Security
US officials admit to IT bribery scheme
Government officials were among those who pleaded guilty in an ongoing bid-rigging, fraud, and bribery probe related to US government IT purchases.
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US bans connected cars from China and Russia, starting Model Year 2027
Americans soon won’t be able to buy Chinese and Russian computers on wheels, also commonly referred to as connected cars. The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry (BIS) announced that a final rule comes into effect on March 17th, 2025.
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Microsoft patches three exploited Windows zero-days and critical Outlook vulnerabilities
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging Windows users to update their systems to address actively exploited vulnerabilities. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release plugs a total of 161 security holes.
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Hackers dupe 100 Massachusetts money managers, prompting payroll system shutdown
The Office of the Comptroller in Massachusetts has temporarily shut down its payroll system after employees were lured into revealing their credentials to threat actors.
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FBI deletes Chinese ‘PlugX’ malware from over 4K infected computers
A Chinese-linked malware, known as PlugX, has been successfully wiped from thousands of infected computers worldwide, the US Department of Justice and the FBI said on Tuesday.
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Apple vulnerability discovered: your camera and data could be at risk
Exploiting this vulnerability, attackers could bypass Apple’s vital security feature, known as SIP.
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US cannabis company hacked, customers’ passports exposed
A popular US-based cannabis company has suffered a third-party data breach that exposed its customers' ID information and transaction history.
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ByteDance used TikTok data before to spy on Americans, US says in Supreme Court showdown
Think China won’t get a hold of the personal data collected by TikTok? Think again, the US government told the Supreme Court on Friday. The feds say that Beijing has already been proven to have dipped into ByteDance's massive data coffers to spy on its foreign adversaries, and you could be next.
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Downloading software illegally? You might want to check your bank account
Saving on software licenses might come with a bigger price. Researchers have found that promoted cracks and installers contain malware that can steal sensitive information.
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Holiday hangover: hackers using e-greeting cards to spread malware
GroupGreeting, a popular e-card site, was used to infect thousands of websites with malware this holiday season as part of a widespread cyberattack, Malwarebytes said on Thursday.
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This gadget can unlock any car: a marvel or the next best horror story?
An all-in-one car key on your smartphone has been unveiled at CES 2025. It will definitely save you from losing your car keys, but will it prevent you from losing your vehicle?
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Fintech exposes millions of customer files, fails to close the leak
Several million documents have sat unguarded for at least several months, and the company is either unaware or unwilling to take action.
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Millions are at stake in online gaming – how to protect your accounts and stay secure in 2026
Online gaming has evolved from niche entertainment into a global powerhouse, with an estimated revenue of over $211 billion in...
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Major US medical billing firm breached, 360K+ customers' healthcare data leaked
Medusind, a US-based medical and dental billing and revenue cycle management company, has suffered a data breach, impacting hundreds of thousands of customers.
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PayPal ‘phish-free’ phishing attack could fool you (and your mother), CISO warns
Cybercriminals have deployed a new PayPal-involved email phishing attack – minus the phishing part – warns Fortinet’s head of security.
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Time tracker makes remote workers' screens public: what we know so far
While the tracker platform claims that it encrypts data, more than 13 million screenshots containing sensitive information are public, putting users and clients at risk of attack.
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One in four admit snooping on ex’s accounts
A breakup is rarely a pleasant affair and could be even more miserable if it leaves one’s digital life vulnerable to unauthorized access from an ex – turning trust into a digital threat.
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Millions of email services still sending passwords unencrypted in plain text
Around 3.3 million servers are running POP3/IMAP email services without encryption (TLS) enabled, the Shadowserver Foundation, a nonprofit security organization, has discovered. Most of these servers reside in the US, Germany, and Poland.
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Torturing hackers in prison: surviving as an act of protest
At the height of my glory days as a computer hacker myself, little did I know I would eventually find myself experiencing and surviving prison life.
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Bad Likert Judge attack bypasses AI safety measures with at least 60% success rate
A clever jailbreaking technique can manipulate AI assistants into producing hate, harassment malware, and content on indiscriminate weapons and other illegal activities. Researchers simply asked the chatbots to judge and score the harmfulness of provided prompts according to a scale and then to provide an example for the worst-case scenario.
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