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Meta Settles for .4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection

Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection

Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Social Media Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state of Texas over allegations that it illegally collected… 

Cybercriminals Target Polish Businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware

Cybercriminals Target Polish Businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have detailed widespread phishing campaigns targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Poland during May 2024 that led to the deployment of several malware families like… 

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.… 

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive users with the aim of executing a malicious PowerShell script. “This campaign heavily relies on… 

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score: 6.8),… 

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild

Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as…