Tag: security
China admits behind closed doors it was involved in Volt Typhoon attacks
In a December 2024 meeting, China privately took responsibility for cyber offensives These include attacks on US infrastructure, like communications and energy The state warned that US increasing support for Taiwan was a key factor Amid a serious escalation of hostilities between the two nations, senior Chinese officials have apparently…
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Zuckerberg allegedly offered US data to China in bid to enter market, ex-Meta exec tells Senate
Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook, spoke in front of the Senate She said the company offered data on US citizens to the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country Facebook denied all claims A former Meta executive recently spoke in…
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Mark Zuckerberg allegedly offered US data to China in bid to enter market, ex-Meta exec tells Senate
Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook, spoke in front of the US Senate She said Facebook offered data on US citizens to the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country Facebook has denied all claims A former Meta executive recently spoke…
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Oracle says “obsolete servers” hacked, denies cloud breach
Oracle had started sending out data breach notification letters In the letters, it downplays the significance of recent attacks However not everyone agrees with that assessment We now apparently have confirmation that Oracle has been notifying its customers about a recent data breach – but the company is still standing…
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Immutable backup storage is the best protection against ransomware, but many businesses don’t have it
Immutable backup storage is the best ransomware protection Research shows backups are almost always targeted in ransomware attacks Ransomware is on the rise already in 2025 Ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2025 set new records, up by 84% in the same period of 2024. Moreover, ransomware is often…
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ESET security scanner vulnerability used to deploy TCESB malware
Kaspersky observed a threat actor called ToddyCat abusing a bug in ESET’s cybersecurity solution The group used a now-patched flaw to deploy a piece of malware called TCESB Users are advised to patch their systems and monitor for threats A component of ESET’s endpoint protection solution was being abused to…
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