< p style=”text-align: justify;”>A recent cybersecurity lapse within Volkswagen’s Cariad unit, which manages the company’s cloud systems, exposed sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of vehicles. The breach, attributed to a misconfiguration in a cloud environment hosted on Amazon…
Category: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Dutch Authority Flags Concerns Over AI Standardization Delays
As the Dutch privacy watchdog DPA announced on Wednesday, it was concerned that software developers developing artificial intelligence (AI) might use personal data. To get more information about this, DPA sent a letter to Microsoft-backed OpenAI. The Dutch Data…
Third-Party Data Breaches Expose Cybersecurity Risks in EU’s Largest Firms
< p style=”text-align: justify;”>A recent report by SecurityScorecard has shed light on the widespread issue of third-party data breaches among the European Union’s top companies. The study, which evaluated the cybersecurity health of the region’s 100 largest firms, revealed that…
Rising GPS Interference Threatens Global Aviation and Border Security
< p style=”text-align: justify;”>A recent report by OPS Group, a global aviation safety network, has highlighted a sharp rise in GPS interference across several global conflict zones, including India’s borders with Pakistan and Myanmar. This interference poses significant risks…
Android Smartphones Revolutionize Ionosphere Mapping
< p style=”text-align: justify;”>Mapping the ionosphere is essential for improving the precision of navigation systems, yet traditional methods face significant limitations. Ground-based GNSS stations, while providing detailed maps of ionospheric total electron content (TEC), suffer from poor spatial coverage,…
2024 CrowdStrike Outage Reveals Critical IT Vulnerabilities
< p style=”text-align: justify;”>The CrowdStrike outage in July 2024 exposed significant weaknesses in global IT supply chains, raising concerns about their resilience and dependence on major providers. The disruption caused widespread impact across critical sectors, including healthcare, transportation, banking,…
Hackers Use Russian Domains for Phishing Attacks
The latest research has found a sharp rise in suspicious email activities and a change in attack tactics. If you are someone who communicates via email regularly, keep a lookout for malicious or unusual activities, it might be a scam.…
AT&T Confirms Cyberattack Amid Salt Typhoon Hacking Incident
AT&T has confirmed being targeted in the Salt Typhoon hacking attack, a cyber operation suspected to involve China. Despite the attack, the telecommunications giant assured customers that its networks remain secure. In a statement, AT&T revealed that hackers aimed…
RBI Report Highlights Rising Fraud Incidents and Financial Impact
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revealed a significant rise in bank fraud cases during the first half of the current fiscal year. According to the Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24, fraud cases…
Transforming Cybersecurity Protocols for US Healthcare Systems
In a proposal posted on Friday in the Federal Register, the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) outlined several new requirements that could improve the cybersecurity practices of healthcare organizations. The…