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A Yodel delivery van making a delivery. Image: Getty Delivery company Yodel is experiencing service delays because of what it describes as a “cyber incident” affecting customer services and parcel tracking. “Yodel has experienced a cyber incident that has caused some disruption. We are servicing customers but tracking is currently impacted,” a Yodel spokesperson told […] More
Image: Getty/Alexander Spatari Criminals are targeting people in US military and tech organizations with so-called “vishing”, where supposed links to voicemail dupe victims into revealing credentials for Microsoft Office 365 software and Outlook email accounts. Vishing isn’t a new threat: the FBI raised an alarm about it in mid-2020 but it was spotlighted by […] More
Austin, TX: We’ve been learning the hard way that, as Slim.AI CEO John Amaral puts it, “Your software supply chain is only as secure as its weakest link.” Amen, brother! More
Microsoft is expanding a certification program to improve the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Microsoft’s secured-core concept first aimed to improve the security of software interfaces for Windows 10 hardware in 2019 and two years later brought it to firmware for servers running Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI. Secured-core is not focussed […] More
A new security update for Microsoft Windows addresses an issue that prevents users of Windows Arm-based devices from signing into Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory (AAD). The June 20, 2022 out-of-band (OOB) updates for Windows 11 (BKB5016138) and Windows 10 (KB5016139) fix an issue that emerged with Arm devices after the June 2022 Patch […] More
Image: Steven Puetzer/Getty Images Magecart attacks are decreasing in number but are becoming more stealthy, with researchers highlighting potential server-side blindspots in tracking them. It’s not too often you hear about Magecart attacks. In the past few years, cybersecurity incidents that hit the headlines tended to involve attacks on core utilities and critical services, state-sponsored […] More
For those who prefer a single email account, the answer is … aliases. Getty Images Welcome to the latest installment of Ask ZDNet, where we know that the answer to every question isn’t “Have you tried turning it off and back on again?” In the mailbag this week: What’s the best way to filter out marketing […] More
Image: Shutterstock/stockfour Flagstar Bank has disclosed a security incident that led to the exposure of personal data belonging to up to 1.5 million customers. As reported by Bleeping Computer, the data breach occurred between December 3 and December 4, 2021. The US financial organization is headquartered in Michigan and operates over 150 branches in areas […] More
