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Scania admits leak of data after extortion attempt
Swedish trucking giant Scania has confirmed the hack of a third-party website leaked 34,000 files, but says the impact is so far “very limited.” Last week, a hacker claimed to have breached an insurance subdomain at Scania’s website, claiming to have accessed and exfiltrated 34,000 files – which were then offered for sale on the dark web. The website that…
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Scania confirms insurance claim data breach in extortion attempt
Automotive giant Scania confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident where threat actors used compromised credentials to breach its Financial Services systems and steal insurance claim documents. Scania told BleepingComputer that the attackers emailed several Scania employees, threatening to leak the data online unless their demands were met. Scania is a major Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and industrial and…
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Craig Federighi confirms Apple’s first attempt at an AI Siri wasn’t good enough
In March, Apple delayed its upgraded Siri, saying that “it’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver” the promised features. At WWDC this week, Apple’s SVP of software Craig Federighi and SVP of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak shared more details about the decision to delay in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern. As part…
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SentinelOne shares new details on China-linked breach attempt
SentinelOne has shared more details on an attempted supply chain attack by Chinese hackers through an IT services and logistics firm that manages hardware logistics for the cybersecurity firm. SentinelOne is an American endpoint protection (EDR/XDR) solutions provider that protects critical infrastructure in the country and numerous large enterprises. It is a high-value target for state actors as compromising could…
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I think the UK government’s attempt to strong-arm Apple into giving it an ADP backdoor is a travesty – and so does most of the industry
Earlier this month reports emerged that the UK government issued an order to Apple to give it access to users’ encrypted data, reigniting the debate around digital privacy. The issue centered around Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) tool, which is a feature that uses end-to-end encryption to ensure only users that are signed in on a trusted device can view…
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Russia blocks Viber in latest attempt to censor communications
Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the Viber encrypted messaging app, used by hundreds of millions worldwide, for violating the country’s legislation. “Access to the Viber service is restricted due to the violation of the requirements of Russian legislation for organizers of information dissemination,” Russia’s internet regulator said in a press statement. “Compliance with the requirements is necessary to prevent…
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Meta’s mixed-reality attempt at a Wii Sports knockoff is coming
That logo looks very familiar.Images: Meta / Nintendo Like Nintendo’s simplistic motion control-based sports series, Home Sports offers several games: hockey, badminton, pickleball, mini-golf, and bowling. It’s playable solo and multiplayer, where your Meta avatar represents you in a match. Meta says the game can adapt to your play space, but it also uses the Quest boundaryless mode for those…
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Why you should always be wary of insider threats: A disgruntled employee at a US industrial firm deleted backups and locked IT admins out of workstations in a failed data extortion attempt
A disgruntled IT worker at a national industrial company in the US has been arrested after he launched an extortion campaign targeting his former employer in 2023. Daniel Rhyne was a core infrastructure engineer at an unnamed US-based industrial firm, and attempted to extort his company for $750,000 worth of Bitcoin. According to a press release issued by the US…
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Microsoft Will Pay You to Use Bing: Here's How My Attempt to Cash-in Went
Wouldn’t it be great if you could be rewarded just for using the internet? Microsoft will reward you for using Bing, but are they paying enough to justify switching from your preferred browser? I’ve spent a lot of time using Microsoft Rewards, and this is my honest take on how worthwhile it is. Source link
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