The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Sergiu Gatlan has covered cybersecurity, technology, and other news beats for more than a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.

Port of Seattle hit by Rhysida ransomware in August attack

Port-of-Seattle

Port of Seattle, the United States government agency overseeing Seattle's seaport and airport, confirmed on Friday that the Rhysida ransomware operation was behind a cyberattack impacting its systems over the last three weeks.

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23andMe to pay $30 million in genetics data breach settlement

23andMe

DNA testing giant 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.4 million customers in 2023.

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Ivanti fixes maximum severity RCE bug in Endpoint Management software

Ivanti

Ivanti has fixed a maximum severity vulnerability in its Endpoint Management software (EPM) that can let unauthenticated attackers gain remote code execution on the core server.

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Car rental giant Avis discloses data breach impacting customers

AVIS

American car rental giant Avis notified customers that unknown attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole some of their personal information.

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Microsoft Office 2024 to disable ActiveX controls by default

Microsoft_Office

 After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps.

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Top Breaches Of 2023

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