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Google to Delete Billions of Browsing Records in ‘Incognito Mode’ Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
Google has agreed to purge billions of data records reflecting users' browsing activities to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the search giant tracked them without their knowledge or consent in its Chrome browser.
The class action, filed in 2020, alleged the company misled users by tracking their internet browsing activity who thought that it remained private when using the "
Hackers Target macOS Users with Malicious Ads Spreading Stealer Malware
Malicious ads and bogus websites are acting as a conduit to deliver two different stealer malware, including Atomic Stealer, targeting Apple macOS users.
The ongoing infostealer attacks targeting macOS users may have adopted different methods to compromise victims' Macs, but operate with the end goal of stealing sensitive data, Jamf Threat Labs said in a report published Friday.
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CISA Warns: Hackers Actively Attacking Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting the Microsoft Sharepoint Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-24955 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a critical remote code execution flaw that allows an authenticated attacker with
U.S. Charges 7 Chinese Nationals in Major 14-Year Cyber Espionage Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday unsealed indictments against seven Chinese nationals for their involvement in a hacking group that targeted U.S. and foreign critics, journalists, businesses, and political officials for about 14 years.
‘Lifelock’ hacker pleads guilty to extorting medical clinics
An Idaho man who hacked and extorted medical clinics and a police department pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Georgia federal court to charges of computer fraud and abuse.
TikTok fined nearly $11 million by Italian regulator
Italian authorities fined TikTok $10.9 million on Thursday for fueling the spread of videos likely to harm the “psycho physical safety” of users, according to a press release from the country’s Competition Authority (AGCM).
The water industry wants to write its own cybersecurity rules. Will Biden and Congress go for it?
When Iranian government operatives hacked into water utilities across the U.S. late last year, it was a chilling reminder of how vulnerable the water sector remains — and how tortuous the efforts to regulate its cybersecurity have been.
JetBrains vulnerability exploitation highlights debate over ‘silent patching’
Czech software giant JetBrains harshly criticized security company Rapid7 this week following a dispute over two recently-discovered vulnerabilities
Recovery from cyberattack ‘on the horizon,’ Kansas Supreme Court chief justice says
The Kansas state court system is close to a full recovery from an October ransomware attack that forced officials to use paper records for weeks, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert said Wednesday.
Turkish hackers targeting database servers with Mimic ransomware
Turkish hackers are targeting databases in the United States, European Union and Latin America with the Mimic ransomware, according to new research from cybersecurity company Securonix.