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Lee Enterprises newspaper disruptions caused by ransomware attack
Newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises has confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind ongoing disruptions impacting the group’s operations for over two weeks. As a local news provider and one of the largest newspaper groups in the United States, Lee publishes 77 daily newspapers and 350 weekly and specialty publications across 26 states. Its newspapers have a daily circulation of…
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Cloudflare outage caused by botched blocking of phishing URL
An attempt to block a phishing URL in Cloudflare’s R2 object storage platform backfired yesterday, triggering a widespread outage that brought down multiple services for nearly an hour. Cloudflare R2 is an object storage service similar to Amazon S3, designed for scalable, durable, and low-cost data storage. It offers cost-free data retrievals, S3 compatibility, data replication across multiple locations, and…
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Abandoned S3 buckets could have caused a catastrophic supply chain attack – and all at a cost of just $400
Abandoned cloud storage buckets were ripe to be taken over by cyber criminals and used to conduct a supply chain attack that would have dwarfed the 2020 SolarWinds incident, according to new research. A report from watchTowr Labs demonstrated how attackers could potentially exploit unused cloud storage buckets to gain access to sensitive networks of national governments, militaries, and major…
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Proton worldwide outage caused by Kubernetes migration, software change
Swiss tech company Proton, which provides privacy-focused online services, says that a Thursday worldwide outage was caused by an ongoing infrastructure migration to Kubernetes and a software change that triggered an initial load spike. As the company revealed yesterday in an incident report published on its status page, the outage started around 10:00 AM ET. Proton users reported that they…
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5 Problems on Your Computer That Might be Caused by Malware
Malware is the scary boogeyman of computers, supposedly capable of destroying everything you know and love. But what does it actually look like? How can you tell when your computer is infected? If your computer has any of the following problems, that could be a dead giveaway. 1 Your Browser is Forcefully Redirected Without Warning Forceful redirects are a huge…
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Delta sues CrowdStrike for $500 million in damages, claims “cutting corners” caused infamous July outage
Delta has made good on its promise to sue CrowdStrike after an update knocked the American airline’s systems offline, costing as much as $500 million. On July 19 2024, security company CrowdStrike rolled out an update to its Falcon detection system, but a flaw in the code crashed 8.5 million computers running Microsoft Windows, knocking banks, retailers, and airlines offline.…
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Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop issues caused by Windows Server update
Microsoft says this month’s Patch Tuesday cumulative updates fix a known issue that causes Windows servers to disrupt Remote Desktop connections in enterprise networks after installing the July Windows Server security updates. Redmond first confirmed this known issue following many reports from Windows admins that the RD Gateway service kept crashing every 30 minutes after installing the July updates. Admins…
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FBCS debt collector data breach of 5 million+ records caused by ransomware attack, Comcast says
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the personal data of more than 5 million people, according to a data breach notice sent to Comcast customers this week. FBCS previously labelled the attack as a general data breach and notified 1.9 million people in April 2024. The breach also affected customers of two…
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When was the last time a Mac caused a business disaster? – Computerworld
As your company begins to assess which providers, platforms, and devices it intends to base its AI efforts on, don’t ignore the value of security, privacy, and resilience across whatever ecosystem you choose. While you weigh the options, it’s worth asking when, if ever, Apple’s Mac or any of its other platforms have caused a global business disaster at the same…
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