Category: security
Microsoft is paying out some huge rewards for spotting AI security issues
Microsoft has upped the ante in its bug bounty program Payouts can now be as high as $30,000 In some cases, the payout can even be higher Microsoft is revealed it is now prepared to pay up to $30,000 in bounty to people who discover AI vulnerabilities in its Dynamics…
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Major data breach at healthcare giant Yale Health affects 5.5 million people – here’s what we know
Yale New Haven Health suffered a cyberattack in early March 2025 A subsequent investigation showed the theft of sensitive data More than five million people could have been affected A recent cyberattack on Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) may have resulted in the theft of sensitive data of more than…
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Microsoft fixes annoying bug which marked Adobe emails as spam
Microsoft was flagging some legitimate Adobe emails as spam The company blamed it on an error with its machine learning model The issue now appears to be fixed Microsoft has fixed an annoying bug where a machine learning model in Exchange Online had been mistakenly flagging legitimate Adobe emails as…
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Ransomware cost US victims $16.6 billion in 2024, FBI warns
FBI report reveals a serious rise in ransomware in 2024 Ransomware attacks rose 9% in 2024 Cryptocurrency fraud also claimed more victims than ever The FBI has released a report outlining just how costly ransomware attacks were in 2024, with attacks once again rising to claim more victims than ever.…
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Asus patches security flaw which could have bricked servers
American Megatrends International released a fix for MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Different OEMs are now implementing the fix in their products ASUS released a patch to address the bug Asus has patched a security flaw which could have bricked servers. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-54085, and has the…
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A huge online fraud operation is hijacking WordPress sites to send out 1.4 billion ad requests per day
Researchers found a huge ad fraud scheme called Scallyway The scheme monetizes pirated sites through a series of redirects At its peak, there were 1.4 billion daily requests Cybersecurity researchers from HUMAN have spotted a major ad fraud operation that leverages people’s interest in pirated content to generate ad revenue…
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