Ireland fines Meta €91 million for storing passwords in plaintext
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for storing in plaintext passwords of hundreds of millions of users.
U.S. charges Joker's Stash and Rescator money launderers
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced charges against two Russian nationals for operating billion-dollar money ...
Iranian hackers charged for ‘hack-and-leak’ plot to influence election
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging three Iranian hackers with a "hack-and-leak" campaign that ...
Microsoft: Windows Recall now can be removed, is more secure
Microsoft has announced security and privacy upgrades to its AI-powered Windows Recall feature, which now can be removed and ...
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CUPS flaws enable Linux remote code execution, but there’s a catch
Under certain conditions, attackers can chain a set of vulnerabilities in multiple components of the CUPS open-source ...
Kia dealer portal flaw could let attackers hack millions of cars
A group of security researchers discovered critical flaws in Kia's dealer portal that could let hackers locate and steal ...
Windows 11 KB5043145 update released with 13 changes and fixes
Microsoft released the September 2024 preview update (KB5043145) for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, with 13 improvements and fixes ...
Embargo ransomware escalates attacks to cloud environments
Microsoft warns that ransomware threat actor Storm-0501 has recently switched tactics and now targets hybrid cloud ...
HPE Aruba Networking fixes critical flaws impacting Access Points
HPE Aruba Networking has fixed three critical vulnerabilities in the Command Line Interface (CLI) service of its Aruba Access ...
New RomCom malware variant 'SnipBot' spotted in data theft attacks
A new variant of the RomCom malware called SnipBot, has been used in attacks that pivot on the network to steal data from ...
Infostealer malware bypasses Chrome’s new cookie-theft defenses
Infostealer malware developers released updates claiming to bypass Google Chrome's recently introduced feature App-Bound ...
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US sanctions crypto exchanges used by Russian ransomware gangs
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Cryptex and PM2BTC, two cryptocurrency ...