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The majority of QR codes are spam, new survey claims
New research claims most QR code emails are spam QR codes can easily bypass anti-spam filters, Cisco Talos warns ‘Quishing’ attacks are becoming more common The dangers of clicking an unknown or suspicious link should have been drilled into most of us by now, but many don’t realize scanning a…
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Huge US healthcare payment network finally restored after ransomware attack
Change Healthcare’s clearinghouse services have been restored The organization suffered a huge ransomware attack in February Attack has cost it over $2 billion so far Change Healthcare has confirmed its clearinghouse services have finally been restored after the organization suffered a massive ransomware attack in February 2024. Recovery from the…
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Meta is trying to make Messenger into a video conferencing contender
Messenger has rolled out video and audio improvements for video and voice calls You can now leave voicemails on Messenger, much like on FaceTime There’s also a deeper integration with iOS that enables Siri support Meta has unveiled plans to turn Messenger into a more capable video conferencing solution as…
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Finance giant Finastra warns clients of potential data breach
A threat actor is offering a large database for sale, claims it came from Finastra The finance giant sends out data breach notification letter to affected customers, claiming its secure file transfer service was compromised The attacker used stolen credentials to pull off the heist Fintech software firm Finastra is…
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Microsoft announces its own Black Hat-like hacking event with big rewards for AI security
Microsoft announces Zero Day Quest, a new hacking event for security researchers An in-person event will also take place Bug bounties for AI-related issues has also been doubled Microsoft has announced an open to all research challenge to encourage researchers to discover high-impact vulnerabilities in its programs. Zero Day Quest…
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Dangerous global botnet fueling residential proxies is being hit in major crackdown
Security researchers from Lumen’s Black Lotus were investigating the ngioweb botnet for more than a year After identifying the infrastructure and traffic, the company started blocking the data flow The botnet, and the proxy service NSOCKS, are severely disrupted as a result Security researchers have disrupted a major malicious botnet,…
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