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WhatsApp Targeted by Russian Hackers Seeking Data on Ukraine
Attackers associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, sent emails to specific targets asking them to join WhatsApp groups, Microsoft researchers said in a blog post Thursday.
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Star Health Probes Alleged Role of Security Chief in Data Leak
Star Health has confirmed that it is probing a hacker's allegations that its Chief Information Security Officer was involved in a data breach that saw the use of Telegram chatbots and websites to distribute customers' medical records and personal data.
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Star Health Sues Telegram Over Private Data Leak by Hacker Using Chatbots
Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policyholders.
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Hacker Uses Telegram Chatbots to Leak Data of Star Health Insurance
Customer data such as medical reports from Star Health Insurance has been made publicly available through chatbots on Telegram. The alleged chatbot creator told a security researcher that the private information of millions was up for sale, with samples accessible via Telegram chatbots.
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Over 3 Million iOS, macOS Apps Found at Risk Due to CocoaPods Security Breach: Report
Apple users may have been left at risk for over a decade due to an undetected vulnerability recently fixed in CocoaPods. According to a report, security researchers discovered a critical issue which could have allowed threat actors to inject malicious code and gain access to sensitive user data, putting over 3 million iOS and macOS apps at risk.
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BSNL Reportedly Suffers Major Data Breach Affecting 278GB of User and Operational Data
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly suffered a data breach and the threat actor involved is allegedly claiming to have possessed sensitive user and operational data. The government-owned telecom provider’s servers were attacked, and the hackers now possess SIM card details, home location register data, and server-related critical s...
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Anonymous Coder Nearly Hacks Huge Chunk Of The Internet. How Grave Was It
Outside the world of open-source software, its likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems.
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Massive Data Leak Of 26 Billion Records From Sites Like Twitter, LinkedIn Detected
The leaked data also has records of users from Chinese messaging giant Tencent and social media platform Weibo. Records from Adobe, Canva and Telegram have also been found.
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"Not Happy, Probe On": Minister To NDTV On Alleged Leak Of Indians' Private Data
The government is investigating reports that confidential data of over 80 crore Indians, including names and phone, passport and Aadhaar numbers were leaked on the dark web, junior IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told NDTV on Tuesday.
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Average Cost Of Data Breach In India Touches Rs 17.9 Crore: IBM Study
The average cost of a data breach in India reached Rs 17.9 crore in 2023, according to the IBM Security report that classified it as an "all-time high" for the report and almost a 28 per cent increase since 2020.
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Threat Actors Do Not Have Access to CoWIN Portal and Backend Database, Claims Cybersecurity Firm
After the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat actors do not have access to the entire portal nor the backend database. "Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting health workers of a region, we assume the inform...
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ChatGPT Could Be Blocked 'In Principle' in Germany if Needed, Data Protection Chief Says
Germany could become the second European country to block access to ChatGPT over data security concerns, according to the German commissioner for data protection. Italy is currently probing OpenAI's ChatGPT tool over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application's data collection rules.
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Western Digital Reports Network Security Incident After Breach Disrupts Part of Business Operations
Western Digital on Monday said it is looking into a network security incident, after an unauthorised party obtained certain data from its systems. The data storage devices maker is working to understand the nature and scope of that data, the company said in a statement.
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Microsoft Launches ‘Security Copilot’, an AI-Powered Cybersecurity Tool Based on OpenAI’s GPT-4
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a tool to help cybersecurity professionals identify breaches, threat signals and better analyze data, using OpenAI's latest GPT-4 generative artificial intelligence model. The assistant will use Microsoft's security-specific model, which the company described as "a growing set of security-specific skills" that is fed w...
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WhatsApp Targeted by Russian Hackers Seeking Data on Ukraine
Attackers associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, sent emails to specific targets asking them to join WhatsApp groups, Microsoft researchers said in a blog post Thursday.
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Star Health Probes Alleged Role of Security Chief in Data Leak
Star Health has confirmed that it is probing a hacker's allegations that its Chief Information Security Officer was involved in a data breach that saw the use of Telegram chatbots and websites to distribute customers' medical records and personal data.
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Star Health Sues Telegram Over Private Data Leak by Hacker Using Chatbots
Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policyholders.
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Hacker Uses Telegram Chatbots to Leak Data of Star Health Insurance
Customer data such as medical reports from Star Health Insurance has been made publicly available through chatbots on Telegram. The alleged chatbot creator told a security researcher that the private information of millions was up for sale, with samples accessible via Telegram chatbots.
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Over 3 Million iOS, macOS Apps Found at Risk Due to CocoaPods Security Breach: Report
Apple users may have been left at risk for over a decade due to an undetected vulnerability recently fixed in CocoaPods. According to a report, security researchers discovered a critical issue which could have allowed threat actors to inject malicious code and gain access to sensitive user data, putting over 3 million iOS and macOS apps at risk.
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BSNL Reportedly Suffers Major Data Breach Affecting 278GB of User and Operational Data
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly suffered a data breach and the threat actor involved is allegedly claiming to have possessed sensitive user and operational data. The government-owned telecom provider’s servers were attacked, and the hackers now possess SIM card details, home location register data, and server-related critical s...
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Anonymous Coder Nearly Hacks Huge Chunk Of The Internet. How Grave Was It
Outside the world of open-source software, its likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems.
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Massive Data Leak Of 26 Billion Records From Sites Like Twitter, LinkedIn Detected
The leaked data also has records of users from Chinese messaging giant Tencent and social media platform Weibo. Records from Adobe, Canva and Telegram have also been found.
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"Not Happy, Probe On": Minister To NDTV On Alleged Leak Of Indians' Private Data
The government is investigating reports that confidential data of over 80 crore Indians, including names and phone, passport and Aadhaar numbers were leaked on the dark web, junior IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told NDTV on Tuesday.
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Average Cost Of Data Breach In India Touches Rs 17.9 Crore: IBM Study
The average cost of a data breach in India reached Rs 17.9 crore in 2023, according to the IBM Security report that classified it as an "all-time high" for the report and almost a 28 per cent increase since 2020.
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Threat Actors Do Not Have Access to CoWIN Portal and Backend Database, Claims Cybersecurity Firm
After the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat actors do not have access to the entire portal nor the backend database. "Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting health workers of a region, we assume the inform...
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ChatGPT Could Be Blocked 'In Principle' in Germany if Needed, Data Protection Chief Says
Germany could become the second European country to block access to ChatGPT over data security concerns, according to the German commissioner for data protection. Italy is currently probing OpenAI's ChatGPT tool over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application's data collection rules.
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Western Digital Reports Network Security Incident After Breach Disrupts Part of Business Operations
Western Digital on Monday said it is looking into a network security incident, after an unauthorised party obtained certain data from its systems. The data storage devices maker is working to understand the nature and scope of that data, the company said in a statement.
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Microsoft Launches ‘Security Copilot’, an AI-Powered Cybersecurity Tool Based on OpenAI’s GPT-4
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a tool to help cybersecurity professionals identify breaches, threat signals and better analyze data, using OpenAI's latest GPT-4 generative artificial intelligence model. The assistant will use Microsoft's security-specific model, which the company described as "a growing set of security-specific skills" that is fed w...
