Tag: security
Russian basketball player arrested on suspicion of carrying out ransomware attacks
French police detained Daniil Kasatkin at the request of US authorities His lawyer says Kasatkin bought a used computer, and he is completely innocent Kasatkin was allegedly denied bail A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested at an airport under suspicion of being a ransomware cybercriminal. On June 21,…
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Bluetooth security flaws could affect thousands of Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars – here’s what we know
Researchers find four flaws in the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack They can be chained into the “PerfektBlue” RCE attack Multiple car vendors are allegedly affected Security researchers have discovered four vulnerabilities in the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack which could be chained together for remote code execution (RCE) attacks. This stack is used…
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Qantas confirms 5.7 million customers impacted by data breach
Qantas suffered a cyberattack in early June 2025 A thorough investigation has now placed the number of affected individuals at 5.7 million Passwords and payment data is safe, but crooks took names, addresses, and other PII Qantas has confirmed sensitive information on 5.7 million customers was exfiltrated in the recent…
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McDonald’s AI recruiting platform had a really embarrassing security flaw – and it left millions of users open to attack
McDonald’s recently introduced a new hiring platform called McHire It uses an AI-powered chatbot that collects resumes, CVs, and contact data Researchers managed to easily log into the backend and obtain all of the data stored by the AI A third-party supply chain vulnerability exposed sensitive data on 64 million…
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Nearly a million browsers affected by more malicious browser extensions – here’s what we know
Researchers find 245 extensions installed on nearly a million devices The extensions could turn devices into web scraping bots for a commercial service Researchers warned about major security implications A new investigation has revealed 245 browser extensions, installed on almost a million devices, have been leading a double life, as…
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Malicious Google Chrome and Edge extensions downloaded more than 2 million times – here’s how to stay safe from being tracked online
Koi Security researchers found almost two dozen browser add-ons spying on users The add-ons were tracking visited sites and communicating with remote C2 infrastructure Users were likely compromised along the way Many Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser add-ons, including several prominent products, were found to be spying on users…
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