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New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia

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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.

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Apple adds PQ3 quantum-resistant encryption to iMessage

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Apple is adding to the iMessage instant messaging service a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol named PQ3, designed to defend encryption from quantum attacks.

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Google Pay app shutting down in US, users have till June to move funds

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Google is retiring the standalone Pay app in the United States. Users have until June 4 to transfer the balance to bank accounts.

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Microsoft has started testing Wi-Fi 7 support in Windows 11

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Microsoft has started testing support for Wi-Fi 7 in Windows 11, which offers multi-gigabit speeds and improved throughput, latency, and reliability compared to previous Wi-Fi generations.

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Microsoft now force installing Windows 11 23H2 on eligible PCs

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Microsoft has started force installing Windows 11 23H2 on eligible devices that have reached or are close to their end-of-servicing date.

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Massive AT&T outage impacts US mobile subscribers

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Tens of thousands of U.S. customers from Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T are complaining Thursday morning about the lack of wireless service or interruptions to service.


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Microsoft expands free logging capabilities after May breach

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Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities for all Purview Audit standard customers, including U.S. federal agencies, six months after disclosing that Chinese hackers stole U.S. government emails undetected in an Exchange Online breach between May and June 2023.


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Microsoft says it fixed a Windows Metadata server issue that’s still broken

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Microsoft claims to have fixed Windows Metadata connection issues which continue to plague customers, causing problems for users trying to manage their printers and other hardware.


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New ‘Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud

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A new iOS and Android trojan named 'GoldPickaxe' employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access.


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Microsoft February 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 73 flaws

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Today is Microsoft's February 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 73 flaws and two actively exploited zero-days.


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New Fortinet RCE bug is actively exploited, CISA confirms

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CISA confirmed today that attackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) bug patched by Fortinet on Thursday.


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Microsoft fixes Copilot issue blocking Windows 11 upgrades

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Microsoft has lifted a compatibility hold that blocked upgrades to Windows 11 23H2 after resolving an issue that caused desktop icons to move erratically when using Windows Copilot on multi-monitor systems.


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Microsoft releases first Windows Server 2025 preview build

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Microsoft has released Windows Server Insider Preview 26040, the first Windows Server 2025 build for admins enrolled in its Windows Insider program.

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Microsoft Teams outage causes connection issues, message delays

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Microsoft is investigating an ongoing and widespread outage impacting the users of its Teams communication platform and causing connectivity issues, login problems, and message delays.


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23andMe data breach: Hackers stole raw genotype data, health reports

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Genetic testing provider 23andMe confirmed that hackers stole health reports and raw genotype data of customers affected by a credential stuffing attack that went unnoticed for five months, from April 29 to September 27.


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Google Pixel phones unusable after January 2024 system update

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Google Pixel smartphone owners report problems after installing the January 2024 Google Play system update, being unable to access their devices internal storage, open the camera, take screenshots, or even open apps.


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Microsoft testing Windows 11 USB 80Gbps support, Copilot on login

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Microsoft is now testing support for the USB4 Version 2.0 specification in Windows 11, enabling transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C cables.


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Bitwarden adds passkey support to log into web password vaults

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The open-source Bitwarden password manager has announced that all users can now log into their web vaults using a passkey instead of the standard username and password pairs.


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Data breach at healthcare tech firm impacts 4.5 million patients

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HealthEC LLC, a provider of health management solutions, suffered a data breach that impacts close to 4.5 million individuals who received care through one of the company's customers.


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Nearly 11 million SSH servers vulnerable to new Terrapin attacks

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Almost 11 million internet-exposed SSH servers are vulnerable to the Terrapin attack that threatens the integrity of some SSH connections.


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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

HEALTHCARE
FINANCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024