Category Security

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has revealed a data breach that may have affected the information of approximately 1.2 million patients. In a notice on its website last week, TGH said it first detected unusual activity on its computer systems on…

July 24, 2023THNMoreMobile Security/Privacy Google has announced that it is adding support for Message Layer Security (MLS) to its messaging service for Android and plans to add an open source implementation of this specification. “Most modern consumer messaging platforms (including…

The Norwegian government has reported that 12 ministries have fallen victim to cyberattacks. The head of the government agency responsible for providing services to ministries, Eric Hope, said at a press conference today that the cyberattack was caused by a…

July 24, 2023THNMoreWindows security / zero-day A zero-day vulnerability in the Windows installer of Atera remote monitoring and management software could act as a springboard to launch a privilege escalation attack. Discovered by Mandiant on February 28, 2023, this flaw…

More than 15,000 Citrix servers worldwide are at risk of being compromised unless administrators urgently patch them, a leading security nonprofit has warned. The Shadowserver Foundation trolls the Internet for data about malicious activity.revealed in Twitter post On Friday, the…

July 24, 2023THNMoreLinux / network security Details of a currently patched OpenSSH flaw have been revealed that can be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary commands on a compromised host under certain conditions. “This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to…

Application security provider Checkmarx has identified what it describes as the first open source software supply chain attack to target the banking sector. In a recent report, Checkmarx researchers analyzed two different advanced supply chain attacks that relied on open…

A major US government contractor has agreed to pay a whopping $377.5 million to settle allegations of procurement fraud. This is the largest settlement of its kind to date. Booz Allen Hamilton is a government and military contractor focused on…

July 24, 2023THNMoreSupply chain / cyber attack Cybersecurity researchers say they have discovered what is believed to be the first open source software supply chain attack specifically targeting the banking sector. In a report released last week, Checkmarx said, “These…

July 22, 2023THNMoreEncryption/Privacy Apple has warned against a new proposal to expand the digital surveillance powers available to national intelligence agencies that it would be better off discontinuing its iMessage and FaceTime services in the UK than bowing to government…