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Feds back loan for EV lithium mining, environmental hurdles still at play
The Biden administration is throwing its weight behind a controversial lithium mining project by backing a $700 million loan for the Australian company in charge of the deal.
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UK cyber reform campaign gets boost from global body
CyberUp says the UK’s three-decades-old cybersecurity law is in desperate need of an overhaul to protect the country from 21st-century threats – and now its campaign has been officially endorsed by global digital accreditation body CREST.
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eToro denies breach despite claims on hacking forum
While attackers claim to have obtained names and deposit amounts of eToro users, the company insists its systems were not breached.
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Pirated CIA spyware being used by threat actors, says analyst
A leaked version of spyware designed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to covertly exfiltrate data from targets has been spotted in the wild for the first time by analyst Netlabs.
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Intel, Microsoft quietly make software available for downloads in Russia
Both Intel and Microsoft, American technology corporations, had loudly withdrawn from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. However, they have now restored the ability for Russian users to download drivers and operating system updates.
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Southwest Airlines sued for outdated technology
Southwest Airlines is accused of ignoring “serious risks” associated with its outdated technology infrastructure in a new class action lawsuit
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Vice Society claims ransomware attack on Australian firefighters
Vice Society, known for hitting K-12 schools worldwide, said they were the group responsible for the December 15 ransomware attack on an Australian-based firefighting and rescue service.
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Guardian confirms ransomware attack, employee records compromised
Guardian executives say ransomware was the cause behind the debilitating cyberattack that shuttered its UK offices' this past December.
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The reason behind the first US nationwide grounding since 9/11 remains unclear
The US Department of Transportation has been tasked with investigating the root cause of a glitch in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alert system that quickly halted all domestic flights in the US – the first time a nationwide grounding has occurred since the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Mental health company KoKo testing AI chatbot on patients causes public outcry
As AI becomes more integrated with our lives, we grow increasingly concerned about ethical and legal regulations that should accompany its use. These are the questions a mental health company KoKo had to ask itself, having provided AI-written counseling to 4,000 people without informing them.
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FAA computer outage causing flight disruptions in US, domestic departures paused
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system that provides pilots with notices they need to read before flying is experiencing an outage, and this is affecting flights in the United States. More delays are expected if the problem is not fixed.
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Government watchdog cracks thousands of passwords at US federal agency in minutes
You shouldn’t use an easily guessable password such as “Password1234” – even more so if you’re an employee at an important US federal agency. But that’s exactly what quite a few people at the Department of the Interior (DOI) did, a watchdog says in a scathing report.
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Russia mulls legalizing pirated movie screenings
A bill proposing "compulsory licensing" of foreign films would allow cinemas in Russia to legally screen pirated Hollywood movies.
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UK will offer cyber essentials to some small organizations helping vulnerable citizens
Small charities that process personal data and legal aid firms are in line to receive 20 hours of free security advice and expert support thanks to the new Funded Cyber Essentials Program.
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Attackers claim to have stolen 140k AICPA accountants’ emails and passwords
Threat actors say they have a database with over 140k email addresses and corresponding passwords from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The organization said hacked emails did not belong to them.
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Norton, Avira, Avast, AVG affected by a privilege escalation bug
Several popular Windows antivirus software brands under the Gen Digital umbrella were susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
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Severance for fired Twitter employees? More like settlement agreements, lawyer says
Many former Twitter workers had to wait in the dark for months after being laid off en masse but have now finally begun receiving their severance offers. However, they sound more like settlement agreements, a lawyer said.
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Moldova‘s government targeted by a phishing scam
Attackers flooded Moldova‘s government institutions with fake emails containing malicious links.
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Latest phishing campaign hits potential Zoom users with malware
Threat actors modified Zoom, a popular video conferencing app, and used a scam website to deliver malware to users’ devices in a phishing attack, Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) report says.
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WhatsApp enables messaging during internet shutdowns
Users can now send and receive messages via a proxy service even when their governments block or disrupt access to the internet.
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