Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of the data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the report, the Japanese company said that “an unauthorized party gained access to the professional email account of one of our employees,” which allowed the hacker to access the contents of the employee’s email inbox. … Read more
Microsoft has patched security vulnerabilities in Windows and Office that the company says are being actively exploited by hackers to break into people’s computers. These are one-click attacks, meaning a hacker can plant malware or gain access to a victim’s computer with minimal user interaction. At least two flaws can be exploited by tricking someone … Read more
A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the US government’s most classified operations said he had “deep concerns” about certain activities of the Central Intelligence Agency. The two-line letter, written by Senator Ron Wyden, the longest-serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, does not reveal the nature of the CIA’s activities or the … Read more
The Norwegian government has accused a Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking into several organizations in the country. In a report released on Friday, Norway’s police security service said a hacking group believed to be working for the Chinese government had targeted vulnerable network devices to carry out espionage. Norway is the … Read more
The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of Europe’s largest universities with around 120,000 students, were down for three days after an apparent ransomware attack. In a post and Instagram stories published on Tuesday, the university said it had taken down its systems as a precaution following the cyber attack, that it was … Read more