Attackers say they have deleted data stolen from Ontario school board
A northern Ontario Catholic school district says crooks who stole data in December claim they have since deleted the information from their storage. In a statement this week, the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board said the unnamed attackers stole “a significant number of files from a board file server.” “They have informed us that they
Zoho fixes CVE-2022-47523 vulnerability
Following the discovery of a severe SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability tagged CVE-2022-47523, enterprise software provider Zoho has urged customers to upgrade to the most recent versions of Access Manager Plus, PAM360, and Password Manager Pro. Access Manager Plus versions 4308 and lower, PAM360 versions 5800 and lower, and Password Manager Pro versions 12200 and lower […]
Hackers expose email addresses belonging to over 200 million Twitter accounts
According to Bleeping Computer, the hottest new Twitter controversy is a data leak comprising email addresses for over 200 million Twitter users that was published on a popular hacker forum for about $2. The records were most likely compiled in late 2021, taking advantage of a vulnerability in Twitter’s system which allows users to enter […]
DevOps platform CircleCI urges users to rotate all secrets
Warning comes after company discovers an undefined securit
Ransomware attacks records rapid increase in 2022
In 2022, threat actors made huge profits from ransomware attacks, which impacted 200 large organizations in the U.S. public sector, including the government, education, and healthcare sectors. In America alone, there are 1,981 schools, 290 hospitals, 105 local governments, and 44 universities and colleges. In total, 105 state and municipal government agencies reported being affected […]
Meta fined for obligating users to accept targeted ads
Meta Platforms has been fined €390 million (approximately $414 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for its handling of user data for serving personalized ads. The fines mark the end of two lengthy investigations into Meta by the Irish regulator, which had been chastised for the process’s delays. The DPC started looking into […]
TikTok’s future in America remains bleak
As the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, faces uncertainty and sanctions from the American government, 2023 will be critical.
Qualcomm and Lenovo usher in 2023 with security patches
Qualcomm and Lenovo have issued patches to manage different security flaws in their chipsets, some of which could be exploited to cause data leakage and memory corruption. Others include the company’s flagship SnapDragon processor chips, which affect products ranging from automobiles to powerline communications. Some of the patches issued addresses Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities can […]
Microsoft stocks drop after UBS downgrade
Microsoft’s stocks have underperformed in comparison with its big tech peers on U.S. exchanges, with its shares falling 5.3% after UBS analysts declared that the software company faces weakness, particularly in the cloud. UBS downgraded the company due to concerns about slowing growth in its cloud services and Office suite. UBS downgraded the stock from […]
Samsung unveils $200 5G Galaxy phone
The Samsung Galaxy A14 5G, which costs just under $200, is the cheapest 5G smartphone in the Galaxy portfolio and the first Galaxy A smartphone of 2023. It is billed as the Galaxy A13 5G successor for 2021. It was announced at CES 2023, and at $199.99, the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G is $50 less […]
