The Cisco network breach was traced back to an employee's personal Google account. It was protected by multi-factor authentication (MFA), but the attacker tried a number of different voice phishing attempts.
New FTC rules governing consumer data processing and handling, with a focus on the "commercial surveillance" conducted by data brokers, have entered a public comment period.
The FCC warned about increased robotext scams from automated smishing attacks stealing personal information by impersonating known companies such as credit card companies, parcel delivery services, and law enforcement agencies.
The problem stems from developers failing to remove the Twitter API keys they use for authentication from the app before they release it to the public. This creates the possibility of account hijacking.
A cybersecurity startup Buguard said hackers used malware to steal passwords for Wiseasy's remote control dashboards to compromise payment terminals worldwide. Hackers could control payment terminals, install and remove apps, access personal information, and make configuration changes using the remote control dashboards.
Security researchers have found over 35,000 code repositories with malicious forks or clones leading back to a single source. Malware in the tainted code repositories is designed to steal environment variables, stored elements that serve as authentication for various online services.
An attacker could use a vulnerability to issue fake alerts via the Emergency Alert Systems. The vulnerable software is in the possession of television and radio stations throughout the country, who are being called upon to download a software update.
Online trust and identity management giant Entrust suffered a security breach by a notorious ransomware gang that exfiltrated files from the company’s internal network.
The cyber attack impacted a "small number of servers" but nevertheless caused issues with NHS 111 scheduling, and the system outages may not be fully resolved for at least several days.
The decision to scrap the data protection bill came from a parliamentary review process. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has told reporters that work was already underway on a new personal data law, no doubt to the delight of big tech companies.
