Category: security
FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to boost cybersecurity following major incidents
The FTC is imposing strict rules on the Marriott Hotel chain Three huge data breaches from the Marriott led to hundreds of millions of customers being exposed FTC says the company failed to implement proper security measures The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has told Marriott International and Starword Hotels to…
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Adobe releases software updates to patch security issues
Adobe patches a flaw found in two versions of ColdFusion It warned users to patch ASAP, since a PoC is available The bug can be used to create or overwrite critical Adobe has fixed a high-severity vulnerability found in two versions of ColdFusion, a rapid development platform for building web…
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US Government Defense bill waters down creation of US Cyber Force, allocates billions to “rip and replace” Chinese tech
President Biden signs National Defense Authorization Act into law The Act makes the creation of a US “Cyber Force” less likely, and no longer curbs the surveillance powers of FISA Billions of dollars allocated to help replace Chinese tech following surveillance concerns The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has…
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Netflix lawsuit sues VMware over virtual machine patents
Netflix claims Broadcom’s subsidiary VMware is in violation of five patents It claims VMware knew it was violating patents for more than a decade Netflix is now demanding VMware pays for damages caused Video streaming behemoth Netflix is suing Broadcom over virtual machine (VM) patents. According to the lawsuit, filed…
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Top WordPress plugins found to have some serious security flaws, so make sure you’re protected
Two WordPress plugins found carrying 18 security flaws Most of them are deemed critical, since they allow RCE, among other things All have now been patched, so make sure to upgrade your plugins Two premium WordPress plugins were found carrying more than a dozen vulnerabilities, some of which were deemed…
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AI development service Builder.ai exposed over 1TB of data on three million users
Security researchers discovered a major database with 3M+ records It belongs to Builder.ai, a low code/no code platform It contains sensitive information, NDAs, and more Builder.ai may have unwillingly exposed sensitive information on millions of its users, researchers have claimed. Jeremiah Fowler, a security researcher known for hunting down non-password…
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