July 23, 2024 CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has been called to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security following a disastrous software update that caused widespread chaos. The update, which resulted in Windows systems crashing globally, more...
July 22, 2024 The global tech outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update on Friday could result in damages exceeding $1 billion. The glitch disrupted various sectors, including airlines, retail, and hospitals, leading to over 5,000 flight cancellations more...
July 22, 2024 National cybersecurity agencies in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia issued security warnings about the faulty CrowdStrike Falcon update that bricked an estimated 8.5 million corporate PCs and servers around the world. At the more...
July 19, 2024 Some airlines, banks and government services around the world have been affected by a faulty software update for Windows PCs running CrowdStrike’s Falcon security suite which has knocked out desktop PCs. “This is not a more...
July 18, 2024 A judge has dismissed most of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) fraud charges against SolarWinds related to statements made before and after the 2020 Russian cyber espionage campaign. The SEC accused SolarWinds of misleading more...
July 18, 2024 Two foreign nationals have pleaded guilty in the US District of New Jersey to their involvement in the LockBit ransomware group, recognized as one of the most prolific ransomware variants worldwide. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, a more...
July 16, 2024 Just two days after the attempted assassination at a Trump rally, the FBI announced it had gained access to the shooter's phone. The speed and efficiency of this access highlight the growing capabilities of phone-hacking more...
July 16, 2024 Disney is investigating a significant data breach by the hacking group Nullbulge, which claims to have accessed and downloaded thousands of internal communications, including messages about upcoming projects. The group, which positions itself as a more...
July 16, 2024 Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab announced it will cease its U.S. operations starting July 20, following sanctions from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). These sanctions targeted twelve Kaspersky executives, freezing more...
July 15, 2024 Google's Gemini AI has come under fire for scanning private PDF documents in Google Drive without user consent. The issue was brought to light by Kevin Bankston, a Senior Advisor on AI Governance, who reported more...
