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US bans Kaspersky antivirus software due to national security risks
The US Department of Commerce has announced an upcoming US-wide ban of cybersecurity and antivirus software by Kaspersky, as its “ability to gather valuable US business information, including intellectual property, and to gather US persons’ sensitive data for...
Study reveals 45% of passwords crackable within a minute
A study conducted by Kaspersky has unveiled that many online passwords are alarmingly vulnerable to being guessed by scammers within a minute. Out of 193 million passwords analysed, over 87 million could be compromised in less than a minute, while only 23% of the...
Apple Reportedly Suspends Vision Pro 2 Work
Apple has suspended work on the second-generation Vision Pro headset to singularly focus on a cheaper model, The Information reports. Image Source: Macrumors Apple was widely believed to have plans to divide its Vision product line into two models, with one "Pro"...
Canon developing new RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL lens for EOS R7 camera for recording spatial video for Apple Vision Pro
TOKYO, June 11, 2024—Canon Inc. announced that it is developing the RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL lens for its popular EOS R7 camera1, enabling users to capture life's most precious moments in spatial video, and then relive those memories on the Apple Vision Pro. The new DUAL...
26% of organizations lack any form of IT security training
The Hornetsecurity survey, which compiled feedback from industry professionals worldwide, also reveals that 8% of organizations offer adaptive training that evolves based on the results of regular security tests. People represent the frontline of every company’s...
FBI Says It Has 7,000 LockBit Ransomware Decryption Keys
An FBI official on Wednesday said the agency has obtained more than 7,000 LockBit ransomware decryption keys and urged victims to get in touch. At the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security, Bryan Vorndran, assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, said the...
361 million stolen accounts leaked on Telegram added to HIBP
A massive trove of 361 million email addresses from credentials stolen by password-stealing malware, in credential stuffing attacks, and from data breaches was added to the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service, allowing anyone to check if their accounts...
AI Company Hugging Face Detects Unauthorised Access to Its Spaces Platform
Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Hugging Face on Friday disclosed that it detected unauthorised access to its Spaces platform earlier this week. "We have suspicions that a subset of Spaces' secrets could have been accessed without authorisation," it said in an...
Mysterious Cyber Attack Took Down 600,000+ Routers in the U.S.
More than 600,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers are estimated to have been bricked and taken offline following a destructive cyber attack staged by unidentified cyber actors, disrupting users' access to the internet. The mysterious event, which took place...
WordPress Plugin Exploited to Steal Credit Card Data from E-commerce Sites
Unknown threat actors are abusing lesser-known code snippet plugins for WordPress to insert malicious PHP code in victim sites that are capable of harvesting credit card data. The campaign, observed by Sucuri on May 11, 2024, entails the abuse of a WordPress plugin...