It turns out that the answer to the question of which devices have the worst user privacy policies may be waiting for you outside. The Mozilla Foundation said in a report released on Wednesday that cars are “the official…
Tag: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Okta: Cyber Attackers Target IT Help Desks to Compromise Super Admin and Disable MFA
Okta, a leading identity and access management firm, has issued a warning regarding a series of social engineering attacks aimed at IT service desk agents of U.S.-based clients. The attackers’ primary objective was to deceive these agents into resetting…
FBI Duck Hunt Operation Against Qakbot Resurgence
Last week, a pernicious and multifunctional malware was silenced as a result of Operation “Duck Hunt,” a collaborative effort led by the FBI. This operation successfully extracted the malicious code from 700,000 compromised systems, forcibly severing their connection to…
Threat Actors Exploits SQL Servers to Deploy FreeWorld Ransomware
Threat actors are exploiting vulnerable Microsoft SQL servers, deploying Cobalt Strike and a ransomware strain named FreeWorld. According to cybersecurity firm Securonix, the campaign is notable for the way its infrastructure and toolkit are used. The firm has named the…
Golfing Community Shaken as Calloway Data Breach Hits One Million Fans
At the start of August, Topgolf Callaway (Callaway) was hacked by hackers, exposing the sensitive account and personal information of over 1 million customers to the dangers of identity theft. There are many manufacturers and retailers of various types…
The Future of Health and Medicine: The Impact of Generative AI
Generative AI is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionise the way we approach health and medicine. With the ability to generate new data, insights, and predictions, generative AI is inspiring dreams of a health data revolution. …
United Airlines Claims to Have Patched the Technical Glitch That Briefly Held Up Its Flights
United Airlines said Tuesday that it has fixed a technical fault that had led it to suspend worldwide departures, briefly crippling one of America’s largest carriers on a busy travel day. According to federal authorities, United crews were unable…
Electoral Commission Fails Cyber-Security Test Amidst Major Data Breach
The Electoral Commission has acknowledged its failure in a fundamental cyber-security assessment, which coincided with a breach by hackers gaining unauthorized access to the organization’s systems. A whistleblower disclosed that the Commission received an automatic failure during a Cyber…
Russian Cyber-Attacks and the Looming Threat of WW3
Russian cyberattacks have been on the rise alarmingly over the past few years, raising concerns among specialists about the possible repercussions. The threat that these cyberattacks will start a worldwide battle, commonly referred to as World War III, looms menacingly…
SaphhireStealer: New Malware in Town, Possess More Capabilities
A new malware called ‘SapphireStealer’ has been observed by Cisco Talos researchers. The malware came to light in December 2022 in Cisco’s public release, where they witnessed it frequently in public malware repositories, stealing browser credential databases and files containing…