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Over 45,000 VMware ESXi servers just reached end-of-life
Over 45,000 VMware ESXi servers inventoried by Lansweeper just reached end-of-life (EOL), with VMware no longer providing software and security updates unless companies purchase an extended support contract. Lansweeper develops asset management and discovery software...
New Chinese Cyberespionage Group Targeting IT Service Providers and Telcos
Telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia are being targeted by a previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat group dubbed WIP19. The espionage-related attacks are characterized by the use of a stolen digital certificate issued by a...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminder: Ensure everything connected is protected
Here are a few steps you can take to prevent your smart home from becoming a cyberattack in the waiting. The leaves are falling from the trees, and Halloween costumes and pumpkin spice lattes are unavoidable. October is officially here. But that also means that it's...
Toyota says about 296,000 pieces of customer info possibly leaked
Toyota said on Friday it had found that about 296,000 pieces of customer information from its T-Connect service might have been leaked. Toyota said 296,019 email addresses and customer numbers of those using T-Connect, a telematics service that connects vehicles via a...
Fortinet Customers Told to Urgently Patch Remotely Exploitable Vulnerability
Fortinet has privately informed some customers about a critical and remotely exploitable vulnerability that poses a significant risk. The cybersecurity firm does not appear to have released a public advisory, but in emails sent to customers the company revealed that...
Breaking: Google taps Coinbase to bring crypto payments to cloud services
Google announced a new deal with Coinbase which will allow a select set of customers to pay for its Cloud services using digital currencies such as Bitcoin. This will take effect early next year. According to CNBC on Oct. 11, the tech giant also plans to explore using...
US Airport Websites Hit by Suspected Pro-Russian Cyberattacks
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks hit the airport websites of several major US cities including Atlanta,...
Nasty macOS bug could have let hackers dance past security protections
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in macOS which allowed threat actors to completely bypass native security solutions and execute an unsigned and unnotarized application without displaying security prompts. Announcing the news in a blog...
BEC Campaign Alert
A business email compromise (BEC) campaign is using an email thread that pretends to have been forwarded by the boss in a bid to trick targets into handing over big sums of money. Not only are BEC attacks one of the most lucrative forms of cybercrime – the FBI says...
Australia’s Telstra hit by data breach, two weeks after attack on Optus
SYDNEY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Australia's largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp Ltd (TLS.AX) said on Tuesday it had suffered what it called a small data breach, a disclosure that comes two weeks after its main rival Optus was left reeling by a massive cyberattack. Telstra,...