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On the second day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned a total of more than $280,000 for smart speaker, smartphone, printer, router, and NAS exploits.
A significant chunk of the total amount was ear… Continue reading Pwn2Own Toronto 2022, Day 2: Smart Speaker Exploits Earn Big Chunk of $280,000 Total
Ireland-based Vaultree announced on Wednesday that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding for its data-in-use encryption technology.
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Four Nigerians arrested recently in Europe have been charged in the United States over their alleged role in a scheme that involved computer hacking and filing false tax returns.
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On the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $400,000 for new exploits targeting phones, printers, routers and NAS devices.
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Cloud company Rackspace has confirmed being targeted in a ransomware attack after it was forced to shut down its Hosted Exchange environment.
Rackspace’s hosted Microsoft Exchange service started experiencing problems on Friday, December 2. The company… Continue reading Rackspace Confirms Ransomware Attack as It Tries to Determine If Data Was Stolen
Sophos has informed customers that Sophos Firewall version 19.5, whose general availability was announced in mid-November, patches several vulnerabilities, including ones that can lead to arbitrary code execution.
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Researchers at firmware and hardware security company Eclypsium have identified several potentially serious vulnerabilities in baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware made by AMI (American Megatrends) and used by some of the world’s biggest serv… Continue reading Security Flaws in AMI BMC Can Expose Many Data Centers, Clouds to Attacks
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has urged several federal agencies to conduct cybersecurity-related assessments in an effort to improve the protection of certain critical infrastructure sectors.
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Cloud company Rackspace is investigating a cybersecurity incident that forced it to shut down its Hosted Exchange environment.
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