Tag: security
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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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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It’s not just free VPNs, these premium services may be bad for your privacy
Not all premium VPN services protect your privacy equally, with over half of the most popular services suffering some form of data leak. At least three apps also shared your personal information “in a way that put user privacy at risk.” These are the main findings from new research conducted…
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Using a VPN is “against Islamic law” says Pakistan religious chief
Pakistan’s top religious body has said that using a VPN service to access blocked content goes against Shariah, the Islamic law. The statement from the country’s constitutional body for legal advice on Islamic matters described their responsibility to prevent the “spread of evil”, according to the report from the Associated…
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