Smart Cars Share Driver Data, Prompting Calls for Federal Scrutiny
Two US senators accuse carmakers of deceptive language and shifty practices in sharing and resale of driver data. Two US…
Microsoft: Azure DDoS Attack Amplified by Cyber Defense Error
The sustained cyberattack, likely made worse by a mitigation snafu, disrupted several Azure cloud services for nearly eight hours on…
Nearly 7% of Internet Traffic Is Malicious
Cloudflare reports on the state of applications security. It claims that 6.8% of Internet traffic is malicious. And that CVEs…
Would Making Ransom Payments Illegal Result in Fewer Attacks?
If paying a ransom is prohibited, organizations won’t do it — eliminating the incentive for cybercriminals. Problem solved, it seems.…
North Korea-Linked Malware Targets Developers on Windows, Linux, and macOS
The threat actors behind an ongoing malware campaign targeting software developers have demonstrated new malware and tactics, expanding their focus…
DigiCert to Revoke 83,000+ SSL Certificates Due to Domain Validation Oversight
Certificate authority (CA) DigiCert has warned that it will be revoking a subset of SSL/TLS certificates within 24 hours due…
Dangerous XSS Bugs in RedCAP Threaten Academic & Scientific Research
The security vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-37394, CVE-2024-37395, and CVE-2024-37396, could lay open proprietary and sensitive research to data thieves. The security vulnerabilities,…