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D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices
By Jowi Morales published
Over 60,000 D-Link NAS machines are affected by a critical vulnerability, but the company refuses to issue a fix, citing end-of-life for the affected NAS devices.

Hackers demand France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125k ransom in baguettes
By Mark Tyson published
Hungry hackers have demanded that France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125,000 ransom in baguettes.

German MPs and their staff fail simple phishing attack test
By Jowi Morales published
The Bundestag conducted a secret test to see whether its MPs and their staff members would be able to recognize a phishing attack.

Bitdefender and Trend Micro security software patched after multiple critical vulnerabilities exposed
By Christopher Harper published
Bitdefender and Trend Micro security software have both patched some major security issues this week.

Chinese and Iranian hackers use ChatGPT and LLM tools to create malware and phishing attacks
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Since last year, threat actors from China and Iran have utilized ChatGPT and LLM tools to launch a series of malware attacks.

Internet Archive hacked and 31 million user accounts leaked
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
User data was leaked in a 6.4 GB SQL file

Smoke 'em if you got 'em: Hacker gains root access using cigarette lighter
By Christopher Harper published
Hardware hacker and blogger David Buchanan investigates the use of a common lighter to secure Electromagnetic Fault Injection.

Security experts claim new 'Perfctl' malware could pose a risk to any Linux server
By Christopher Harper published
"Perfctl" malware targets any Linux server and serves as an extreme threat to all unsecured server operators.
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