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The Register: Check Point confirms breach, but says it was ‘old’ data and crook made ‘false’ claims

Mar 31, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/check_point_confirms_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Check Point confirms breach, but says it was ‘old’ data and crook made ‘false’ claims Feedly Summary: Explanation leaves a ‘lot of questions unanswered,’ says infosec researcher A digital burglar is claiming to have nabbed a trove of “highly sensitive" data from Check Point – something the American-Israeli…

Hacker News: There are perhaps 10k reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud’s security breach denial

Mar 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/oracle_breach_update/ Source: Hacker News Title: There are perhaps 10k reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud’s security breach denial Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a dispute regarding Oracle Cloud’s denial of a security breach after an infosec researcher claims that sensitive data, including customer security keys and credentials,…

The Register: There are perhaps 10,000 reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud’s security breach denial

Mar 25, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/oracle_breach_update/ Source: The Register Title: There are perhaps 10,000 reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud’s security breach denial Feedly Summary: Customers come forward claiming info was swiped from prod Oracle Cloud’s denial of a digital break-in is now in clear dispute. A infosec researcher working on validating claims that the cloud provider’s login servers…

Hacker News: Hack: 6M Records for Sale Exfiltrated from Oracle Cloud Affecting 140k+ Tenants

Mar 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloudsek.com/blog/the-biggest-supply-chain-hack-of-2025-6m-records-for-sale-exfiltrated-from-oracle-cloud-affecting-over-140k-tenants Source: Hacker News Title: Hack: 6M Records for Sale Exfiltrated from Oracle Cloud Affecting 140k+ Tenants Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a significant security incident involving a threat actor who extracted sensitive data from Oracle Cloud’s SSO and LDAP. The breach affects over 140,000 tenants…

Hacker News: Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened

Mar 21, 2025

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Source URL: https://ciq.com/products/rocky-linux/hardened Source: Hacker News Title: Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened, highlighting its optimizations for mission-critical environments with strict security requirements. It emphasizes advanced security features like memory corruption detection, kernel integrity checking, and robust…

The Cloudflare Blog: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised

Mar 17, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user-logins-compromised/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised Feedly Summary: Nearly half of observed login attempts across websites protected by Cloudflare involved leaked credentials. The pervasive issue of password reuse is enabling automated bot attacks on a massive scale. AI Summary and Description:…

NCSC Feed: The problems with forcing regular password expiry

Mar 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/problems-forcing-regular-password-expiry Source: NCSC Feed Title: The problems with forcing regular password expiry Feedly Summary: Why the NCSC decided to advise against this long-established security guideline. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses the shift away from mandatory password expiry policies, advocating instead for user-friendliness and better detection methods to improve security.…

The Register: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it

Mar 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it Feedly Summary: Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so…

The Register: Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11 million

Feb 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/decadeold_healthcare_security_snafu_settled/ Source: The Register Title: Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11 million Feedly Summary: If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help An alleged security SNAFU that occurred during the Obama administration has finally been…

The Register: Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining

Feb 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/triplestrength_google/ Source: The Register Title: Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining Feedly Summary: These crooks have no chill A previously unknown gang dubbed Triplestrength poses a triple threat to organizations: It infects victims’ computers with ransomware, then hijacks their cloud accounts to illegally mine for cryptocurrency.… AI Summary and…

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