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London Drugs pharmacy chain closes stores after cyberattack
2024-04-29 17:13

Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all its retail stores to contain what it described as a "Cybersecurity incident." "On April 28, 2024, London Drugs discovered that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident. Out of an abundance of caution, London Drugs is closing all stores across Western Canada until further notice," London Drugs said in a statement.

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023
2024-04-29 17:07

Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such as location or...

FBI warns of fake verification schemes targeting dating app users
2024-04-29 16:59

The FBI is warning of fake verification schemes promoted by fraudsters on online dating platforms that lead to costly recurring subscription charges. The public service announcement explains that contrary to romance scams that often combine investment fraud like "Pig butchering," these verification schemes rely on recurring monthly charges for the victim.

Google rejected 2.28 million risky Android apps from Play store in 2023
2024-04-29 16:00

Google blocked 2.28 million Android apps from being published on Google Play after finding various policy violations that could threaten user's security. In addition to blocking nearly 2.3 million apps and suspending 333,000 offending publishers, Google has rejected or remediated 200,000 app submissions requesting access to risky permissions such as SMS content and background location data without a good reason.

Microsoft fixes bug behind incorrect BitLocker encryption errors
2024-04-29 15:04

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors in some managed Windows environments. "Affected environments are those with the 'Enforce drive encryption type on operating system drives' or 'Enforce drive encryption on fixed drives' policies set to enabled and selecting either 'full encryption' or 'used space only'."

Collection agency FBCS warns data breach impacts 1.9 million people
2024-04-29 14:23

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network. According to a data breach notification sample the firm shared with the authorities late last week, on February 26, 2024, it discovered that unauthorized actors had breached its network since February 14, 2024.

UK enacts IoT cybersecurity law
2024-04-29 13:57

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act has come into effect today, requiring manufacturers of consumer-grade IoT products sold in the UK to stop using guessable default passwords and have a vulnerability disclosure policy. "Most smart devices are manufactured outside the UK, but the PSTI act also applies to all organisations importing or retailing products for the UK market. Failure to comply with the act is a criminal offence, with fines up to £10 million or 4% of qualifying worldwide revenue," Carla V, National Cyber Security Centre's Citizen Resilience Officer, pointed out.

China-Linked 'Muddling Meerkat' Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale
2024-04-29 13:46

A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed Muddling Meerkat has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities in a likely effort to evade security measures and...

France willing to buy key Atos assets to keep them French
2024-04-29 13:00

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UK lays down fresh legislation banning crummy default device passwords
2024-04-29 11:45

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