Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to pay a $65 million settlement in a class-action suit filed over a 2023 data breach.
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WordPress Mandates Two-Factor Authentication for Plugin and Theme Developers
WordPress.org has announced a new account security measure that will require accounts with capabilities to update plugins and themes to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatorily.
The enforcement is expected to come into effect starting October 1, 2024.
“Accounts with commit access can push updates and changes to plugins and themes used by millions of WordPress sites worldwide,” the
The enforcement is expected to come into effect starting October 1, 2024.
“Accounts with commit access can push updates and changes to plugins and themes used by millions of WordPress sites worldwide,” the
Google’s AI Model Faces European Union Scrutiny From Privacy Watchdog
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into Google’s Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2.
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Fake password manager coding test used to hack Python developers
Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware. […]
Adobe fixes Acrobat Reader zero-day with public PoC exploit
A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader after a fix was released yesterday for a remote code execution zero-day with a public in-the-wild proof-of-concept exploit. […]
WordPress.org to require 2FA for plugin developers by October
Starting October 1st, WordPress.org accounts that can push updates and changes to plugins and themes will be required to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) on their accounts. […]
Google Introduces ‘Air-Gapped’ Backup Vault to Thwart Ransomware
“It’s critical to not only back up your critical workloads, but also to secure those backups against subsequent modification and deletion.”
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Quad7 Botnet Expands to Target SOHO Routers and VPN Appliances
The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security flaws.
Targets include devices from TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, Axentra, D-Link, and NETGEAR, according to a new report by French cybersecurity company Sekoia.
“The Quad7 botnet operators appear to be
Targets include devices from TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, Axentra, D-Link, and NETGEAR, according to a new report by French cybersecurity company Sekoia.
“The Quad7 botnet operators appear to be
DragonRank Black Hat SEO Campaign Targeting IIS Servers Across Asia and Europe
A “simplified Chinese-speaking actor” has been linked to a new campaign that has targeted multiple countries in Asia and Europe with the end goal of performing search engine optimization (SEO) rank manipulation.
The black hat SEO cluster has been codenamed DragonRank by Cisco Talos, with victimology footprint scattered across Thailand, India, Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China.
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The black hat SEO cluster has been codenamed DragonRank by Cisco Talos, with victimology footprint scattered across Thailand, India, Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China.
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SplxAI Raises $2 Million to Protect AI Chatbot Apps
SplxAI has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help organizations identify vulnerabilities in AI chat applications.
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