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One of Microsoft’s most niche software tools hit by major phishing scam
Cybercriminals are using Microsoft Sway to host landing pages used in phishing campaigns, experts have claimed. The attack was spotted by cybersecurity researchers from Netskope Threat Labs, who observed a 2,000-fold increase in exploits in July 2024. You can be excused for not knowing what Sway is. It is a…
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Is X about to launch a video conferencing tool?
In the latest step on its quest to become an ‘everything app’, Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is now exploring video conferencing. X employee Chris Park shared a screenshot of the tool to his profile, revealing the company recently conducted its first internal video call using the new tool, dubbed…
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A million airport parking customers affected in huge data breach
A million Park’N Fly customers have had their sensitive data stolen after the company suffered a cyberattack. The news was confirmed in a data breach notification letter sent out by the company, which noted the threat actors accessed the company’s IT infrastructure in July 2024 using stolen VPN credentials. The…
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4 essential cyber hygiene practices to boost your organization’s digital defenses
Millions of computer systems going down at the same time; emergency services, travel, and financial systems disrupted; and global shipping halted. It’s the type of technology catastrophe many envisioned would happen during Y2K, or some far-off dystopian future, yet the CrowdStrike outage happened in 2024 and the world was woefully…
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This cybercrime group claims it can help hackers beat CAPTCHA locks
Cybersecurity experts have reported discovering an threat actor selling CAPTCHA-solving services to its customers. Arkose Cyber Threat Intelligence Research (ACTIR) says the Greasy Opal group is allegedly based in the Czech Republic and has, in the past decade and a half, sold all kinds of software, both legitimate and illegal.…
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AMD reportedly hacked again — criminals offer data for sale online
AMD has reportedly been the victim of a data breach which compromised internal communications and sensitive employee information, experts have said. Criminal organizations IntelBroker and EnergyWeaponUser took credit for the attack, with the stolen data apparently consisting of sensitive employee information such as user credentials, internal resolutions, and case descriptions.…
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