A supply chain attack on a business partner will cost semiconductor giant Applied Materials $250 million in the coming quarter due to disruption of upcoming shipments. Ransomware attack on MKS Instruments is suspected to be the cause.
Among the 116 proposals in the Privacy Act review are calls for safeguards similar to those provided by the EU's GDPR. Small businesses will likely be upset at seeing previously proposed exemptions wiped away, however.
The European Commission and the European Council, the two largest policy bodies in the EU, are the latest government entities to implement a TikTok ban for staff. This includes work devices and also personal devices enrolled in the body's mobile device service.
The central objection raised is a predictable one, and one that some analysts believe will inevitably cause the EU-US data transfer proposal to fail yet another court challenge if it makes it to implementation: the lack of a federal-level data privacy law in the US.
Hackers compromised the Namecheap email system to send DHL and MetaMask phishing emails targeting wallet credentials. The company takes full responsibility after initially blaming a third party.
Twitter cites abuse of the text messaging 2FA option by bad actors as the reason for the change in policy. The service will still allow free use of authentication apps or hardware security keys as an additional account security layer.
TikTok is currently working on opening the first of its European data centers in Dublin, as it faces the prospect of a ban if it does not come into compliance with EU rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Clop ransomware gang breached 130 organizations via Fortra GoAnywhere managed file transfer tool and stole 1 million CHS Healthcare patients' records.
A rash of car thefts has erupted as some of the Korean car-makers models have a USB-A shaped slot that can be exposed by removing the steering column cover, and this slot grants direct access to the engine.
The web hosting company says that the group of hackers was able to access its network using stolen credentials, and planted malware and stole source code to give itself points of long-term access.
