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Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
Data breach tracker HaveIBeenPwned claims the victim count of peer-to-peer lender Prosper's September cyberattack stands at 17.6 million.…
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are helping three US labor unions sue the Trump administration over a social media surveillance program that threatens to punish those who publicly express views that are not harmonious with the government's position.…
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Major car, van, truck and bus manufacturers are warning that the Dutch government placing semiconductor biz Nexperia under special administrative measures could result in a shortage of automotive chips.…
Vulnerability scores, huh, what are they good for? Almost nothing
Aram Hovespyan, co-founder and CEO of security biz Codific, says that the rating systems for identifying security vulnerabilities and assessing threat risk need to be overhauled.…
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack
China's cyberspies quietly broke into a Russian IT service provider in what researchers say is a rare example of Beijing turning its digital gaze on Moscow.…
Locked out of your Gmail account? Google says phone a friend
The latest security feature for Gmail enables users to recover their accounts with a little help from their friends.…
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – 'our highest ever' score
Microsoft has patched an ASP.NET Core vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9, which security program manager Barry Dorrans said was "our highest ever." The flaw is in the Kestrel web server component and enables security bypass.…
Senator presses Cisco over firewall flaws that burned US agency
US Senator Bill Cassidy has fired off a pointed letter to Cisco over the firewall flaws that allegedly let hackers breach "at least one federal agency."…
Auction house Sotheby's finds its data on the block after cyberattack
Auction house Sotheby's says it was breached on July 24, and those behind the intrusion stole an unspecified amount of data, including Social Security numbers and financial account information.…
Tech industry grad hiring crashes 46% as bots do junior work
ai-pocalypse The UK tech sector is cutting graduate jobs dramatically – down 46 percent in the past year, with another 53 percent drop projected, according to figures from the Institute of Student Employers (ISE).…
Machine learning meets malware: how AI-powered ransomware could destroy your business
Passwork KNP Logistics Group, a British transport company from Northamptonshire that’s been around longer than the mass-produced lightbulb, collapsed after a devastating security breach that left more than 700 employees jobless. The 158-year-old firm fell victim to a ransomware attack.…
Devs are writing VS Code extensions that blab secrets by the bucketload
Developers of VS Code extensions are leaking sensitive secrets left, right and center, according to researchers who worked with Microsoft to combat an issue that could have led to some nasty supply chain attacks.…
Capita fined £14M after 58-hour delay exposed 6.6M records
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a £14 million ($18.6 million) penalty to outsourcing giant Capita following a catastrophic 2023 cyberattack that exposed the personal data of 6.6 million people.…
Asahi breach leaves bitter taste as brewer fears personal data slurped
Asahi's cyber hangover just got worse, with the brewer now admitting that personal information may have been tapped in last month's attack.…
Mozilla is recruiting beta testers for a free, baked-in Firefox VPN
Mozilla is working on a built-in VPN for Firefox, with beta tests opening to select users shortly.…
Oracle rushes out another emergency E-Business Suite patch as Clop fallout widens
Oracle is rushing out another emergency patch for its embattled E-Business Suite as the fallout from the Clop-linked attacks continues to spread.…
British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50%
Cyberattacks that meet upper severity thresholds set by the UK government's cyber agents have risen 50 percent in the last year, despite almost zero change in the volume of cases handled.…
EU biometric border system launches, suffers teeting problems
The European Union's new biometric Exit/Entry System (EES) got off to a chaotic start at Prague's international airport, with travelers facing lengthy queues and malfunctioning equipment forcing border staff to process arrivals manually.…
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters rage-quit the internet (again), promise to return next year
The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) cybercrime collective - compriseed primarily of teenagers and twenty-somethings - announced it will go dark until 2026 following the FBI's seizure of its clearweb site.…
Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students via 365 Education, says data watchdog
An Austrian digital privacy group has claimed victory over Microsoft after the country's data protection regulator ruled the software giant "illegally" tracked students via its 365 Education platform and used their data.…