Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / techcrunch - Cisco disclosed a data breach including customer names, organization names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of Cisco.com users.
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SonicWall urges customers to disable SSLVPN amid reports of ransomware attacks
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - Security researchers say they have evidence that ransomware gangs are hacking into large companies that rely on fully-patched SonicWall firewalls. The researchers say it's likely the flaw is a "zero-day" bug currently unknown to SonicWall.
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Cloudflare Blocks Perplexity for Skirting Web Scraping Rules: What’s at Stake?
Azdhan / medianama - Cloudflare blocks Perplexity AI bots for violating anti-scraping rules and masking crawler identity.The post Cloudflare Blocks Perplexity for Skirting Web Scraping Rules: What’s at Stake? appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Back to Top / Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 11617 / 7 stories in 7 months
SonicWall investigates 'cyber incidents,' including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day
Jessica Lyons / theregister - Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with 'schmero-day' SonicWall on Monday confirmed that it's investigating a rash of ransomware activity targeting its firewall devices, following multiple reports of a zero-day bug un…
Back to Top / Monday, August 4, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 11596 / 2 stories in 7 months
Safe reels in $70M for its cyber risk analysis platform
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Safe Securities Inc., a startup that helps companies evaluate the effectiveness of their cybersecurity efforts, has raised $70 million in funding. The Series C round was announced today. Avataar Ventures led the investment with participation from Asia Ven…
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CISA open-sources Thorium platform for malware, forensic analysis
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today announced the public availability of Thorium, an open-source platform for malware and forensic analysts across the government, public, and private sectors. [...]
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Microsoft: Kremlin monitors foreign embassies in Moscow through cyber-espionage at ISP level
therecord - In a warning to foreign embassies in Moscow, Microsoft said a Russian state-backed hacking group known as Secret Blizzard or Turla has been using internet service providers for adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks.
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Dropbox Passwords Is Shutting Down in Phases Starting Next Month
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Dropbox has announced it will discontinue Dropbox Passwords on October 28, ending the five-year run of its credential management service.The shutdown is going to follow a phased approach, according to the company. The password manager will become view-onl…
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Proton Releases New Two-Factor Authentication App
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Proton today launched Proton Authenticator, a free two-factor authentication app available across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.The open-source app generates time-based one-time passwords as an additional security l…
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Severe Chrome browser attack vector fixed in latest Apple OS updates
appleinsider - Apple has released security updates for iOS and its other operating systems that patches WebKit against a zero-day vulnerability that was actively in use against Google Chrome users.Google ChromeWhile companies often release security updates to plug issue…
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Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Dropbox is saying goodbye to its password manager after five years of service. This leaves current customers in a lurch, as the company has also announced that users only have a few months to extract all of their data.This discontinuation will happen in p…
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Safepay ransomware threatens to leak 3.5TB of Ingram Micro data
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The SafePay ransomware gang is threatening to leak 3.5TB of data belonging to IT giant Ingram Micro, allegedly stolen from the company's compromised systems earlier this month. [...]
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 11255 / 2 stories in 7 months
Palo Alto Networks to acquire CyberArk in $25B deal
Palo Alto Networks is set to bolster its cybersecurity offerings by acquiring CyberArk in a transaction valued at $25 billion. The deal is positioned as a strategic move to deepen threat detection capabilities while confronting the ever‐increasing risks in the cyber frontier.
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Cyata Launches Security Solution to Rein In Rogue AI Agents
Amid the rising integration of AI agents in everyday business workflows, startup Cyata has unveiled a dedicated solution aimed at keeping these autonomous systems under control. Investors are showing confidence in its approach as the new security tool targets the emerging challenges posed by increasingly independent AI operations.
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Report: Palo Alto Networks could acquire CyberArk for $20B+
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Palo Alto Networks Inc. is reportedly close to buying fellow cybersecurity provider CyberArk Software Ltd. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that the deal could be finalized as soon as this week. CyberArk had a market capitalization of…
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Tea app’s second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users.
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Rushes Out Emergency Patch Amid Review-Bombing On Steam
Ethan Gach / kotaku - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is getting slammed on Steam over what many users claim is terrible PC performance for those playing on anything but the most upgraded rigs. A fresh day-two update has now been rushed out to try and solve the worst issues players a…
Back to Top / Monday, July 28, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 11069 / 4 stories in 7 months
Microsoft Warns of New ‘SploitLight’ Vulnerability in macOS
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - New SploitLight macOS vulnerability lets attackers use Spotlight plugins to bypass TCC and access sensitive data cached by Apple Intelligence.The post Microsoft Warns of New ‘SploitLight’ Vulnerability in macOS first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Allianz Life Confirms Major Data Breach Affecting Majority of 1.4 Million Customers
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Insurance giant Allianz Life confirms a major data breach affecting the majority of its 1.4M customers after a social engineering attack on a third-party CRM.The post Allianz Life Confirms Major Data Breach Affecting Majority of 1.4 Million Customers appe…
Back to Top / Saturday, July 26, 2025, 11:20 am / permalink 10978 / 5 stories in 7 months
AdGuard and Brave Join Signal in Blocking Microsoft’s Windows Recall Over Privacy Fears
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Privacy-focused apps AdGuard and Brave are now blocking Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall AI, citing major privacy concerns and following Signal's lead.The post AdGuard and Brave Join Signal in Blocking Microsoft’s Windows Recall Over Privacy Fears…
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