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MGM ransom gang hits Marriott, Hilton hotel management group LBA Hospitality
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang – responsible for last month’s debilitating attacks on the MGM and Caesars Las Vegas resorts – has claimed the US hotel management group LBA Hospitality as their latest victim. The LBA portfolio includes nearly 100 hotels under four major hotel chains – Marriott, Hilton, Holiday Inn, and Best Western.
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CCleaner confirms data breach via MOVEit attack
CCleaner, a popular software for cleaning files and Windows Registry entries, has confirmed that attackers accessed some of its customer data.
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Chrome update spreads Trojan malware
An alarming surge in fraudulent Chrome update websites has raised concerns as they could grant unauthorized access to users' devices through remote access trojans.
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Video and Audio calls coming to X
X users will now be able to use Elon Musks’ social media platform to make audio and video calls to other users.
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ChatGPT is already almost as good as humans at writing phishing emails
Current generative artificial intelligence (AI) models are already very good at writing believable phishing emails and can save precious time for attackers, a new IBM study has shown.
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Thousands of websites vulnerable to account takeover, security specialists warn
Flaws in social login mechanisms are leaving thousands of websites and billions of their users vulnerable to account takeovers, API security company Salt Security warns. Vulnerable implementations on Grammarly, Vidio, and Bukalapak have already been remediated.
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New York Life repeatedly exposes data in MOVEit breach
Client data from New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) was repeatedly exposed, it has been found. The news comes after Andesa, a third-party vendor, announced that it had been affected by the MOVEit Transfer attacks.
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Entire DC voters’ list may have been breached
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) said that attackers may have accessed a copy of the DCBOE voter roll, a list encompassing everyone registered to vote in Washington, DC.
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Web Summit CEO resigns after commenting on Israel-Hamas war
Web Summit Chief Executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave resigned on Saturday after comments he made on the Israel-Hamas war prompted some technology companies and investors to withdraw plans to attend the conference in Portugal next month.
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US facial recognition firm Clearview AI wins GDPR appeal in UK
Clearview AI, a controversial US facial recognition company, has won a court case against the United Kingdom’s privacy watchdog and overturned a massive fine imposed on the firm.
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Fake Amazon and Microsoft call centers busted
In a nationwide crackdown against cybercrime, Indian authorities raided 76 illegal call centers impersonating Amazon and Microsoft tech support.
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North Koreans using false identities to get US jobs and send millions home
IT workers from North Korea have for years secretly worked at American companies and sent millions of dollars to the regime back home. Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is acting.
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German authorities want to ban adult sites at the ISP level
Internet companies in Germany may soon block sites like Pornhub or require a personal ID number for users to access adult content. Some adult games and websites are already being outlawed.
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Privacy not included: Nissan cars tracking drivers’ intimate lives
Research by the Mozilla Foundation, covering 173 gadgets, apps, and cars, reveals that digital privacy is not the case in 2023.
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Netflix shares jump as results show resilience despite Hollywood strikes
Streaming pioneer Netflix showed resilience by gaining more quarterly subscribers than in the past three years despite strikes by Hollywood's writers and actors.
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Millions more 23andMe users exposed online
More than four million people have had their ancestry data leaked in a fresh cyber blow to 23andMe, one of the most popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing services.
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Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn China is using AI to steal intellectual property
The Five Eyes countries' intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying against the nations, in a rare joint statement by the allies.
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X to test $1 annual subscription
Social media platform X will test a new subscription model under which it will charge $1 annual fee for basic features.
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Former Navy IT manager sentenced for stealing 9,000 identities
Marquis Hooper, a 32-year-old former Navy IT Manager from Selma, California, was sentenced to five years and five months in prison for hacking a computer database that contained personally identifiable information (PII) and selling it on the dark web for $160,000 in Bitcoin.
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ServiceNow leak: thousands of companies at risk
Digital business platform ServiceNow has a data vulnerability that could have compromised its users for years, a cybersecurity expert warns.
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