The UK’s data privacy watchdog has found that the personal details of millions of UK voters were left exposed to hackers due to poor security practices at the Electoral Commission. The breach occurred because passwords were not changed regularly…
Category: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
New Jersey City University Targeted by ransomware Outfit Demanding $700K
A ransomware outfit launched an assault on New Jersey City University’s computer network, threatening to reveal sensitive private details of students and staff unless $700,000 in Bitcoin is paid by Saturday. The institution notified staff and students of the…
Report: macOS Most Vulnerable to Endpoint Attacks Compared to Windows and Linux
A new report from Picus Security has unveiled a concerning vulnerability in many IT environments: a high risk of complete takeover through escalated privileges. Simulated attacks revealed that while organizations can typically defend against seven out of ten attacks,…
Hacking Group Exposes Pentagon IT Provider’s Documents
A person familiar with the matter informed us that hackers stole internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc., one of the largest IT service providers in the US government, in an attempted breach of security. There has been a recent…
Domain Validation Bug: DigiCert Revokes TLS Certificates
In a major development in the tech landscape, SSL/TLS certificate provider “DigiCert” recently announced that it will be revoking around 83,267 certificates. This big step was taken due to a bug in their domain validation process, which dented the integrity…
The Rise of AI: New Cybersecurity Threats and Trends in 2023
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a critical trend to monitor, with the potential for malicious actors to exploit the technology as it advances, according to the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) on Tuesday (Jul 30). AI is…
HealthEquity Data Breach Exposes Personal Information
HealthEquity, a leading provider of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), has confirmed a significant data breach affecting potentially 4.3 million customers. The breach, discovered in March but only confirmed in June, involved unauthorized access to a data repository containing sensitive…
OAuth and XSS Bugs: Exposing Data of Millions of Users
The cyberspace landscape changes frequently, sometimes the change is good, while sometimes we stumble across challenges. One such problem surfaced recently when Salt Labs experts found OAuth (Open Authorization) implementation flaws and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Hotjar service,…
India’s Digital Sovereignty: Balancing Control and Freedom in the Internet Age
In the dynamic landscape of the digital world, the concept of digital sovereignty has become increasingly significant for governments around the globe. India, with its rapidly expanding internet user base, is part of this dialogue, striving to assert control…
Here’s How to Safeguard Your Smart Home Connected Devices
In a time where digital devices influence our daily lives, it is normal for households to have multiple smart home devices. Statistics show that each person owns at least three devices, with North Americans owning an average of nine.…