1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (267+ words) Ukrainian national Oleksii Lytvynenko has received a four-year US prison sentence for his role in Conti, the ransomware operation linked to more than $150 million in victim payments. A Ukrainian national who helped in the Conti ransomware operation has been sentenced…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (511+ words) Google has released Chrome 153 with security fixes for desktop and Android users, including a vulnerability that attackers are already exploiting in the wild. Google is urging Chrome users to update their browsers after patching a security vulnerability that is already…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (445+ words) Branches of the US military have reportedly disabled ad-tracking on government-issued phones and computers, following concerns that commercially-available location data has been used to target American forces in the Middle East. Confirmation that the US Army, Air Force, Navy, and…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (474+ words) If you ever linked your Dropbox account to a Lenovo ID - perhaps to make life easier when logging in via a Lenovo laptop - you might want to take heed. Dropbox has confirmed that approximately 5,000 customer accounts were accessed between 4-21 August,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (706+ words) Deepfakes can clone a loved one’s voice, make a familiar face say something surprising, or turn a public figure into a fraudulent spokesperson. The danger is not synthetic media on its own, it’s how it can be used in impersonation,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (873+ words) A coalition of technology companies, cybersecurity vendors, banks and other organizations is calling for an urgent global effort to strengthen cyber defenses as artificial intelligence reshapes the threat landscape. The open letter, published by OpenAI, warns that organizations have a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (826+ words) WhatsApp is strengthening account protection with full passwords for two-step verification, support for multiple passkeys and more information about calls from unknown numbers. New account-security upgrades are meant to make account takeovers more difficult and help users think twice before…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (543+ words) Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there's a risk that you might be doing more than managing your cryptocurrency wallet, generating passwords, taking notes, or tracking sports results. There's a chance that you have just…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (364+ words) We dissect what fooled others so it won’t fool you. Current status: patching knowledge gap vulnerabilities. Expect new updates every 2 weeks. Three suspected Russian cyber-espionage clusters are abusing legitimate authentication features to compromise personal accounts of people in sensitive sectors…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (346+ words) Japanese cloud and data center provider Sakura Internet is investigating unauthorized access to a sales management system that may have exposed personal and contract information linked to as many as 1.36 million customer accounts. The company says the final impact is…...