How GDPR Singapore impact businesses and its compliance On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR Singapore) went into effect. The GDPR Singapore will apply to any organisation established outside of the EU that offers goods or services to EU citizens or monitors their behavior within the EU. Read more…
Russian Streaming Platform Confirms Data Breach Affecting 7.5M Users Russian media streaming platform ‘START’ (start.ru) has confirmed rumors of a data breach impacting millions of users. The platform’s administrators shared that network intruders managed to steal a 2021 database from its systems and are now distributing samples online. The stolen Read more…
Chinese Hackers Target Australian Govt with ScanBox Malware China-based threat actors have been targeting Australian government agencies and wind turbine fleets in the South China Sea by directing select individuals to a fake impersonating an Australian news media outlet. Victims landed on the fraudulent site after receiving phishing emails with Read more…
Microsoft Azure Outage Knocks Ubuntu VMs Offline After Buggy Update Microsoft Azure customers’ virtual machines (VMs) running Ubuntu 18.04 have been taken offline by an ongoing outage caused by a faulty systemd update. The outage started nine hours earlier, around 06:00 UTC, after the affected customers upgraded to systemd version 237-3ubuntu10.54 and their VMs Read more…
Chrome Extensions with 1.4 million Installs Steal Browsing Data Threat analysts at McAfee found five Google Chrome extensions that steal track users’ browsing activity. Collectively, the extensions have been downloaded more then 1.4 million times. The purpose of the malicious extensions is to monitor when users visit e-commerce website and to modify Read more…
Google Launches Open-source Software Bug Bounty Program Google will now pay security researchers to find and report bugs in the latest versions of Google-released open-source software (Google OSS). The company’s newly announced Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) focuses on Google software and repository settings (like GitHub actions, application configurations, and access Read more…
Why are Smart Contracts so important? Smart contracts, like blockchain technology, are of great interest to businesses. They aid in the resolution of mistrust between parties and business partners with a number of advantages for a variety of industries, including reduced unnecessary costs and time expenditure while increasing transparency. What Read more…
FBI: Hackers Increasingly Exploit DeFi Bugs to Steal Cryptocurrency The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning investors that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting security vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency. “The FBI has observed cyber criminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to Read more…
Nelnet Servicing Breach Exposes Data of 2.5M Student Loan Accounts Data for over 2.5 million individuals with student loans from Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) and EdFinancial was exposed after hackers breached the systems of technology services provider Nelnet Servicing. Technology services from Nelnet Servicing, including a web portal, are used by OSLA Read more…
Leading Library Services Firm Baker & Taylor Hit by Ransomware Baker & Taylor, which describes itself as the world’s largest distributor of books to libraries worldwide, today confirmed it’s still working on restoring systems after being hit by ransomware more than a week ago. As Baker & Taylor said on August 23, Read more…
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