Online retail colossus Amazon said it was hit by a heavy fine of 746 million euros ($880 million) by Luxembourg authorities over charges it breached the EU’s data protection rules. In a securities filing, the company said that the fine was issued on July 16 by the Luxembourg National Commission Continue Reading
According to the Justice Department, the Russian hackers behind the colossal SolarWinds cyberespionage drive infiltrated the email accounts of some of the key federal prosecutors’ offices across the country last year. The department said that hackers broke into 80% of Microsoft email accounts used by employees in the four U.S. Continue Reading
The White House has announced it is taking concrete measures to effectively protect core sectors as well as critical infrastructure against cyberthreats. The actions, delineated in an order from President Joe Biden, are an appreciation of the cybersecurity flaws of important industries. According to a senior administration official, they also Continue Reading
CODESYS, an industrial automation software provider, informed its customers that it had patched about a dozen vulnerabilities that affected a number of products. More than half of these vulnerabilities were found by Cisco Talos, the details of which were also revealed. Flaws in CODESYS software could have grave consequences given Continue Reading
In a major security update, technology giant Apple said it has patched a security flaw that the company said might have been actively exploited to plant malware on macOS and iOS devices. Apple, however, did not share details on the in-the-wild attacks or the profile of the targets, nor did Continue Reading
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