The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data to the U.S. without proper safeguards. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has urged the adoption of rules to enable a spectrum auction, aiming... The post FCC pushes spectrum auction to oust Huawei, ZTE gear amid rising...
A critical Microsoft Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) vulnerability has been discovered, identified as CVE-2024-49112. The flaw has a CVSS severity score of 9.8, representing a...
ICAO said that a previously reported data breach involved "approximately 42,000 recruitment application data records from April 2016 to July 2024."
Over 4,000 abandoned but still active web backdoors were hijacked and their communication infrastructure sinkholed after researchers registered expired domains used for commanding them. [...]
Medusind, a leading billing provider for healthcare organizations, is notifying hundreds of thousands of individuals of a data breach that exposed their personal and health information more than...
SUMMARY Cybersecurity researchers at Group-IB have discovered a sophisticated refund scam where scammers are using remote access tools…
Electronics firm Casio revealed that ransomware attackers have leaked the personal data of employees, customers and business partners
The Japanese electronics giant says it did not negotiate with the hackers responsible for the attack. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A newly identified Mirai botnet exploits over 20 vulnerabilities, including zero-days, in industrial routers and smart home devices
Phishing is a form of social engineering where attackers try to get you to reveal your sensitive information through malicious links, SMS, QR codes, and more. Here's how to protect yourself in...
American football team Green Bay Packers says cybercriminals stole the credit card data of over 8,500 customers after hacking its official Pro Shop online retail store in a September breach. [...]
Initial Access Brokers (IABs) are specialized cybercriminals that break into corporate networks and sell stolen access to other attackers. Learn from Specops Software about how IABs operate and...
Millions of email servers worldwide remain alarmingly vulnerable to cyberattacks due to a critical security oversight: the absence of Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three flaws impacting Mitel MiCollab and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)...
Group-IB has observed scammers impersonating government officials to trick disaffected consumers into divulging card details
ICAO says compromised data includes job applicants' names, email addresses and employment history © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Critical security vulnerabilities have been found in Moxa cellular routers and network security appliances. Learn about CVE-2024-9138 &…
The United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has confirmed that a threat actor has stolen approximately 42,000 records after hacking into its recruitment database. [...]
Some Indian government websites are still redirecting to links planted by scammers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
It’s made real strides, but there’s a lot more that it could be doing, he said, and more that needs to be done. The post National Cyber Director Harry Coker looks back (and ahead) on the Cyber...
Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. However, new details about...
Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts...
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered firmware security vulnerabilities in the Illumina iSeq 100 DNA sequencing instrument that, if successfully exploited, could permit attackers to brick or...
The messaging app handed over user data on thousands of Telegram users to U.S. authorities over 2024, the data reveals. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.
A new program from the FCC should make it easier to find devices you can trust.
The White House announced Tuesday the official launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a cybersecurity labeling initiative aimed at enhancing the security of internet-connected devices. The...
The cybersecurity consumer labeling program will launch in 2025, the Biden administration confirmed, after initially slated for last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
It's time once again to pay our respects to the once-famous cybersecurity solutions whose usefulness died in the past year. The cybercriminal world collectively mourns the loss of these solutions...