Recent Security News
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Downfall fallout: Intel knew AVX chips were insecure and did nothing, lawsuit claims
November 9, 2023 at 05:28PM A lawsuit has been filed against Intel by PC buyers who claim the company failed to address faulty chip instructions that led to the Downfall vulnerability. The lawsuit alleges that Intel knew about the susceptibility of its AVX instruction set to side-channel attacks in 2018 but only fixed the defect…
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What We Can Learn from Major Cloud Cyberattacks
November 9, 2023 at 05:26PM Notorious cloud hacks between 2020 and 2022 could have been prevented by faster detection and response, according to research by Mohamed Shaaban at Sysdig. The study examined six major cloud security incidents and found that attackers are becoming more advanced in their use of automated tools. Sysdig has proposed the…
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Treasury Markets Disrupted by ICBC Ransomware Attack
November 9, 2023 at 05:26PM The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) experienced a ransomware attack, disrupting US Treasury services and preventing trade settlements. ICBC has begun restoring its services, but there was no comment from ICBC or the US Securities and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). It is unclear if any data has been…
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Kyocera AVX says ransomware attack impacted 39,000 individuals
November 9, 2023 at 05:10PM Kyocera AVX Components Corporation (KAVX), an American manufacturer of electronic components, experienced a data breach exposing personal information of 39,111 individuals following a ransomware attack. The breach occurred between February 16 and March 30, 2023. The hackers responsible, the LockBit ransomware gang, leaked stolen data that includes full names and…
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Cloudflare website down, showing ‘We’re sorry’ Google errors
November 9, 2023 at 04:25PM Cloudflare is investigating an ongoing outage that is causing Google errors to be displayed on its website. Cloudflare’s Head of Organic Social noted that the error message contains a Google logo that doesn’t match the current design. The company stated that its dashboard and APIs are accessible and unaffected. This…