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This is the chipmaker’s second round of layoffs over the past year, while the company recorded billions in revenue.
Cisco’s executives made tens of millions in compensation, while cutting thousands of jobs in two separate rounds of layoffs.
This latest round of government sanctions lands months after Intellexa’s founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling the Predator spyware.
The London transport authority removes a claim that said there was no evidence that customer data was compromised during a recent hack.
The car rental giant says personal information, credit card information, and driver’s license numbers were stolen in the August cyberattack.
Today’s scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your calls run to voicemail.
In a brief update ahead of the weekend, the London transport network said it has no evidence yet that customer data was compromised.
The oil and fracking giant says it is “working to identify effects” of the ongoing cyberattack on its oil and fracking operations.
Russian government hackers found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa
Google said the findings were an example of how exploits developed by spyware makers can end up in the hands of “dangerous threat actors.”
Kissner previously served as Twitter’s chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy positions at Apple, Google, and Lacework.
Tinder removed the U.S. military ads, saying the campaign violated the company’s policies.
A company spokesperson for the oil drilling and fracking giant declined to name the executive overseeing cybersecurity, if any.
FlightAware warns that some customers’ info has been ‘exposed,’ including Social Security numbers
The flight tracking company says the misconfiguration exposed customer names, addresses, and pilot’s data, as well as Social Security numbers.
A hack on UnitedHealth-owned tech giant Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the biggest data breaches of U.S. medical data in history.
A Texas company says it lost $60 million to a criminal fraud scheme, which the FBI says makes fraudsters billions of dollars every year.
The U.S. Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit said geofence search warrants are “categorically prohibited” under the Fourth Amendment.
The FBI’s takedown of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware and extortion gang is a rare win in the fight against ransomware.
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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising
Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. Plus, some special shout-outs.
Here is a look back at the top security research from the annual hacker conferences, Black Hat and Def Con 2024.
The data breach is the latest security issue to beset CSC ServiceWorks over the past year, after multiple researchers found security bugs.
This is the second cyberattack targeting the school device management service Mobile Guardian this year.
The vulnerabilities allowed one security researcher to peek inside the leak sites without having to log in.
The home security company says attackers accessed databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.
UK data watchdog to fine NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack
The ICO issued the provisional fine in “failing to implement appropriate security measures prior to the attack.”
Students that use school devices managed by Mobile Guardian have been unable to access their files for days following a cyberattack.
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How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable
A scathing rebuke by the U.K. data protection watchdog reveals what led to the compromise of tens of millions of U.K. voters’ information.
The pharma giant won’t say how many patients were affected by its February data breach. A count by TechCrunch confirms that over a million people are affected.
HealthEquity said the March data breach included personal information and protected health data on millions of people.
U.S. airports are rolling out facial recognition to scan travelers’ faces before boarding their flights. Americans, at least, can opt out.
Critics have long argued that wararantless device searches at the U.S. border are unconstitutional and violate the Fourth Amendment.