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Recently Discovered SAP Bug Allows Anybody Without Technical Knowledge to Hack Business Applications

July 23, 2020

SAP bug allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain unrestricted access to SAP systems without a username or password to create new privileged users or shut down the entire system.

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Cyber Security News

Australia’s New Cybersecurity Plan: A$587 Million for Law Enforcement Funding, Small Business Assistance

November 29, 2023

A very rough year of cyber attacks prompted quick and dramatic legislative action in Australia, and the latest development is the announcement of a new national cybersecurity plan to be funded with A$587 million.

Cyber Security News

Five-Year-Old Slack Bug Transmitted Your Hashed Password After Interacting With a Sharing Feature

August 18, 2022

Company confirmed that a five-year-old Slack bug leaked your hashed password to other group participants if you interacted with an invite-sharing feature.

T-Mobile store exterior showing FCC settlement for data breaches

Cyber Security News

T-Mobile FCC Settlement: $31.5 Million Going Toward Penalty for Data Breaches, Cybersecurity Improvements

October 9, 2024

T-Mobile has seemingly had annual data breaches since 2018, but the new FCC settlement addresses just those that took place in the post-Covid period (and that involved the largest total count of customer records).

Data Privacy News

Google Database Leak Documents 6 Years of Privacy Breaches

June 7, 2024

An internal Google document not meant for public view catalogs a long string of privacy breaches previously unknown outside of the company. While each of the items in the database leak is small and deals with incidents that may have involved just one individual, there are thousands in total, spanning six years of company history.

Login screen on a computer showing brute force password attacks on VPN devices

Cyber Security News

Brute Force Password Attack Involving 2.8 Million IPs Targets VPN Devices From Various Companies

February 18, 2025

A massive brute force password attack involving 2.8 million IP addresses targets VPN devices from various companies including Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti, and SonicWall.

Hook against digital background showing phishing attacks by initial access broker

Cyber Security News

Initial Access Broker Targeting Organizations With Microsoft Teams Phishing Attacks

September 29, 2023

Initial access broker with close links to ransomware groups is targeting organizations with Microsoft Teams phishing attacks, with malicious links leading to a malicious SharePoint-hosted file.

Website of OpenSea NFT marketplace showing phishing attack

Cyber Security News

Phishing Attack on NFT Marketplace OpenSea Results in Thefts From 17 Accounts; Victims Tricked Into Signing Malicious Payloads

February 24, 2022

The attack on the OpenSea NFT marketplace does not appear to be a code issue or vulnerability, the phishing attacks apparently involved unknown threat actors approaching individual users and tricking them into signing a malicious payload.

Handcuffs on a keyboard showing arrests for Lapsus$ hackers

Cyber Security News

Suspected Lapsus$ Hackers Arrested; London Group Between the Ages of 16 and 21

March 30, 2022

Lapsus$ hackers appeared to be reckless – posting about their activities on Twitter and other social media sites, and reportedly broke into Zoom conference calls at the companies they had just breached to taunt employees.

Red binary code background with open black padlock icon showing Clop ransomware attack

Cyber Security News

Clop Ransomware Attack Hits German Software Giant Software AG; Confidential Documents Stolen, $23 Million Ransom Demanded

October 19, 2020

Software AG, Germany's second-largest software vendor, fell victim to a Clop ransomware attack that compromised company files and employee information.

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Recently Discovered SAP Bug Allows Anybody Without Technical Knowledge to Hack Business Applications

Australia’s New Cybersecurity Plan: A$587 Million for Law Enforcement Funding, Small Business Assistance

Five-Year-Old Slack Bug Transmitted Your Hashed Password After Interacting With a Sharing Feature

T-Mobile FCC Settlement: $31.5 Million Going Toward Penalty for Data Breaches, Cybersecurity Improvements

Google Database Leak Documents 6 Years of Privacy Breaches

Brute Force Password Attack Involving 2.8 Million IPs Targets VPN Devices From Various Companies

Initial Access Broker Targeting Organizations With Microsoft Teams Phishing Attacks

Phishing Attack on NFT Marketplace OpenSea Results in Thefts From 17 Accounts; Victims Tricked Into Signing Malicious Payloads

Suspected Lapsus$ Hackers Arrested; London Group Between the Ages of 16 and 21

Clop Ransomware Attack Hits German Software Giant Software AG; Confidential Documents Stolen, $23 Million Ransom Demanded

Data Breach Impacts Times Car Ride-Sharing Service as Ransomware Attack Hits Railway Operator Keio

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites