Security
Hackers can access brain scans and other sensitive data from over 1.2 million medical devices
Over 1.2 million medical devices have been found exposed on the internet, enabling hackers to access sensitive data even before patients hear their diagnosis. In some cases, attackers can alter medical records.
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Air France and KLM customers’ personal details exposed via data breach
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carriers of France and the Netherlands, have reportedly sent breach notifications to affected customers, informing them about a third-party data breach impacting their personal data.
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Venice Film Festival hacked, participants' data exposed
The world’s oldest film festival has confirmed that it suffered a data breach, which exposed the personal information of various participants.
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Scammers abusing WhatsApp group invites: platform blocks 6.8 million accounts
Meta is fighting massive scam centers in Southeast Asia that are running multiple fraud campaigns at once. The tech giant said it has detected and banned over 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts and is launching new security features on the platform.
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Deutsche Telekom‘s streaming service data leaked, revealing 324M+ log entries
MagentaTV, Deutsche Telekom’s TV and streaming platform, leaked user data via an ad delivery platform.
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Douglas McKee, SonicWall: “no one should be alone in the fight against cybercrime"
For over 30 years, SonicWall has been at the forefront of network security, growing from a firewall pioneer to a...
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OpenAI stuns AI community with release of free powerful reasoning models
OpenAI, the leading developer of proprietary AI, has released two open reasoning models that users can download and run for free locally. The smaller 20 billion parameter gpt-oss-20b model can be handled by a decent home computer, while the larger gpt-oss-120b requires a powerful datacenter GPU with 80GB of VRAM to run efficiently.
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Jewelry retailer Pandora confirms third-party data breach, warns customers
Danish jewelry retailer Pandora has notified its customers about a data breach and the possibility that the attacker might abuse their information.
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Cisco warns hackers accessed user accounts in July vishing attack
Cisco Systems says a vishing attack targeting one of its employees has led to a data breach exposing the personal information of Cisco.com user accounts via an unnamed third-party CRM system.
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Dell resolves security vulnerability in laptop chip after Cisco Talos report
A flaw in the chips used to secure tens of millions of Dell laptops could have given attackers the ability to steal sensitive data as well as maintain access even after a fresh operating system install, researchers with Cisco Talos said Tuesday.
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Healthcare giant DaVita reveals that thousands were impacted by a cyberattack
Kidney dialysis behemoth DaVita suffered a ransomware attack earlier this year, affecting over 13,000 people in a single state.
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Perplexity ignores no-crawl directives and scrapes websites anyway, Cloudflare warns
The AI-powered search engine Perplexity breaks trust by ignoring websites’ no-crawl directives and even masquerades as other users to bypass network blockers, a report by Cloudflare has found.
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We, humans, might not be the weakest link in identifying malware
Let’s admit it: whenever we hear of a successful breach of an organization’s systems, we immediately think that hackers managed to fool a certain human working there. But new research suggests that we Earthlings aren’t so bad.
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EFF: “UK’s Online Safety Act doesn’t make children safer online”
Age verification systems won’t help to make the internet a safer place for children. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), it’s one of the latest “misguided attempts” to protect children online.
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Ghost-like backdoor for Linux has avoided antivirus detection for months
In what seems an especially smart, albeit malicious, solution, code that creates a highly persistent Linux backdoor without tripping any alarms has been spotted by researchers.
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The silent watchers: how surveillance balloons are redefining intelligence in the sky
Surveillance balloons are making a comeback as a cost-effective, high-altitude solution for real-time intelligence and defense. From military spy missions to disaster monitoring, these silent sentinels offer unique advantages over satellites and drones, while also posing new security risks. Which countries will lead this emerging race?
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A shortcut to malware: cyber pros warn of hackers dropping backdoors via LNK files
The file appears as an innocent link to a PDF or a Word document, complete with the familiar icon. When viewed in Windows Explorer, there’s nothing to indicate that it’s malicious. But if clicked, it will drop a dangerous REMCO backdoor or other malware.
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Cybercrooks find a way to bypass MFA: how do they take over Microsoft accounts?
Hackers have devised a new, highly effective scheme that tricks every second user into handing over control of their Microsoft accounts, even with two-factor authentication enabled. Proofpoint researchers have already identified breaches in hundreds of Microsoft 365 environments, posing a potentially devastating risk to entire companies.
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If you store passwords in Microsoft Authenticator, you must act now
Earlier this year, Skype rang for the last time as Microsoft retired the 20-year-old internet calling service to focus on its Teams Service. Although Microsoft Authenticator has survived the axe, on August 1st, users will notice a downgrade to the service when it permanently deletes all saved passwords.
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FSB-linked hackers targeting diplomats in Moscow using ISP access
Foreign embassies, diplomatic missions, and other sensitive organizations in Moscow are under sophisticated surveillance by FSB-linked hackers. To insert themselves in the middle and compromise victims, the attackers utilize the internet service provider (ISP) level access.
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