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In an ongoing extortion campaign against Ticketmaster, threat actors have leaked almost 39,000 print-at-home tickets for 150 upcoming concerts and events, including Pearl Jam, Phish, Tate McCrae, and Foo Fighters. The tickets were leaked by a threat actor known as ‘Sp1derHunters,’ who is selling data stolen in recent data theft attacks from Snowflake accounts. In April,…
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A May 2024 data breach disclosed by American luxury retailer and department store chain Neiman Marcus last month has exposed more than 31 million customer email addresses, according to Have I Been Pwned founder Troy Hunt, who analyzed the stolen data. Hunt’s findings come after the company filed a breach notification with the Office of…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized how we interact with technology, but it has also brought significant cybersecurity challenges. As IoT devices proliferate, from smart homes to industrial systems, they create numerous entry points for cyber threats. The sensitive data these devices handle and their integration into critical infrastructure underscore the need for robust…
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‘I’ve been out preaching this for well over a year now, that data center capacity is going to be an issue in this industry. … Trying to go out and find any capacity for this, of any meaningful size right now, it’s impossible. It doesn’t exist,’ Applied Digital CEO Wes Cummins tells CRN. Data center…
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Antivirus company Avast have discovered a weakness in the cryptographic scheme of the DoNex ransomware family and released a decryptor so victims can recover their files for free. The company says it has been working with law enforcement to privately provide the decryptor to DoNex ransomware victims since March 2024. Cybersecurity vendors commonly distribute decryptors in…
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Microsoft reminded customers today that multiple editions of Windows 11, version 22H2, will reach the end of servicing (EOS) in three months, on October 8, 2024. This applies to Windows 11 22H2 Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro for Workstations editions released on September 20, 2022. “The upcoming October 2024 security update, to be released…
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‘Data centers have been built the way they have been built for the last 30 years. That isn’t going to get us to the next 30 years. That is going to have to change,’ Arthur Lewis, president of Dell’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, tells CRN. Arthur Lewis, president of Dell Technologies’ Infrastructure Solutions Group, said the…
Read MoreOn the CSRB’s Non-Investigation of the SolarWinds Attack ProPublica has a long investigative article on how the Cyber Safety Review Board failed to investigate the SolarWinds attack, and specifically Microsoft’s culpability, even though they were directed by President Biden to do so. Tags: cyberattack, cyberespionage, DHS, Microsoft, national security policy, Russia Posted on July 8,…
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Microsoft has finally released a spell check and autocorrect feature in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, forty-one years after the program was introduced in 1983. The new features have been tested by Windows Insiders since March but have started to roll out to all Windows 11 users over the past couple of days. With…
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Apple has removed 25 virtual private network (VPN) apps from the Russian App Store at the request of Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog. Roskomnadzor confirmed to Interfax that the order targets multiple apps (including NordVPN, Proton VPN, Red Shield VPN, Planet VPN, Hidemy.Name VPN, Le VPN, and PIA VPN) used to gain access to content tagged…
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