enabled a cybercriminal to

Author rabih
23 Jul

Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers

Microsoft is again throwing AI at Windows 11 to see what sticks, releasing features including the even more eyebrow-raising successor to its controversial Recall, a

Author rabih
23 Jul

China warns citizens to beware backdoored devices, on land and under the sea

China’s Ministry of State Security has spent the week warning of backdoored devices on land and at sea. On Monday, the Ministry used its WeChat

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22 Jul

Funding for program to stop next Stuxnet from hitting US expired Sunday

Government funding for a program that hunts for threats on America’s critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity

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22 Jul

Silicon Valley engineer admits theft of US missile tech secrets

A Silicon Valley engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including crucial military technology. San Jose-based

Author rabih
22 Jul

Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare

If you installed the Firefox, LibreWolf, or Zen web browsers from the Arch User Repository (AUR) in the last few days, delete them immediately and

Author rabih
22 Jul

Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers

At least three Chinese groups are attacking on-premises SharePoint servers via a couple of recently disclosed Microsoft bugs, according to Redmond. Two of the crews

Author rabih
22 Jul

Humans can be tracked with unique ‘fingerprint’ based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals

Researchers in Italy have developed a way to create a biometric identifier for people based on the way the human body interferes with Wi-Fi signal

Author rabih
22 Jul

Microsoft patches critical SharePoint 2016 zero-days amid active exploits

Microsoft has good news for administrators running SharePoint Server 2016. The cloud and software megacorp has published updates to close a gaping hole in the

Author rabih
22 Jul

UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations

The UK government is proposing to “ban” public sector organizations and critical national infrastructure from paying criminal operators behind ransomware attacks, under new measures outlined

Author rabih
22 Jul

Open source’s superior security is a matter of eyeballs: Be kind to the brains behind them

Opinion The speedrun is one of the internet’s genuinely new artforms. At its best, it’s akin to a virtuoso piano recital. Less emotional depth, more

Author rabih
22 Jul

Why is your data worth so much? | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (S2E4)

Behind every free online service, there’s a price being paid. Learn why your digital footprint is so valuable, and why you might be the product.

Author rabih
21 Jul

Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’

Dell has confirmed that criminals broke into its IT environment and stole some of its data — but told The Register that it’s “primarily synthetic (fake)

Author rabih
21 Jul

Another massive security snafu hits Microsoft, but don’t expect it to stick

comment Here we go again. Another major Microsoft attack, with this one seeing someone — most likely government-backed hackers — exploiting a zero-day bug in

Author rabih
21 Jul

Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran’s intel agency

Four new samples of Android spyware linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that collects WhatsApp data, records audio and video, and

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21 Jul

Alaska Airlines grounded itself due to mysterious IT problem

UPDATED US carrier Alaska Airlines has grounded its fleet due to an unspecified IT issue. At the time of writing, the airline’s website includes a

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21 Jul

Alaska Airlines grounds itself due to mysterious IT problem

US carrier Alaska Airlines has grounded its fleet due to an unspecified IT issue. At the time of writing, the airline’s website includes a banner

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21 Jul

Japan discovers object out beyond Pluto that rewrites the Planet 9 theory

Asia In Brief Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory last week announced the discovery of a small body with an orbit beyond Pluto’s, and scientists think its

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