Recent Security News
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Middle East & Africa CISOs Plan to Increase 2024 Budgets by 10%
February 13, 2024 at 02:36PM Cybersecurity spending in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa is expected to exceed $6.5 billion in 2024, driven by geopolitical threats, generative AI security concerns, and increasing data-protection regulations. Companies are increasing budgets due to more cybercrime and regulatory enforcement, with core countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE leading…
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Integris Health says data breach impacts 2.4 million patients
February 13, 2024 at 02:30PM Integris Health reported a data breach exposing personal information of 2.4 million people to U.S. authorities. The cyberattack threatened to sell stolen data, but did not interrupt services. Data included names, birth dates, contact and demographic info, and SSNs, but not employment, financial, or login details. The ransom deadline has…
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ALPHV blackmails Canadian pipeline over claims it stole 190GB of vital info
February 13, 2024 at 02:29PM Canada’s Trans-Northern Pipelines was allegedly targeted by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group, claiming to have stolen 190GB of data, including vital information. This intrusion draws comparisons to the 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack. ALPHV has also targeted other critical infrastructure organizations, prompting calls for improved cybersecurity measures to prevent catastrophic attacks on…
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Microsoft February 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 74 flaws
February 13, 2024 at 02:08PM The document details a list of vulnerabilities, including CVE IDs, titles, and severity ratings for various Microsoft products and services, such as .NET, Azure Active Directory, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Edge, and others. It also covers Windows-related vulnerabilities in areas like Hyper-V, Internet Connection Sharing, Kernel, LDAP, and Message Queuing. Based…