US fines man $9.9 million for thousands of disturbing robocalls
A U.S. federal court has issued a $9,918,000 penalty and an injunction against an individual named Scott Rhodes for making thousands of "spoofed" robocalls to consumers across the country. Robocalls are automated phone calls that use automated dialing software...
Panera Bread experiencing nationwide IT outage since Saturday
Since Saturday, U.S. food chain giant Panera Bread has been experiencing a nationwide outage that has impacted its IT systems, including online ordering, POS systems, phones, and various internal systems. According to employee reports, while all stores are...
US charges seven suspected prolific Chinese cyber-spies • The Register
The United States on Monday accused seven Chinese men of breaking into computer networks, email accounts, and cloud storage belonging to numerous critical infrastructure organizations, companies, and individuals, including US businesses, politicians, and their...
CISA urges software devs to weed out SQL injection vulnerabilities
CISA and the FBI urged executives of technology manufacturing companies to prompt formal reviews of their organizations' software and implement mitigations to eliminate SQL injection (SQLi) security vulnerabilities before shipping. In SQL injection...
Help your children stay safe online with open conversations
In today's digital age, the internet plays a major role in young people’s lives, influencing how they further grow and develop into fully-fledged adults venturing out into the real world: From educational resources to social connections, discovering the latest...
The anatomy of the British Library ransomware nightmare • The Register
Opinion Quiz time: name one thing you know about the Library of Alexandria. Points deducted for "it’s a library. In Alexandria." Looking things up is cheating and you know it. Hands up if you said it was burned to the ground by barbarians. That's almost...
Windows Server memory leak in patch confirmed by Microsoft • The Register
Infosec in brief If your Windows domain controllers have been crashing since a security update was installed earlier this month, there's no longer any need to speculate why: Microsoft has admitted it introduced a memory leak in its March patches and fixed the...
Vans says cyber crooks didn’t nab customers’ financial info • The Register
Clothing and footwear giant VF Corporation is letting 35.5 million of its customers know they may find themselves victims of identity theft following last year's security breach. In an email to customers, the Vans and North Face parent promised that crooks...
Opera sees big jump in EU users on iOS, Android after DMA update
Opera has reported a substantial 164% increase in new European Union users on iOS devices after Apple introduced a new feature to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). With iOS 17.4, Apple introduced a new choice screen that asks EU users to select a...
Microsoft to shut down 50 cloud services for Russian businesses
Microsoft plans to limit access to over fifty cloud products for Russian organizations by the end of March as part of the sanctions requirements against the country issued by EU regulators last December. The suspension was initially scheduled for March 20,...