Sun.Apr 21, 2024

article thumbnail

Akira ransomware received $42M in ransom payments from over 250 victims

Security Affairs

Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments. A joint advisory published by CISA, the FBI, Europol, and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) revealed that since early 2023, Akira ransomware operators received $42 million in ransom payments from more than 250 victims worldwide.

article thumbnail

Lawsuit in London to allege Grindr shared users’ HIV status with ad firms

The Guardian Data Protection

High court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK law Grindr faces the prospect of legal action by hundreds of users who will allege that the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies. The law firm Austen Hays is to file a claim on Monday in London’s high court alleging that the US owner of the app breached British data protection laws.

Access 80
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A flaw in the Forminator plugin impacts hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites

Security Affairs

Japan’s CERT warns of a vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin that allows unrestricted file uploads to the server. Japan’s CERT warned that the WordPress plugin Forminator, developed by WPMU DEV, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a flaw that allows unrestricted file uploads to the server. Forminator is a popular WordPress plugin that allows users to easily create various forms for their website without needing any coding knowledge.

Access 101
article thumbnail

All Things Parks: National Parks Link Roundup

Unwritten Record

This past Saturday kicked off National Park Week , an annual event put on by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the more than 400 national parks in the United States and the NPS programs and partners that work to preserve these sites of American natural and cultural heritage. “Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park,” Montana. Local Identifier: 79-AAE-20 (NAID: 519874 ) In March 1872, Congress passed the Yellowstone Park Act establishing the first national park in the territories of M

article thumbnail

Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

article thumbnail

Security Affairs newsletter Round 468 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Critical CrushFTP zero-day exploited in attacks in the wild A French hospital was forced to reschedule procedures after cyberattack MITRE revealed that nation-state actors breached its systems via Ivanti zero-days FBI chief says China is preparing