IBM: Cloud use makes Europe biggest target of hackers in 2023
Recent research by IBM Security X-Force finds that Europe faced the most cyber attacks in 2023. High cloud adoption that increases the attack surface is the main reason.
The annual IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024 shows that Europe suffered the most cyber attacks of any world region in... Read more
Private keys and logins BMW were stored in public Azure server
A misconfiguration of a Microsoft Azure server at BMW leaked sensitive company information. This was discovered by a SOCRadar researcher during a routine Internet scan, reports TechCrunch.
According to TechCrunch, Can Yoleri, a security researcher at SOCRadar, discovered the misconfigured and th... Read more
Exploit provides access to Google accounts: password change doesn’t help
Several malware families can give hackers access to Google accounts. For this, the malware abuses an OAuth2 functionality provided by Google. It is not possible to lock out the hacker by changing the password of an affected account.
The Google OAuth2 endpoint MultiLogin would be exploitable for ... Read more
Google adds account synchronisation to its 2FA authenticator app
The update aims to help users recover their credentials if a device is lost or stolen.
This week Google announced an important update to Google Authenticator, its multi-factor authentication app. The update is in response to user feedback that identified a need to help users avoid losing access... Read more
Hackers sell data center login credentials of large multinationals
Cybercriminals put stolen login data from large companies up for sale in late January. The data came from a number of the companies' Asian data centers.
This was discovered by security specialist Resecurity in an investigation ongoing since September 2021. According to the investigation, severa... Read more