Tag: information security practices
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Slashdot: Allstate Insurance Sued For Delivering Personal Info In Plaintext
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/11/225252/allstate-insurance-sued-for-delivering-personal-info-in-plaintext?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Allstate Insurance Sued For Delivering Personal Info In Plaintext Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a lawsuit against Allstate Insurance for a significant security lapse that allowed personal information, specifically driver’s license numbers (DLNs), to be exposed in plain text on their quoting website.…
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Slashdot: Microsoft Admits GitHub Hosted Malware That Infected Almost a Million Devices
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/10/1652235/microsoft-admits-github-hosted-malware-that-infected-almost-a-million-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Admits GitHub Hosted Malware That Infected Almost a Million Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has identified a malvertising campaign that exposed nearly a million devices to malware, linking infected users to malicious websites through redirectors from pirate video streaming sites. This highlights the…
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The Register: US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/niocorp_bec_scam/ Source: The Register Title: US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K Feedly Summary: A painful loss for young company that’s yet to generate revenue A NASDAQ-listed US minerals company says cybercriminals broke into its systems on Valentine’s Day and paid themselves around $500,000 – money earmarked…
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The Register: Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM’s network
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/democrats_opm_server/ Source: The Register Title: Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM’s network Feedly Summary: Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia? Who bought it, who installed it, and what’s happening with the data on it.… AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: The…
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Slashdot: Sensitive DeepSeek Data Was Exposed to the Web, Cybersecurity Firm Says
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/01/0659255/sensitive-deepseek-data-was-exposed-to-the-web-cybersecurity-firm-says Source: Slashdot Title: Sensitive DeepSeek Data Was Exposed to the Web, Cybersecurity Firm Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A report from cybersecurity firm Wiz highlights a significant data exposure incident involving the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. Sensitive data, including digital software keys and user chat logs, was left…