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US bags Russian accused of stealing millions after stealing pre-release financial filings

UK National Crime Agency finds 225 million previously unexposed passwords

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency and National Cyber Crime Unit have uncovered a colossal trove of stolen passwords.…

Belgian defence ministry admits attackers accessed its computer network by exploiting Log4j vulnerability

The Belgian Ministry of Defence has suffered a cyber attack after miscreants exploited one of the vulnerabilities in Log4j. The attack marks the first occasion that a NATO country's defence ministry has fallen victim to the flaws.…

How to tackle hybrid cloud security and DevSecOps

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Of course a Bluetooth-using home COVID test was cracked to fake results

Security vendor F-Secure has faked a COVID test result on a Bluetooth-equipped home COVID Test. Thankfully the vendor’s since fixed the device.…

Alibaba Cloud slapped by Chinese ministry for mishandling Log4j

Fisher Price's Bluetooth reboot of pre-school play phone has adult privacy flaw

A Bluetooth phone designed to evoke the carefree days of early childhood has been found to instead threaten the very adult prospect of being surveilled in your home.…

Four years: that’s how long Azure’s App Service had a source code leak bug

Microsoft has revealed a vulnerability in its Azure App Service for Linux allowed the download of files that users almost certainly did not intend to be made public.…

Amazon Alexa slammed for giving lethal challenge to 10-year-old girl

An Amazon Echo owner was left shocked after Alexa proposed a dangerous challenge to her 10-year old child. AI-powered virtual assistants like Alexa that power smart devices and speakers such as Echo, Echo Dot, and Amazon Tap, come with a plethora of capabilities, including playing verbal games. [...]

Riskware Android streaming apps found on Samsung's Galaxy store

Samsung's official Android app store, called the Galaxy Store, has had an infiltration of riskware apps that triggered multiple Play Protect warnings on people's devices. [...]