August 5, 2024 at 02:05PM A Florida data broker, National Public Data, is accused of negligently handling billions of personal records, leading to a cyberattack and subsequent sale of the stolen data on the dark web. California resident Christopher Hofmann filed a potential class-action lawsuit, alleging his and others’ sensitive information was compromised. The lawsuit … Read more
July 31, 2024 at 09:08AM Microsoft’s response to a DDoS attack caused outages for Azure services affecting numerous customers. The 10-hour outage impacted various organizations, including water utilities and banks. Microsoft attributed the issue to an unexpected usage spike and an implementation bug in its defense mechanisms. The company has committed to publishing a review … Read more
July 23, 2024 at 05:01PM CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform update caused widespread crashes on Microsoft Windows machines, impacting 674,620 enterprise customer relationships. The flawed configuration file triggered system-wide crashes due to logic errors, disrupting global operations. The update aimed to detect and block malicious named pipe usage by malware, but the malformed file led to system … Read more
November 28, 2023 at 01:05PM Submit cybersecurity-related caption ideas for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Submissions can be sent via email to [email protected] with the subject line “Dark Reading November Toon,” or through social media platforms like X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Congratulations to Dave Brassey, last month’s … Read more