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Cybercriminals reportedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies around the world
Cybercriminals have compromised tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPNs used by major companies around the world, according to two cybersecurity firms. The ongoing hacking…
Chinese cybercrime operation that used artificial intelligence to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive cybercrime operation powered by artificial intelligence. On Friday the technological giant was announced a lawsuit…
Oracle has warned its enterprise customers of a critical rating vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software, which is used by large companies to manage payroll and human…
Google and FBI warn of ransomware group sending fake IT workers to hack victims in person
A ransomware gang has stepped up its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers to victims’ offices, where the crooks steal data directly…
The extensive hacking campaign that was based simply on asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears to have continued even after…
Hackers took over Instagram accounts by tricking the Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed multiple user accounts to be compromised. The attack appeared to rely on tricking Meta’s AI support chatbot into…
CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target open source software developers
CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and Shadowserver, a non-profit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a botnet used by cybercriminals to…
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they have taken down a popular virtual private network service used by cybercriminals and arrested its…
Earlier this week, hackers took over many open source projects used by dozens of companies and pushing updates designed to spread malware. This is the latest…
On Tuesday, education technology giant Instructure disclosed a data breach where hackers stole students’ private information, including their names, personal email addresses and messages sent between…