Latest headlines from security outlets
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FlightAware Confirmed Data Breach Happened Due To Configuration Error
The popular flight-tracking tool FlightAware has alerted users about a data breach that has been…FlightAware Confirmed Data Breach Happened Due To Configuratio…
Lab 1 warns breach data now exposes thousands more firms
Mara Sugue reports: Lab 1 has published a report analysing 328 million files from 2,089 datasets exposed after cyber attacks. It found that the median breach n…
Cybersecurity Agencies Warn Against IDOR Bugs Exploited for Data Breaches
Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. havepublisheda joint cybersecurity advisory warning against security flaws in web applications that could be e…
DigiCert data breach exposes customer information, identity documents
DigiCert warns it suffered a data breach after a server migration mistakenly exposed an internal business system to the internet, allowing unauthorized access …
California warns all public school students of data stolen in contractor breach
The CDE released multiple statements over the last week warning the state’s students that assessment contractor Educational Testing Service (ETS) suffered a mo…
Japan Airlines warns of data breach as country grapples with multiple cyber incidents
Hackers stole passport numbers, frequent flyer numbers, email addresses and phone numbers for about 2,000 customers.
Microsoft Warns of Unpatched Office Vulnerability Leading to Data Breaches
Microsoft has disclosed an unpatched zero-day in Office that, if successfully exploited, could result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to ma…
Atlassian Warns of New Critical Confluence Vulnerability Threatening Data Loss
Atlassian has warned of a critical security flaw in Confluence Data Center and Server that could result in "significant data loss if exploited by an unauthenti…
Kroll Suffers Data Breach: Employee Falls Victim to SIM Swapping Attack
Risk and financial advisory solutions provider Kroll on Friday disclosed that one of its employees fell victim to a "highly sophisticated" SIM swapping attack.…
GitHub calls for contributions to new cybersecurity Advisory Databa
GitHub has announced that their Advisory Database for security data is now open to contributions from experts. The full contents of the Advisory Database have …
Hackers Breach ZoneAlarm's Forum Site ' Outdated vBulletin to Blame
ZoneAlarm, an internet security software company owned by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach exposing data of its …
Vanderbilt University hit in BYOD ransomware attack, data theft claimed
Vanderbilt University warns it is responding to a cyberattack claimed by the BYOD ransomware gang, which claims to have encrypted the university's databases an…
Debian git-annex Fixes Cross-Repository Data Exfiltration
A vulnerabilitiy was discovered in git-annex, a tool to manage large files with git, without storing the file contents in git, which could result in data exfil…
Florida warns that 4.9 million people had Social Security numbers leaked in financial aid site breach
The state’s Department of Education (FLDOE) said on Thursday it became aware of a data breach involving the Florida Student Financial Aid website on October 19.
Quest Diagnostics warns of potential data theft after attack on lab service system
Nationwide lab test company Quest Diagnostics said one of its key systems may have experienced a breach of patient data.
Debian LTS evolution-data-server Critical File Deletion Advisory DLA-4796-1
An issue has been found in evolution-data-server, an evolution database backend server. A Flatpak application with D-Bus access to the addressbook service can …
Canon Inkjet Printers Retain WiFi Data Unless Wiped – Warns Canon
Canon has recently issued an advisory, alerting users to wipe WiFi data settings from their…Canon Inkjet Printers Retain WiFi Data Unless Wiped – Warns Canon o…
Marriott Warns Of A Security Breach Exposing Social Security Numbers Of Associates
Marriott has once again suffered a cyber attack. This time, Marriott warns some of its associates about a security breachMarriott Warns Of A Security Breach Ex…
US Fast Food Restaurant Krystal Warns Users Of A Security Breach
US-based chain of restaurants Krystal has recently alerted customers about a security breach. As revealed, the security incident affected aUS Fast Food Restaur…
CERT-In Warns AI Agents Accessed Sensitive Data at Indian Organizations During Testing
AI agents being tested online reached the live systems of Indian organizations and read business records, including personal data and confidential material, CE…
Debian LTS Ironic Critical Sensitive Data Issues DLA-4743-1
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4743-1 addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Ironic package, including unredacted sensitive data in responses and command injection…
Ubuntu 7250-1: Netdata Security Advisory Updates
Several security issues were fixed in netdata.
Debian LTS: DLA-3895-1: puredata Security Advisory Updates
The realtime computer music and graphics system puredata does now terminate when dropping setuid privileges failed. For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has be…
Barracuda Warns of Zero-Day Exploited to Breach Email Security Gateway Appliances
Email protection and network security services provider Barracuda is warning users about a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited to breach the company'…