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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers. This agreement resolves the FCC Enforcement Bureau investigations into several cybersecurity incidents and resulting data breaches that impacted T-Mobile’s customers in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (an API incident and…
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Japan’s Computer Emergency Response Center (JPCERT/CC) has shared tips on detecting different ransomware gang’s attacks based on entries in Windows Event Logs, providing timely detection of ongoing attacks before they spread too far into a network. JPCERT/CC says the technique can be valuable when responding to ransomware attacks, and identifying the attack vector among various…
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The development of secure smart cities hinges on establishing a robust foundation where security is prioritized from the outset. As urban areas increasingly adopt advanced technologies to enhance efficiency and sustainability, telecommunication companies play a critical role in ensuring these innovations are implemented securely. This involves a “secure by design” approach, where security measures are…
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Verizon users on Monday woke up to a nationwide outage that the telecom giant said is currently being dealt with. Telecom giant Verizon started the week with a sweeping outage as hundreds of thousands of users reported issues ranging from impacted mobile phones to total service blackouts. Reports of issues started to flood in on…
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The U.S. government has indicted a co-owner of a Minnesota IT company for his participation in an international conspiracy to sell forged license keys for networking devices. Benjamin Paley, 75, a resident of Plymouth in Minnesota, and co-owner of IT company GEN8 Services, has been indicted in the U.S. for his participation in an international…
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The Irvine, Calif.-based IT distribution giant said it would use the net proceeds of an IPO to pay down a portion of the firm’s $1.16 billion in debt. Ingram Micro’s plans for an initial public offering (IPO) became clearer Monday with a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by its holding company outlining the…
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A critical-severity flaw in Nvidia Container Toolkit and GPU Operator impacts AI applications and more than a third of cloud environments, according to Wiz researchers. A recently discovered critical-severity Nvidia vulnerability poses a “serious risk” for the security of data, according to researchers that uncovered the issue. The flaw (tracked at CVE-2024-0132) impacts Nvidia Container…
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A widespread Verizon outage is causing iPhones and Android devices to enter SOS mode, preventing them from making mobile calls unless they use WiFi calling. The Verizon wireless outage started at approximately 9:30 AM ET, with the outage tracking site Downdetector reporting that approximately 100,000 users are impacted by the issue. Verizon outage chartSource: DownDetector When…
Read MoreCISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-25280 D-Link DIR-820 Router OS Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2020-15415 DrayTek Multiple Vigor Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2021-4043 Motion Spell GPAC Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability CVE-2019-0344 SAP Commerce Cloud Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors…
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Organizations face an ever-increasing array of sophisticated threats in today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products have become an essential component of many organizations’ security strategies to combat these challenges. Modern SIEM security products offer a wide range of features designed to enhance threat detection, streamline incident response, and improve…
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