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MFA matters… But it isn’t enough on its own
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- August 06, 2025
- 10:01 AM
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Google suffers data breach in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks
Google is the latest company to suffer a data breach in an ongoing wave of Salesforce CRM data theft attacks conducted by the ShinyHunters extortion group.
- August 06, 2025
- 09:51 AM
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National Bank of Canada online systems down due to 'technical issue'
National Bank of Canada (Banque Nationale du Canada), the sixth largest commercial bank of Canada is currently experiencing a widespread service outage affecting its online banking and mobile app platforms.
- August 06, 2025
- 09:19 AM
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ReVault flaws let hackers bypass Windows login on Dell laptops
ControlVault3 firmware vulnerabilities impacting over 100 Dell laptop models can allow attackers to bypass Windows login and install malware that persists across system reinstalls.
- August 06, 2025
- 07:58 AM
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- August 06, 2025
- 07:10 AM
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WhatsApp adds new security feature to protect against scams
WhatsApp is introducing a new security feature that will help users spot potential scams when they are being added to a group chat by someone not in their contact list.
- August 06, 2025
- 06:53 AM
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Trend Micro warns of Apex One zero-day exploited in attacks
Trend Micro has warned customers to immediately secure their systems against an actively exploited remote code execution vulnerability in its Apex One endpoint security platform.
- August 06, 2025
- 06:06 AM
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Microsoft pays record $17 million in bounties over the last 12 months
Microsoft paid a record $17 million this year to 344 security researchers across 59 countries through its bug bounty program.
- August 06, 2025
- 05:18 AM
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Pandora confirms data breach amid ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks
Danish jewelry giant Pandora has disclosed a data breach after its customer information was stolen in the ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks.
- August 05, 2025
- 06:16 PM
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PBS confirms data breach after employee info leaked on Discord servers
PBS has suffered a data breach exposing the corporate contact information of its employees and those of its affiliates, BleepingComputer has learned.
- August 05, 2025
- 05:06 PM
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Adobe issues emergency fixes for AEM Forms zero-days after PoCs released
Adobe released emergency updates for two zero-day flaws in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms on JEE after a PoC exploit chain was disclosed that can be used for unauthenticated, remote code execution on vulnerable instances.
- August 05, 2025
- 03:02 PM
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- August 05, 2025
- 02:02 PM
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The Heat Wasn't Just Outside: Cyber Attacks Spiked in Summer 2025
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- August 05, 2025
- 10:02 AM
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Cisco discloses data breach impacting Cisco.com user accounts
Cisco has disclosed that cybercriminals stole the basic profile information of users registered on Cisco.com following a voice phishing (vishing) attack that targeted a company representative.
- August 05, 2025
- 08:17 AM
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SonicWall urges admins to disable SSLVPN amid rising attacks
SonicWall has warned customers to disable SSLVPN services due to ransomware gangs potentially exploiting an unknown security vulnerability in SonicWall Gen 7 firewalls to breach networks over the past few weeks.
- August 05, 2025
- 07:28 AM
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- August 05, 2025
- 07:07 AM
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Android gets patches for Qualcomm flaws exploited in attacks
Google has released security patches for six vulnerabilities in Android's August 2025 security update, including two Qualcomm flaws exploited in targeted attacks.
- August 05, 2025
- 06:31 AM
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Microsoft increases Zero Day Quest prize pool to $5 million
Microsoft will offer up to $5 million in bounty awards at this year's Zero Day Quest hacking contest, which the company describes as the "largest hacking event in history."
- August 05, 2025
- 05:46 AM
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Fashion giant Chanel hit in wave of Salesforce data theft attacks
French fashion giant Chanel is the latest company to suffer a data breach in an ongoing wave of Salesforce data theft attacks.
- August 04, 2025
- 04:54 PM
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Proton fixes Authenticator bug leaking TOTP secrets in logs
Proton fixed a bug in its new Authenticator app for iOS that logged users' sensitive TOTP secrets in plaintext, potentially exposing multi-factor authentication codes if the logs were shared.
- August 04, 2025
- 03:09 PM
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