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Bad Tenable plugin updates take down Nessus agents worldwide

Tenable says customers must manually upgrade their software to revive Nessus vulnerability scanner agents taken offline on December 31st due…

5 months ago

US sanctions Chinese company linked to Flax Typhoon hackers

​The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech (also known as Yongxin Zhicheng) for its involvement in…

5 months ago

Malicious npm packages target Ethereum developers’ private keys

Twenty malicious packages impersonating the Hardhat development environment used by Ethereum developers are targeting private keys and other sensitive data.…

5 months ago

Apple offers $95 million in Siri privacy violation settlement

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. alleging that its Siri assistant recorded…

5 months ago

French govt contractor Atos denies Space Bears ransomware attack claims

French tech giant Atos, which secures communications for the country's military and secret services, has denied claims made by the Space Bears…

5 months ago

Ransomware gang leaks data stolen in Rhode Island’s RIBridges Breach

The Brain Cipher ransomware gang has begun to leak documents stolen in an attack on Rhode Island's "RIBridges" social services…

5 months ago

New DoubleClickjacking attack exploits double-clicks to hijack accounts

A new variation of clickjacking attacks called "DoubleClickjacking" lets attackers trick users into authorizing sensitive actions using double-clicks while bypassing…

5 months ago

Chinese hackers targeted sanctions office in Treasury attack

​Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly breached the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a Treasury Department office that administers and…

5 months ago

Over 3 million mail servers without encryption exposed to sniffing attacks

Over three million POP3 and IMAP mail servers without TLS encryption are currently exposed on the Internet and vulnerable to…

5 months ago

The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024

2024 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day…

5 months ago