Recent Security News
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BreachForums admin ‘Pompourin’ sentenced to 20 years of supervised release
January 21, 2024 at 09:37PM “Pompourin,” former admin of BreachForums, sentenced to 20 years supervised release after pleading guilty to running a site facilitating sales of stolen data, hacking tools, and illegal materials. New UEFI vulnerabilities, PixieFail, impact network booting, involving several vendors. Also critical Chrome and Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile vulnerabilities. Researchers discover iOS…
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Tietoevry ransomware attack causes outages for Swedish firms, cities
January 21, 2024 at 03:15PM Finnish IT services provider Tietoevry faced a ransomware attack affecting a Swedish data center, impacting its cloud hosting customers. The attack was isolated, but caused widespread outages for multiple Swedish businesses, including the largest cinema chain and government agencies. The ransomware gang Akira is allegedly responsible, with cases of their…
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Brave to end ‘Strict’ fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites
January 21, 2024 at 03:15PM Brave Software plans to discontinue the ‘Strict’ fingerprinting protection mode in its privacy-focused Brave Browser due to its negative impact on website functionality. The mode, designed to enhance user privacy, causes issues for roughly 0.5% of users, making them more susceptible to tracking. The change aims to prioritize efficiency and…
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Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure
January 21, 2024 at 03:15PM A German court fined a programmer €3,000 for unauthorized access to a remote database server while investigating an IT problem for a client. The programmer found a significant data privacy issue, attempted to notify the software vendor, and was subsequently charged with hacking. The programmer plans to appeal the decision.…