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PayPal Credential-stuffing Attack Exposes 35,000 Accounts
- Friday, 27 January 2023
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PayPal has divulged a credential-stuffing attack that exposed the personal data of almost 35,000 user accounts. So reports Dark Reading.
Read more...LastPass Owner GoTo Says Customer Backups Stolen in Breach
- Friday, 27 January 2023
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The parent company of password manager LastPass has acknowledged that a recent data breach involved the theft of customers’ encrypted backups. So reports The Verge.
Read more...Cloudflare Unveils New Corporate Email Security Tools
- Monday, 23 January 2023
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Cloudflare has rolled out a fresh set of email security functions for businesses. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...The Guardian Staffers Details Leak in Ransomware Attack
- Monday, 23 January 2023
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The Guardian has acknowledged that a ransomware attack enabled hackers to steal the personal information of some of the UK newspaper’s staff members. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Norton Lifelock Breach Exposes Thousands of Customers’ Data
- Monday, 23 January 2023
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Norton Lifelock has disclosed a data breach compromising about 6,450 customers’ accounts. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Biden Policy Would Let U.S. Go On Offensive in Cybersecurity War
- Monday, 23 January 2023
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A new policy poised for approval from President Joe Biden would mark a fresh milestone in the U.S. government’s efforts to defend companies from cyberattacks, including unprecedented abilities to strike out at threats. So reports Slate.
Read more...Sophos Lays Off 450 Workers As Economic Worries Loom
- Monday, 23 January 2023
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Sophos has announced plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, or about 450 people, citing economic uncertainty. So reports GovInfoSecurity.
Read more...Chick-fil-A Probes 'Suspicious Activity' On Customer Accounts
- Friday, 13 January 2023
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Chick-fil-A revealed that it is, according to an alert on the fast-food chain’s website, “investigating suspicious activity on some customer accounts.” So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...Rail Giant Wabtec Admits Breach After Alleged Ransomware Attack
- Friday, 13 January 2023
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Wabtec has acknowledged the theft of data from its systems during a cyberattack the railroad behemoth discovered last summer. So reports The Record by Recorded Future.
Read more...FAA on Meltdown: No Evidence of Cyberattack
- Friday, 13 January 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The Federal Aviation Administration’s computer failure that resulted in all U.S. flights being grounded for the first time since 9/11 was due to an engineer accidentally “replac[ing] one file with another” during routine maintenance, according to a senior official. So reports ABC News.
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