News Corp, a publishing company, has officially disclosed that it was the victim of a cyberattack that occurred last month when threat actors compromised email accounts belonging to employees of the …
Washington Warns of POLARIS Breach
The Washington State Department of Licensing has temporarily closed down its Professional Online Licensing and Regulatory Information System (POLARIS) after detecting suspicious activity on its …
Online Ad Association Fined for Privacy Violation
An association for online advertising companies, IAB Europe, was found to be in violation of European Union data laws, and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. The association allegedly developed …
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Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Released by CISA, FBI, AUS CSC and UK NCSC Regarding Iranian Government-Sponsored APT
CISA reports that an advanced persistent threat (APT) group since March of 2021 has been exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities and, since October 2021, a Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerability “to …
The Liberty Experience: Envision a World Where You Own and Control Your Own Data
YOUR DATA IS POWER. OWN IT. SEPTEMBER 23-25, 2021 THE SHED, NYC IF YOU HAD THE POWER TO CONTROL YOUR DATA, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? The Project Liberty Experience is on display until September 25th at …
Data of 106 Million Visitors to Thailand Breached
A British cybersecurity researcher uncovered his own personal data exposed online after discovering an unsecured database. The unprotected Elasticsearch database was found by Bob Diachenko, leader of …
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Rights Group Advises Afghans to Delete Data
Human Rights First, an activist group based in the US, is encouraging Afghans to delete their data in order to protect themselves from the Taliban. The human rights group believes that the Taliban may …
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LinkedIn’s 1.2B Data-Scrape Victims Already Being Targeted by Attackers
Just days after LinkedIn was targeted in another data-scraping attack consisting of 700 million LinkedIn profiles, the victims of the attack are being targeted by cybercriminals. The data scraping …
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Attacks Erase Western Digital Network-Attached Storage Drives
Companies and individuals operating older models of Western Digital network-attached storage (NAS) drives suffered from what appears to be an attack that exploited a 2018 vulnerability. The exploit …
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Google Play developer accounts to require 2FA and a physical address
Google is attempting to validate whether app developers are real people by changing the information requirements for people with Play Store developer accounts. Currently, developers simply need to …
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