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International Criminal Court systems breached for cyber espionage
The International Criminal Court provided additional information about the cyberattack five weeks ago, saying that it was a targeted operation for espionage purposes.The intergovernmental organization disclosed the breach on September 19, a few days after detecting...
Okta says its support system was breached using stolen credentials
Update October 20, 16:15 EDT: Added BeyondTrust incident details.Update October 20, 18:59 EDT: Added Cloudflare incident details.Okta says attackers accessed files containing cookies and session tokens uploaded by customers to its support management system after...
Cisco discloses new IOS XE zero-day exploited to deploy malware implant
Cisco disclosed a new high-severity zero-day (CVE-2023-20273) today, actively exploited to deploy malicious implants on IOS XE devices compromised using the CVE-2023-20198 zero-day unveiled earlier this week.The company said it found a fix for both vulnerabilities and...
Android will now scan sideloaded apps for malware at install time
The Google Play Store might not be perfect for stopping Android malware, but its collection of scanning, app reviews, and developer requirements makes it a lot safer than the wider, unfiltered Internet. The world outside Google's walled garden has no rules at all and...
Ubuntu 23.10 released with new Ubuntu App Center and security improvements
Canonical released Ubuntu 23.10, codename Mantic Minotaur, to the public. The new release of the Linux distribution introduces a large number of changes, including an upgrade to Linux kernel 6.5, a new Ubuntu App Center, support for TMP-backed full-disk encryption, a...
How to disable Lock Screen ads on Windows 11
Microsoft displays a lot of promotions and advertisement in its Windows 11 operating system. The lock screen is but one of the locations that Microsoft uses to display promotions to users of the operating system.This guide walks you through the steps of disabling lock...
USA’s first data privacy act gets approval
Data privacy is a growing concern for consumers around the world. In today's digital age, our personal information is collected by a wide range of companies and organizations, both online and offline. This data can be used for legitimate purposes, such as providing us...
CISA shares vulnerabilities, misconfigs used by ransomware gangs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has unveiled additional details regarding misconfigurations and security vulnerabilities exploited by ransomware gangs, aiming to help critical infrastructure organizations thwart their attacks.CISA...
Microsoft: October Windows 10 security updates fail to install
Microsoft says Windows 10 security updates released during this month's Patch Tuesday may fail to install with 0x8007000d errors, although initially displaying progress.On systems affected by this known issue running client platforms (i.e., Windows 10 21H2 and Windows...