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Microsoft will limit Exchange Online bulk emails to fight spam
2024-04-15 19:11

Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external recipients starting January 2025.Exchange Online doesn't support sending bulk or high volumes of emails from a single account, and until now, Microsoft has not placed any restrictions on bulk emails.

Hacker claims Giant Tiger data breach, leaks 2.8M records online
2024-04-13 14:00

Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger disclosed a data breach in March 2024.A threat actor has now publicly claimed responsibility for the data breach and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum that they claim are of Giant Tiger customers.

Home Depot confirms worker data leak after miscreant dumps info online
2024-04-08 18:01

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Microsoft slammed for lax security that led to China's cyber-raid on Exchange Online
2024-04-03 02:15

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Microsoft slammed for lax security that led to China's cyber-raid on Exchange Online
2024-04-03 02:15

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China encouraged armed offensive against Myanmar government to protest proliferation of online scams
2024-03-28 04:28

The military junta controlling Myanmar has struggled to control all of its territory thanks in part to China backing rebel forces as a way of expressing its displeasure about cyberscam centers operating from the country. One issue Beijing wanted the junta to address was the proliferation of scam centers in Myanmar, as they often prey on Chinese netizens.

Germany warns of 17K vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online
2024-03-26 19:21

The German national cybersecurity authority warned on Tuesday that it found at least 17,000 Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany exposed online and vulnerable to one or more critical security vulnerabilities. According to the German Federal Office for Information Security, around 45,000 Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany have Outlook Web Access enabled and are accessible from the Internet.

New ‘Loop DoS’ attack may impact up to 300,000 online systems
2024-03-20 19:40

A new denial-of-service attack dubbed 'Loop DoS' targeting application layer protocols can pair network services into an indefinite communication loop that creates large volumes of traffic. The attack is possible due to a vulnerability, currently tracked as CVE-2024-2169, in the implementation of the UDP protocol, which is susceptible to IP spoofing and does not provide sufficient packet verification.

Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they're from AT&T
2024-03-18 16:45

More than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T in 2021, were dumped on a cybercrime forum at the weekend. The stolen files include names, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, addresses, emails, phone numbers and other personal information, according to Dark Web Informer, who first spotted the massive data dump by the criminals.

UnitedHealth brings some Change Healthcare pharmacy services back online
2024-03-08 17:54

Optum's Change Healthcare has started to bring systems back online after suffering a crippling BlackCat ransomware attack last month that led to widespread disruption to the US healthcare system. United Health Group is the largest American health insurance company, and its subsidiary, Optum Solutions, operates the Change Healthcare platform.