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Japan’s largest port stops operations after ransomware attack

The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals. […]

04 Jul

Google Analytics data transfer to U.S. brings $1 million fine to Swedish firms

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten – IMY) has fined two companies with 12.3 million SEK (€1 million/$1.1 million) for using Google Analytics and warned two others about the same practice. […]

04 Jul

New Python tool checks NPM packages for manifest confusion issues

A security researcher and system administrator has developed a tool that can help users check for manifest mismatches in packages from the NPM JavaScript software registry. […]

03 Jul

Microsoft denies data breach, theft of 30 million customer accounts

Microsoft has denied the claims of the so-called hacktivists “Anonymous Sudan” that they breached the company’s servers and stole credentials for 30 million customer accounts. […]

03 Jul

Hackers target European government entities in SmugX campaign

A phishing campaign that security researchers named SmugX and attributed to a Chinese threat actor has been targeting embassies and foreign affairs ministries in the UK, France, Sweden, Ukraine, Czech, Hungary, and Slovakia, since December 2022. […]

03 Jul

Microsoft Edge upgrades built-in Cloudflare VPN with 5GB of data

Microsoft’s Edge browser has recently enhanced its ‘Edge Secure Network’ feature, which now offers 5GB of data, significantly increasing from the previously offered 1GB. […]

03 Jul

300,000+ Fortinet firewalls vulnerable to critical FortiOS RCE bug

Hundreds of thousands of FortiGate firewalls are vulnerable to a critical security issue identified as CVE-2023-27997, almost a month after Fortinet released an update that addresses the problem. […]

02 Jul

Twitter’s bot spam keeps getting worse — it’s about porn this time

Forget crypto spam accounts, Twitter’s got another problem which involves bots and accounts promoting adult content and infiltrating Direct Messages and interactions on the platform. And there doesn’t seem to be an easy solution in sight. […]

02 Jul

Snappy: A tool to detect rogue WiFi access points on open networks

Cybersecurity researchers have released a new tool called ‘Snappy’ that can help detect fake or rogue WiFi access points that attempts to steal data from unsuspecting people. […]

01 Jul

BlackCat ransomware pushes Cobalt Strike via WinSCP search ads

The BlackCat ransomware group (aka ALPHV) is running malvertizing campaigns to lure people into fake pages that mimic the official website of the WinSCP file-transfer application for Windows but instead push malware-ridden installers. […]