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Bing Wallpaper app, now in Windows Store, accused of cookie shenanigans
Microsoft free tool snooping on users? Surely not! If you've been tempted to download the Bing Wallpaper app to spice up your Windows 11 desktop backgrounds, you may want to think twice.…
Another ‘major cyber incident’ at a UK hospital, outpatients asked to stay away
Third time this year an NHS unit's IT systems have come under attack A UK hospital is declaring a "major incident," cancelling all outpatient appointments due to "cybersecurity reasons."…
QNAP and Veritas dump 30-plus vulns over the weekend
Just what you want to find when you start a new week Updated Taiwanese NAS maker QNAP addressed 24 vulnerabilities across various products over the weekend.…
China has utterly pwned ‘thousands and thousands’ of devices at US telcos
Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China's recent attacks on the sector, amid revelations that US networks may need mass rebuilds to recover.…
Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results
Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has blocked a network China-related firms from its search results for operating fake news services and websites.…
Imagine a land in which Big Tech can’t send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you
China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun Internet echo chambers and nasty e-commerce tricks that analyze your behavior to milk you for more cash are set to be banned – in China.…
Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America’s leaky water infrastructure
Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go A plan for hackers to help secure America's critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders kick the tires of their computer systems and fix any vulnerabilities.…
Trump taps border hawk to head DHS. Will Noem’s ‘enthusiasm’ extend to digital domain?
Meanwhile, CISA chief Jen Easterly will step down prior to inauguration Analysis President-elect Donald Trump has announced several unorthodox nominations for his cabinet over the last two weeks, including South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, whom he tapped to serve as Homeland Security Secretary. …
Andrew Tate’s site ransacked, subscriber data stolen
He'll just have to take this one on the chin The website of self-proclaimed misogynist and alleged sex trafficker and rapist Andrew Tate has been compromised and data on its paying subscribers stolen.…
1000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole
PAN-PAN! Intruders inject web shell backdoors, crypto-coin miners, more Thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls were compromised by attackers exploiting two recently patched security bugs. The intruders were able to deploy web-accessible backdoors to remotely control the equipment as well as cryptocurrency miners and other malware.…