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Connected contraptions cause conniption for 2024
From “spying” air fryers to 3 million rogue toothbrushes, here are the strangest stories about internet-connected home goods in 2024.
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Data breaches in 2024: Could it get any worse?
An overview of what the year 2024 had to offer in the realm of data breaches: Big ones, sensitive data and some duds
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New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern such as China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Cuba, Iran, North Korea…
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Chinese APT Exploits BeyondTrust API Key to Access U.S. Treasury Systems and Documents
The United States Treasury Department said it suffered a “major cybersecurity incident” that allowed suspected Chinese threat actors to remotely access some computers and unclassified documents.
“On December 8, 2024, Treasury was notified by a th…
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Misconfigured Kubernetes RBAC in Azure Airflow Could Expose Entire Cluster to Exploitation
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three security weaknesses in Microsoft’s Azure Data Factory Apache Airflow integration that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker to gain the ability to conduct various covert actions, inclu…
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Is nowhere safe from AI slop? (Lock and Code S05E27)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Anna Brading and Mark Stockley about whether anywhere is safe from AI slop.
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New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits
The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard patients’ data against potential cyber attacks.
The proposa…
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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [30 Dec]
Every week, the digital world faces new challenges and changes. Hackers are always finding new ways to breach systems, while defenders work hard to keep our data safe. Whether it’s a hidden flaw in popular software or a clever new attack method, stayin…
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When Good Extensions Go Bad: Takeaways from the Campaign Targeting Browser Extensions
News has been making headlines over the weekend of the extensive attack campaign targeting browser extensions and injecting them with malicious code to steal user credentials. Currently, over 25 extensions, with an install base of over two million user…
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Dozens of Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Millions of Users to Data Theft
A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 35 extensions being compromised and exposing over 2.6 million users to data exposure and credential theft.
The attack targeted publishers of browser extensions on t…
