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Microsoft just patched a host of worrying security issues, so update now

By Sead Fadilpašić published

February's Patch Tuesday is upon us, and it sees Microsoft fix 55 vulnerabilities.

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Hackers offer 20 million OpenAI credentials for sale, but it says there's no evidence of a breach

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Hackers may not have OpenAI login credentials as they claim.

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Microsoft will now pay you even more to find security bugs in Copilot

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Microsoft will now offer $5k for moderate flaws in its bug bounty program.

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Microsoft warns hackers have a new and devious way of distributing malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Are you using publicly available keys for ViewState? Criminals are doing it, too, Microsoft says.

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8base ransomware site taken down in global police operation

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

The 8base ransomware group has been seized by authorities.

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Google system abused by hackers to hijack ecommerce stores

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A credit card skimmer was found embedded within Google Tag Manager.

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Newspaper printing across US hit after Lee Enterprises says “cybersecurity event” disrupted operations

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Investigation into cyberattack is ongoing, the company confirmed.

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Apple warns "extremely sophisticated attack" hits iPhones and iPads, so update now

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A vulnerability allowed threat actors to disable USB Restricted Mode on iOS and iPadOS devices.

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Security attacks on password managers have soared

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Many new malware samples demonstrate sophistication, persistence, and stealth, report claims.

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"A tracking cookie farm for profit" - report claims reCAPTCHA has caused 819 million hours of wasted human time, and billions in Google profits

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

reCAPTCHA generated nearly a trillion dollars worth of data for Google, but at what cost to us?

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