Belgian telecom operator Edpnet reports cyber attack on systems
Hackers have penetrated Edpnet's computer systems. Although the Belgian telecom operator does not report data theft, customers have been unable to log into their accounts since Saturday.
Edpnet informed its customers Monday evening about a cyber attack. The telecom operator reports that hackers ... Read more
Russian hackers from Midnight Blizzard capture Microsoft data again
Russian hacker collective Midnight Blizzard continues to plague Microsoft. The hackers allegedly used information captured during a previous hacking attempt to access critical systems, possibly capturing source code.
Microsoft did not disclose what source code was involved or how deep the hacker... Read more
Dutch Eye Security raises 36 million euros
The security company, founded in 2020, aims to drive growth with a multi-million euro investment.
JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners led the investment round. For Eye Security, raising 36 million euros also means significantly surpassing the previous investment round of 17 million euros by the end... Read more
‘European Commission in breach of privacy laws due to Microsoft 365 use’
European privacy watchdog EDPS is taking the European Commission (EC) to task. The EC is alleged to have flouted several data management rules.
The EDPS points out that the EC did not sufficiently consider the data that might end up outside the EU. Now the regulator is demanding that the Commiss... Read more
WHY2025 successor to Dutch hackercamp MCH2022
Another hacker camp will take place in the Netherlands in 2025. This will be the successor to May Contain Hackers (MCI2022).
The hacker camp focuses on knowledge sharing, technological advancement, experimentation and connecting with each other. Ethical hackers camp for a week during this event... Read more
xAI will open source ChatGPT competitor Grok this week
xAI, Elon Musk's AI development company, will this week open source the Grok GenAI chatbot. This would counterbalance OpenAI, which, according to the eccentric tech entrepreneur, makes its tools "closed sourced" again.
By making Grok open source, Elon Musk may want to debate further whether GenA... Read more
Microsoft left admin-to-kernel exploit in Windows untouched for half a year
Microsoft recently fixed an admin-to-kernel vulnerability in Windows, six months after security experts from Avast brought the problem to the attention of the company.
Hackers from the Lazarus Group, affiliated with the North Korean government, actively used the zero-day exploit. It involves the... Read more
Thousands of websites infected via vulnerable Popup Builder plugin for WordPress
Hackers have infected more than 3,300 websites with malware in recent weeks, despite the fact that the vulnerability was discovered late last year. The vulnerability is present in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin.
The cross-site scripting vulnerability CVE-2023-6000 in Popup Builder... Read more
Investigation into OpenAI’s Sam Altman resignation closed
Sam Altman is taking back his position on OpenAI's board of directors. This move also immediately means that the investigation surrounding Altman's earlier resignation has come to an end.
The investigation is clear on the reason for Altman's resignation from OpenAI, which was entirely due to a ... Read more
Microsoft releases new instructions for removing OneDrive in Windows 10/11
Microsoft quietly published a new document with instructions for Windows 10/11 users to permanently remove the online storage environment OneDrive from their PCs. This has been done recently, possibly to further comply with the EU's recently enacted DMA regulations.
The now-published document de... Read more