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Microsoft announces first Windows 10 Beta build since 2021
2024-06-04 19:26

Microsoft has reopened the Windows 10 beta channel and is asking Insiders to join or switch to receive a new beta build in the coming weeks. The announcement comes three years after the last Windows 10 build was released for Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels.

First American December data breach impacts 44,000 people
2024-05-28 22:22

First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, revealed Tuesday that a December cyberattack led to a breach impacting 44,000 individuals. As the financial services company shared in a statement published on December 21 providing very few details regarding the nature of the incident, First American was forced to take some of its systems offline today to contain the impact of a cyberattack.

LockBit dethroned as leading ransomware gang for first time post-takedown
2024-05-22 11:00

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First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles?
2024-05-17 11:37

Interview On Wednesday the FBI and international cops celebrated yet another cybercrime takedown - of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums - just a week after doxing and imposing sanctions on the LockBit ransomware crew's kingpin, and two months after compromising the gang's website. While the BreachForums shutdown didn't have quite the swagger of the LockBit seizure in February, it did brag the stolen data marketplace "Is under control of the FBI" and include profile pics of website admins Baphomet and ShinyHunters.

FCC reveals Royal Tiger, its first tagged robocall threat actor
2024-05-13 20:45

The Federal Communications Commission has named its first officially designated robocall threat actor 'Royal Tiger,' a move aiming to help international partners and law enforcement more easily track individuals and entities behind repeat robocall campaigns. The Royal Tiger group, allegedly led by Prince Jashvantlal Anand and his associate Kaushal Bhavsar, is operating multiple entities linked to illegal calls in the United States, including VoIP companies Illum Telecommunication Limited, PZ Telecommunication LLC, and One Eye LLC. They routed robocalls in the United States to Texas-based Great Choice Telecom, previously the target of a $225 million forfeiture order and cease-and-desist letters from the FCC and the FTC for placing illegal spoofed robocalls.

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
2024-05-08 07:31

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Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
2024-05-08 07:31

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How to Make Your Employees Your First Line of Cyber Defense
2024-05-01 11:03

There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to attain any semblance of security, you’ve got to remain prepared to confront those very same...

The first steps of establishing your cloud security strategy
2024-04-22 07:01

In this article, we'll identify some first steps you can take to establish your cloud security strategy. We'll do so by discussing the cloud security impact of individual, concrete actions featured within the CIS Critical Security Controls and the CIS Benchmarks.

OpenTable won't add first names, photos to old reviews after backlash
2024-04-14 22:28

OpenTable has reversed its decision to show members' first names and profile pictures in past anonymous reviews after receiving backlash from members who felt it was a breach of privacy. This follows our reporting last week that OpenTable would display members' personal information on old and future reviews, even though old reviews, especially negative reviews, were created under the expectation they would remain anonymous.