The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Bill Toulas is a technology writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications. An open source advocate and Linux enthusiast, is currently finding pleasure in following hacks, malware campaigns, and data breach incidents, as well as by exploring the intricate ways through which tech is swiftly transforming our lives.

QNAP, Synology, Lexmark devices hacked on Pwn2Own Day 3

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The third day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 continued to showcase the expertise of white hat hackers as they exposed 11 zero-day vulnerabilities, adding $124,750 to the total prize pool, which now stands at $874,875.

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Microsoft creates fake Azure tenants to pull phishers into honeypots

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Microsoft is using deceptive tactics against phishing actors by spawning realistic-looking honeypot tenants with access to Azure and lure cybercriminals in to collect intelligence about them.

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Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack

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Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web.

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Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

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The latest generations of Intel processors, including Xeon chips, and AMD's older microarchitectures on Linux are vulnerable to new speculative execution attacks that bypass existing 'Spectre' mitigations.

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EDRSilencer red team tool used in attacks to bypass security

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A tool for red-team operations called EDRSilencer has been observed in malicious incidents attempting to identify security tools and mute their alerts to management consoles.

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Top Breaches Of 2023

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