> TODAY'S SUMMARY (89 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals several significant threats and trends. A major incident at BAE Systems has disrupted the US bankruptcy court system, halting official notices since October 9. Burger King Japan has reported a data breach affecting over 11 million customers, while CenterPoint Energy disclosed a breach impacting more than a million Texans. Notably, ransomware gangs are increasingly resorting to threats of physical violence to extort payments, and Chinese state-sponsored attackers exploited a newly identified zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust software for espionage. Additionally, vulnerabilities in various platforms, including Microsoft Office and Debian, have raised concerns about potential remote code execution and privilege escalation risks.
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FSB agents who breached Yahoo in 2014 hired him to compromise other accounts
The exposed data is from INSCOM, which is tasked with gathering intelligence for US military and political leaders.
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Incident probably occurred back in 2014
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Realities of how the firm handled the situation hit home with customers
City of London police warns consumers to be vigilant this year
Mozilla has announced an integration of the breach alerting service Have I Been Pwned to alert users about data breaches through the Firefox UI
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Queen’s Belfast plays host to new hub with aspirations to be world leader
Behzad Mesri is former Iranian military operative
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