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Microsoft accuses group of developing tool to abuse its AI service in new lawsuit

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Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in December in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a group of unnamed 10 defendants allegedly used […]

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Cannabis company Stiiizy says hackers accessed customers’ ID documents

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Popular Los Angeles-based cannabis brand Stiiizy has confirmed that hackers accessed reams of sensitive customer data, including government-issued documents and medical cannabis cards, during a November cyberattack. In a data breach notice filed with California’s attorney general this week, Stiiizy said it was notified by its point-of-sale processing vendor that an “organized cybercrime group” had

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DoorBox debuts its new and improved smart delivery box at CES 2025

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Millions of packages stolen each year. DoorBox aims to change how packages are delivered with its smart package box that features a theft-proof design with live camera feeds and an alarm that activates automatically if the box is tampered with.  After selling 2,000 units of its initial version, which offered manual functionality, the startup unveiled

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PowerSchool says hackers stole students’ sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, in data breach

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Edtech giant PowerSchool has warned customers that hackers accessed its customers’ highly sensitive information — including student Social Security numbers, grades, and medical information — during a recent data breach, TechCrunch has learned.  In an FAQ obtained by TechCrunch that was sent to affected customers this week, PowerSchool says that “sensitive personal information” was accessed during

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Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks

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U.S. software giant Ivanti has warned that a zero-day vulnerability in its widely-used enterprise VPN appliance has been exploited to compromise the networks of its corporate customers. Ivanti said on Wednesday that the critical-rated vulnerability, tracked as  CVE-2025-0282, can be exploited without any authentication to remotely plant malicious code on Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure,

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The U.S. has a new cybersecurity safety label for smart devices

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The White House this week announced a new label for internet-connected devices, the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, intended to help consumers make more-informed decisions about the cybersecurity of products they bring into their homes. To earn the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, which is being administered by the Federal Communications Commission, companies have to test their

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Edtech giant PowerSchool says hackers accessed personal data of students and teachers

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Education technology giant PowerSchool has told customers that it experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that allowed hackers to compromise the personal data of students and teachers in K-12 school districts across the United States. The California-based PowerSchool, which was acquired by Bain Capital for $5.6 billion in 2024, is the largest provider of cloud-based education software

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Casio says hackers stole personal data of 8,500 people during October ransomware attack

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Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that the personal data of almost 8,500 individuals was stolen during an October ransomware attack. Casio was the target of a ransomware attack on October 5, which saw hackers access sensitive data and render many of the company’s systems unusable. The attack was claimed by the Underground ransomware gang,

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UN aviation agency confirms hacker breached recruitment database to access thousands of records

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The United Nations’ aviation agency has confirmed that a hacker accessed thousands of records after compromising its internal recruitment database. Over the weekend, an individual using the alias “Natohub” claimed to have accessed 42,000 documents from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The agency said it was investigating the incident on Monday and, in an

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