October 2024
RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims’ data
Roadside assistance biz praised for deploying security monitoring software and reporting workers to cops Two former workers at roadside assistance provider RAC were this week given suspended sentences after illegally copying and selling tens of thousands of lines of personal data on people involved in accidents.…
Keir Starmer hands ex-Darktrace boss investment minister gig
What's harder? Convincing people to invest in a beleaguered security business or a tiny island everybody hates? Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Poppy Gustafsson as the UK's new investment minister is being resoundingly praised despite the former Darktrace boss spending years failing to fully rebuild investor confidence in…
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week The FBI created its own cryptocurrency so it could watch suspected fraudsters use it – an idea that worked so well it produced arrests in three countries.…
Healthcare attacks spread beyond US – just ask India’s Star Health
Acknowledges bulk customer data leak weeks after Telegram channels dangled it online Leading Indian health insurance provider Star Health has admitted to being the victim of a cyber attack after criminals claimed they had posted records of 30-milion-plus clients online.…
Crooks stole personal info of 77k Fidelity Investments customers
But hey, no worries, the firm claims no evidence of data misuse Fidelity Investments has notified 77,099 people that their personal information was stolen in an August data breach. …
Secure your AI initiatives
Unlock the power of generative AI with AWS Webinar Generative AI (GenAI) has quickly transitioned from an emerging concept to a core driver of innovation across lots of different industries.…
Fore-get about privacy, golf tech biz leaves 32M data records on the fairway
Researcher spots 110 TB of sensitive info sitting in unprotected database Nearly 32 million records belonging to users of tech from Trackman were left exposed to the internet, sitting in a non-password protected database, for an undetermined amount of time, according to researcher Jeremiah Fowler.…
CISA adds fresh Ivanti vuln, critical Fortinet bug to hall of shame
Usual three-week window to address significant risks to federal agencies applies The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says vulnerabilities in Fortinet and Ivanti products are now being exploited, earning them places in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.…
Mozilla patches critical Firefox vuln that attackers are already exploiting
Firefixed: It's maintenance time for low-complexity, high-impact security flaw It's patch time for Firefox fans as Mozilla issues a security advisory for a critical code execution vulnerability in the browser.…
How to enable secure use of AI
Let the SANS AI Toolkit promote secure and responsible use of AI tools in the workplace Sponsored Post It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month again this October - a timely reminder for public and private sector organisations to work together and raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.…