Security
Trump could allow China to import Nvidia H200 chips, despite national security concerns
The White House may soon allow Beijing to import Nvidia's H200 GPUs into the communist nation, sources told Reuters on Friday – despite US lawmakers' grave concerns for national security, prompting a renewed push to pass the CHIPS Act.
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Hacking spree continues with Mazda, Canon, and NHS added to the list
The Russia-linked Cl0p ransomware cartel claims it has the data of numerous companies, with the UK's health system NHS, Mazda, Mazda USA, and Canon recently added to the gang’s ever-growing victim list.
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US, UK, and Australia impose sanctions on Russian bulletproof hosting company
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have imposed sanctions against a Russian bulletproof hosting service provider, three of its subsidiaries, and two of its staff members.
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US citizens, Chinese nationals busted exporting "cutting-edge" Nvidia AI chips to China
Two American citizens and two Chinese nationals now face 50 years behind bars each for illegally exporting at least four shipments of Nvidia’s cutting-edge GPU chips and their AI technology to the People’s Republic of China, the US Justice Department said.
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Burj Khalifa’s fire security firm claimed by hackers
A notorious ransomware gang claims to have stolen a terabyte of NAFFCO’s internal data, putting one of the Gulf’s biggest fire-safety giants under intense scrutiny.
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Exclusive interview with IGEL's Jason Mafera. Why endpoint security is still the weakest link in cyber defense
Endpoint security is often overlooked, costing companies millions in revenue when recovering from a cyberattack.
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Palo Alto boss says nation states will soon weaponize quantum computing
Businesses will soon commercialize quantum computing, but nation states might weaponize the technology even sooner, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora has suggested.
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Hackers claim SAS Institute, but researchers are not so sure
Attackers are claiming that they’ve obtained source code from analytic software maker SAS Institute. However, the Cybernews research team believes the data sample the attackers shared is likely outdated.
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Researchers pull 100M WhatsApp phone numbers in an hour
While many focus on messaging security, researchers have revealed how using one of WhatsApp’s features could lead to the collection of users’ metadata.
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Major names exposed in data breach at Ivy League school
Hackers accessed a database that likely contained the personal details of Jeff Bezos, Michelle Obama, Pete Hegseth, and several US Supreme Court Justices.
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Cloudflare wasn't breached, but that's little comfort
Just like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services outages, the incident at Cloudflare impacted millions of customers and once again showed that we might be putting too many of our eggs in too few baskets.
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Cloudflare CEO issues an apology as the worst service disruption since 2019 affects everyone, from major banks to mom-and-pop businesses
As Cloudflare fully recovers from an hours-long outage on Tuesday impacting millions, the company assures customers in its post-mortem that the incident was not the result of a cyberattack or malicious activity.
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Hackers claim oil giant Petrobras, alleging oil-rich maps theft
A Russia-linked ransomware gang claims it has snatched 90GB of sensitive seismic and exploration data from Petrobras, pressuring the Brazilian petroleum giant to negotiate.
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AIPAC discloses data breach, customer information stolen
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has announced that it has been struck by a cyberattack, in which personally identifiable information (PII) was exfiltrated.
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Eurofiber France discloses data breach
The French division of Eurofiber has suffered a data breach in which some customer information was exfiltrated. In the meantime, all systems have been secured.
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New TOAD phishing campaign targets Microsoft Entra guest invitees with fake invoices
Cybercriminals are targeting recipients of Microsoft Entra B2B guest invites, taking advantage of Entra’s cloud-based infrastructure to bypass email filters in a new Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD) phishing campaign.
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430k Cabify drivers’ records stolen, hackers claim
The allegedly stolen details include a wide range of personal information, ranging from home addresses to Facebook account IDs. Researchers believe exposed drivers could be targeted in social engineering attacks.
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US lawmakers suggest banning VPNs to protect children
Legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan are considering implementing laws that prohibit the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to visit websites that host content that’s harmful to minors.
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Your questions, answered by Cybernews: Which certificate can land you a job in cybersecurity?
Certifications, hacking experience, or being a unicorn? What’s really needed to kick off your career in cybersecurity? Every week, our team selects one pressing and common reader issue and deconstructs it to help you stay safe online.
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The Washington Post reveals thousands impacted via Oracle-based hack
Attackers were able to access data owned by the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper for over a month. Meanwhile, the hacks’ perpetrators accessed personal and sensitive information, which includes bank account numbers.
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