A motor insurance worker has been given a suspended sentence after abusing his position to unlawfully access personal information related to customer policies, according to the UK’s privacy regulator. Rizwan Manjra, 44, from Bolton, managed an accident claims team at…
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Device Security Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in Apple’s iOS and macOS that, if successfully exploited, could sidestep the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) framework and result in unauthorized access to sensitive…
A Canadian man is arrested in relation to the Snowflake hacks from earlier this year – after a cybersecurity researcher managed to track his identity, and a cryptocurrency-trading Instagram influencer is in trouble with the law. All this and more…
Three new mobile-only surveillance tools developed and used by state-sponsored organizations have been discovered by mobile security provider Lookout. These new tools include BoneSpy and PlainGnome which are Android surveillance tools developed by Gamaredon (aka Primitive Bear, Shuckworm), an advanced…
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability Malicious actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress to install other vulnerable plugins that could open the door to a variety of attacks. The flaw, tracked as…
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / DDoS Attack A global law enforcement operation has failed 27 stresser services that were used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and took them offline as part of a multi-year international exercise called PowerOFF.…
Snowflake has announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all accounts by November 2025. The firm said it will block sign-ins using single factor authentication with passwords as part of its commitment to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
Security researchers have warned customers of the popular file transfer software vendor Cleo that a zero-day vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild to steal their data. Security vendor Huntress was the first to publicize the attacks on Monday, claiming…
Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Cyber Attack A suspected China-based threat actor has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting high-profile organizations in Southeast Asia since at least October 2023. The espionage campaign targeted organizations in various…
The US government has sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for their involvement in the large-scale compromise of firewalls in April 2020. The hacked firewalls were exploited to install malware and deploy ransomware worldwide. Victims included US…
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