400 hospitals and med centers across 15 states rely on its products New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) is currently in its fifth day of handling a ransomware attack that has led to system disruption.… This article has been indexed…
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Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues
Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org’s report The Open Rights Group (ORG) has raised concerns about a number of security issues it found in all three of the canvassing apps developed on behalf…
WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their remote workers’ productivity.… This article has been indexed from The…
Wacom says crooks probably swiped customer credit cards from its online checkout
Digital canvas slinger indicates dot-com was skimmed for over a month Graphics tablet maker Wacom has warned customers their credit card details may well have been stolen by miscreants while they were buying stuff from its website.… This article has…
Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek
Oh someone’s in DeepShi… China-based AI biz DeepSeek may have developed competitive, cost-efficient generative models, but its cybersecurity chops are another story.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Guess who left a…
North Koreans clone open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials
Stealing crypto is so 2024. Supply-chain attacks leading to data exfil pays off better? North Korea’s Lazarus Group compromised hundreds of victims across the globe in a massive secret-stealing supply chain attack that was ongoing as of earlier this month,…
Lazarus Group cloned open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials
Stealing crypto is so 2024. Supply-chain attacks leading to data exfil pays off better? North Korea’s Lazarus Group compromised hundreds of victims across the globe in a massive secret-stealing supply chain attack that was ongoing as of earlier this month,…
Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet
And now you won’t stop calling me, I’m kinda busy A new variant of the Mirai-based malware Aquabot is actively exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel phones to build a remote-controlled botnet, according to Akamai’s Security Intelligence and Response Team.… This…
Transform your approach to data security
Watch this webinar on-demand and learn how to safeguard your organisation’s future Webinar The cybersecurity landscape continues to change at pace, leaving IT professionals constantly battling threats.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original…
‘Bro delete the chat’: Feel the panic shortly before cops bust major online fraud ring
Mastermind begs colluders to bury evidence later used to imprison him In announcing the sentencing of three Brits who ran OTP Agency, an account-takeover business, the National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed how a 2021 report sent the fraudsters into a…
Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress
Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new report from the spending watchdog suggesting it may not achieve…
The curious story of Uncle Sam’s HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam’s HR department – the Office of Personnel Management – claiming the Trump administration’s rapid roll out…
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
It’s another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more Many recent Apple laptops, desktops, tablets, and phones powered by Cupertino’s homegrown Silicon processors can be exploited to reveal email content, browsing behavior, and other sensitive…
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac Silicon
It’s another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more Many recent Apple laptops, desktops, tablets, and phones powered by Cupertino’s homegrown Silicon processors can be exploited to reveal email content, browsing behavior, and other sensitive…
Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery
Big-game hunting to the extreme Hellcat, the ransomware crew that infected Schneider Electric and demanded $125,000 in baguettes, has aggressively targeted government, education, energy, and other critical industries since it emerged around mid-2024.… This article has been indexed from The…
Protecting AWS environments from cyberthreats
The shared responsibility model: why securing AWS workloads is essential Partner Content Organizations are increasingly shifting their deployments to the cloud due to its many benefits over traditional on-premises solutions.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks
Data leak, shmata leak. It will all work out, right? IT and security pros say they are more confident in their ability to manage ransomware attacks after nearly nine in ten (88 percent) were forced to contain efforts by criminals…
Apple plugs security hole in its iThings that’s already been exploited in iOS
Cupertino kicks off the year with a zero-day Apple has plugged a security hole in the software at the heart of its iPhones, iPads, Vision Pro goggles, Apple TVs and macOS Sequoia Macs, warning some miscreants have already exploited the bug.……
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
Uncle Sam will ‘no longer blindly dole out money,’ State Dept says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen nearly all foreign aid cash for a full-on government review, including funds to defend America’s allies from cyberattacks as well…
DeepSeek limits new accounts amid cyberattack
Chinese AI startup grapples with consequences of sudden popularity Updated China’s DeepSeek, which shook up American AI makers with the debut of its V3 and reasoning-capable R1 LLM families, has limited new signups to its web-based interface to its models…