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Attacks could be completed in seconds, compromising customer safety

A self-service check-in terminal used in a German Ibis budget hotel was found leaking hotel room keycodes, and the researcher behind the discovery claims the issue could potentially affect hotels around Europe.…

Just disabling Siri requires visits to five submenus

A study has concluded that Apple's privacy practices aren't particularly effective, because default apps on the iPhone and Mac have limited privacy settings and confusing configuration options.…

Japan's Hoya also makes components for chips, displays, and hard disks, and has spent four days groping for a fix

If ever there was an incident that brings the need for good infosec into sharp focus, this is the one: Japan's Hoya – a maker of eyeglass and contact lenses, plus kit used to make semiconductor manufacturing, flat panel displays, and hard disk drives – has halted some production and sales activity after experiencing an attack on its IT systems.…

State Dept keeps schtum 'for security reasons'

Uncle Sam is investigating claims that some miscreant stole and leaked classified information from the Pentagon and other national security agencies.…

CEO addresses whirlwind start to 2024 and how it plans to prevent a repeat

Ivanti has committed to adopting a secure-by-design approach to security as it gears up for an organizational overhaul in response to the multiple vulnerabilities in Connect Secure exploited earlier this year.…

INC Ransom emerges as a growing threat as some ex-LockBit/ALPHV affiliates get new gigs

Leicester City Council is finally admitting its "cyber incident" was carried out by a ransomware gang and that data was stolen, hours after the criminals forced its hand.…

Watch this webinar for a hair raising journey into the darkest depths of GenAI enabled cyber crime

Sponsored Post  Artificial intelligence (AI) offers enormous commercial potential but also substantial risks to data security if it is harnessed by cyber criminals intent on stealing or corrupting sensitive information for their own gain.…

Is there no cure for this cyber-plague?

Nearly one million individuals' personal details, financial account information, and medical records may have been stolen from City of Hope systems in the United States.…

As WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other Meta bits fall offline today

Luxury resort chain Omni Hotels & Resorts has had its computer systems knocked offline since Friday in what it has described as a "disruption," though sounds a lot like the MGM Resorts ransomware infection over the summer.…

A man with a list of accolades long enough for several lifetimes, friends remember his brilliance

Obituary  Venerable computer scientist and information security expert Ross Anderson has died at the age of 67.…

Device Bound Session Credentials said to render cookie theft useless

Google reckons that cookie theft is a problem for users, and is seeking to address it with a mechanism to tie authentication data to a specific device, rendering any stolen cookies useless.…

Web devs advised to do their part to limit UI redress attacks

Web browsers still struggle to prevent clickjacking, an attack technique first noted in 2008 that repurposes web page interface elements to deceive visitors.…

CISA calls for 'fundamental, security-focused reforms' to happen ASAP, delaying work on other software

A review of the June 2023 attack on Microsoft's Exchange Online hosted email service – which saw accounts used by senior US officials compromised by a China-linked group called "Storm-0558" – has found that the incident would have been preventable save for Microsoft's lax infosec culture and sub-par cloud security precautions.…

And Diameter, too, for good measure

The FCC appears to finally be stepping up efforts to secure decades-old flaws in American telephone networks that are allegedly being used by foreign governments and surveillance outfits to remotely spy on and monitor wireless devices.…

Irony alerts: Open Web Application Security Project Foundation suffers lapse

A misconfigured MediaWiki web server allowed digital snoops to access members' resumes containing their personal details at the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation.…

Nothing says 'sorry' like 10 percent off shipping for a month

Ecommerce platform Pandabuy has apologized after two cybercriminals were spotted hawking personal data belonging to 1.3 million customers.…

Simple stuff like slapping on a logo fools more folks and travels further

As hundreds of millions of voters around the globe prepare to elect their leaders this year, there's no question that trolls will try to sway the outcomes using AI, according to Clint Watts, general manager of Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center.…

Cloud cyber resilience model could raise $700M despite $278M losses

Cloud security provider Rubrik has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange following a flurry of similar flotations.…

Victims of the powerful surveillance tool will soon find out the truth

Former Polish government officials may face criminal charges following an investigation into their use of the notorious spyware Pegasus to surveil political opponents and others.…

This follows attack on NHS services in Scotland last week

The cyber skids at INC Ransom are claiming responsbility for the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Leicester City Council, according to a post caught by eagle-eyed infosec watchers.…