Category: Cybersecurity

[ad_1] Car buyers typically have many questions when purchasing a new automobile, but few are likely to consider whether an attacker could remotely control their vehicle using just license plate information. Yet that’s exactly what millions of Kia vehicles allowed until mid-August, when the automaker fixed a flaw that enabled such access, after independent security…

[ad_1] Microsoft says it has “listened to feedback” following a privacy row over a new tool which takes regular screenshots of users’ activity. It was labelled a potential “privacy nightmare” by critics when it was unveiled in May 2024 – prompting the tech giant to postpone its release. It now plans to relaunch the artificial…

[ad_1] Collaborative approach One such collaborative Carrier cybersecurity initiative, its project around enterprise phishing defense, which centers around people, tools, and “the hunt,” has garnered industry recognition, including a 2024 CSO Award, honoring security projects that demonstrate outstanding thought leadership and business value. Since being launched in April 2021, the program has been instrumental in reporting more…

[ad_1] rob dobi/Getty Images X CEO Elon Musk announced earlier this week that he’s pulling the teeth out of X‘s (formerly Twitter) blocking feature. Soon, users you’ve blocked will be able to view your posts again.  Nina Owji, a web developer, posted, “X is about to remove the current block button, meaning that if an account is…

[ad_1] The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash, a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon, whose cryptocurrency…

[ad_1] A threat actor is leveraging Cloudflare Worker cloud services and other tools to perform espionage against government and law enforcement targets in and around the Indian subcontinent. “SloppyLemming” is an advanced persistent threat (APT) that Crowdstrike (tracking it as Outrider Tiger) has previously linked to India. That attribution rings consistent with the group’s latest…

[ad_1] Accenture’s own attack surface, made up of thousands of servers, virtual machines, cloud objects, devices, and physical workstations, is massive enough. But Accenture also frequently acquires companies with their own IP inventory, creating an even larger attack landscape. “We’ve always had a strong security posture, but as we’ve been growing, we noticed that we…

[ad_1] Ubisoft has announced its highly-anticipated upcoming game Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed until next year. Instead of releasing it on 12 November as previously planned, it has been pushed back to 14 February 2025. It follows the disappointing performance of another of the firm’s major titles, Star Wars Outlaws, and concerns from some…

[ad_1] The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of a couple who recently lost more than $50,000 to an ongoing timeshare scam that spans at…

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