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Mandiant, the security firm Google bought for $5.4 billion, gets its X account hacked

Enlarge Google-owned security firm Mandiant spent several hours trying to regain control of its account on X (formerly known as Twitter) on...

Xfinity waited 13 days to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price

Enlarge / A Comcast Xfinity service van in San Ramon, California on February 25, 2020. Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado Comcast...

Ukrainian cellular and Internet still out, 1 day after suspected Russian cyberattack

Enlarge / A service center for "Kyivstar", a Ukrainian telecommunications company, that provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of...

Google researchers report critical zero-days in Chrome and all Apple OSes

EnlargeGetty Images Researchers in Google's Threat Analysis Group have been as busy as ever, with discoveries that have led to the disclosure...

2 municipal water facilities report falling to hackers in separate breaches

EnlargeGetty Images In the stretch of a few days, two municipal water facilities that serve more than 2 million residents in parts...

ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severity score comes under “mass” exploitation

EnlargeGetty Images Security researchers are tracking what they say is the “mass exploitation” of a security vulnerability that makes it possible to...

USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide

EnlargeGetty Images A group of Russian-state hackers known for almost exclusively targeting Ukranian entities has branched out in recent months either accidentally...

Ransomware group reports victim it breached to SEC regulators

EnlargeGetty Images One of the world’s most active ransomware groups has taken an unusual—if not unprecedented—tactic to pressure one of its victims...

Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code

EnlargeVictor De Schwanberg/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Despite more than a decade of reminding, prodding, and downright nagging, a surprising number...

Critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence server is under “mass exploitation”

Enlarge A critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise server app that allows for malicious commands and reset servers is under active exploitation...

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