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Cybrfunk was created on January 17, 2021 with the intent of making reliable cyber security news and threat intelligence more accessible to the public. With this in mind, we aim to provide a central hub for all of the best cyber security news and threat intelligence. In an ever changing landscape we hope to make your trip a little easier and safer.
Latest Articles:
Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing
Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr…
Anthropic takes risky AI tests offline after models breach govt sites
Anthropic announced that its internal AI models undergoing "high-risk and cybersecurity evaluations" no longer have internet access following incidents involving U.S. government websites at the…
No Identity, No Recovery: Cyber Resilience Starts With IAM
The proliferation of enterprise apps and the centrality of cloud identity providers requires an identity security rethink.
Ledger confirms hardware wallet spy implant behind crypto thefts
Ledger has confirmed that some of its devices distributed through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' cryptocurrency wallets.
Cyberattack shuts down refrigerators at French supermarkets
Attackers remotely defrosted refrigerators at multiple French supermarket chains overnight in a cyberattack that reportedly targeted Danfoss refrigeration controllers.
FBI Arrests Suspect in FBI-Hacking Case
In September, hackers from a group called ShinyHunters announced that they stole a trove of FBI data about its own agents. It was an intelligence…
IonQ to Acquire Zero Trust Firm Elisity for Up to $1.3 Billion
The all-stock deal brings Elisity’s least-privilege access technology into IonQ’s security portfolio.
Inside AvisLoader: A Windows Malware Loader Built to Resist Disruption
A new Windows malware loader called AvisLoader uses encrypted peer-to-peer communications to make command-and-control infrastructure harder to disrupt. Varonis researchers explain how the malware uses…
Retail giant Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline after cyberattack
Retail giant Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail chains, confirmed today that it had to take some systems offline in response to…
GitLab warns of max severity code execution vulnerability
GitLab warned users today to immediately patch a maximum-severity vulnerability in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that could let remote attackers run arbitrary code on…
Passing the Baton: Dark Reading Names New Editor-in-Chief
Fahmida Y Rashid will keep the momentum going as she leads Dark Reading.
Ukraine strikes third Yandex data center, disrupting digital services across Russia
A third Yandex data center in Russia was hit by Ukrainian drones over the weekend, forcing it to shut down and causing further disruptions to…
Canonical Websites Disrupted in Second DDoS Attack This Year
The outage hit the main Ubuntu and Canonical websites, including the Ubuntu blog and developer portal.
Microsoft: Windows 11 23H2 reaches end of support in 30 days
Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month.
Mastermind of 15,000-Mule Cybercrime Laundering Network Pleads Guilty in US
Oleg Korniev was a leader of YMCO, a sophisticated network of money mules that helped hackers move funds outside the US.