The UK’s Electoral Commission leaked personal details of 40 million voters due to unpatched vulnerabilities in their Microsoft Exchange Server, spanning registrations from 2014 to 2022. Hackers accessed the server through known ProxyShell vulnerabilities in August and October 2021, installing malware and sending spam before the issues were detected and partially mitigated. The ICO investigation […]
Andreas Cleve, CEO of Corti, expresses concerns that the EU’s new AI Act could impose hefty compliance costs, acting as a “tax” on small enterprises. While he acknowledges the need for regulation, he fears it might stifle innovation in Europe’s emerging AI industry. The AI Act requires significant financial and time investments for compliance, with […]
OnlyFake’s Telegram channel offered realistic fake IDs from 26 countries for just $15, bypassing KYC checks on numerous crypto platforms. Using AI, these IDs could be generated within seconds, complete with chosen credentials and facial pictures, mimicking real-life settings for authenticity. Criminals utilizing AI fraud pose a significant challenge to fintech platforms, with incidents like […]
The Canadian government intends to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices, citing them as tools used by thieves for car theft. The Flipper Zero is a portable pen-testing tool capable of experimenting with and debugging various hardware and digital devices through multiple protocols like RFID, radio, NFC, infrared, and Bluetooth. Users have showcased the […]
Microsoft Teams is currently experiencing a major outage, leading to widespread disruptions that include connectivity issues, login problems, and message delays. The suspected culprit behind this disruption is a networking issue, prompting Microsoft to initiate ongoing efforts to perform a failover and address the problem. As the incident is under investigation, users are grappling with […]
The commercial surveillance tool named Patternz, offered by ISA, utilizes advertisements across numerous apps to track billions of people, according to claims by journalists, researchers, and the company itself. Patternz employs real-time bidding (RTB) through advertisements to monitor over five billion individuals, as outlined in a report titled ‘Europe’s hidden security crisis.’ RTB is a […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has implemented robust rules on November 15, 2023, to safeguard consumers against scams targeting their cell phone accounts. The rules specifically combat SIM swapping and port-out fraud, shielding users from scammers attempting to manipulate their personal information and data. Scammers often use SIM swapping to fraudulently transfer a victim’s wireless […]
Google warns of a novel cyber threat using cloud services as attackers repurpose Google Calendar events for command-and-control (C2) operations. The “Google Calendar RAT” exploit, initially shared on GitHub in June, has caught attention in the cybersecurity community, with 15 forks indicating interest, although not yet observed in active deployment. Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging legitimate […]
Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, confirms that a data breach impacting over 75,000 employees was the result of insider misconduct. The electric car maker states that the breach was initiated by two former employees who leaked personal information of more than 75,000 individuals to a foreign media outlet.The breach encompassed personally identifiable details such as […]
The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has called on law firms in the country to arm themselves against ransomware. In 2021, eighteen law firms informed the British regulator SRA that they had fallen victim to a ransomware attack. Documents from 60 court cases were stolen from one law firm and then published on the […]