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Following the Israel-Iran ceasefire, FortiGuard Labs uncovered a phishing campaign posing as a private jet evacuation service from Tel Aviv to New York. Learn how attackers used crisis-driven fear to steal personal and financial data.
Read MoreFortinet is once again delivering cutting-edge innovations to protect against emerging threats by rolling out quantum-safe features to FortiOS.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 01:23:20 +0000
Security researchers recently revealed that the personal information of millions of people who applied for jobs at McDonald’s was exposed after they guessed the password (“123456”) for the fast food chain’s account at Paradox.ai, a company that makes artificial intelligence based hiring chatbots used by many Fortune 500 companies. Paradox.ai said the security oversight was an isolated incident that did not affect its other customers, but recent security breaches involving its employees in Vietnam tell a more nuanced story.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:23:43 +0000
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at the U.S. Social Security Administration, the Treasury and Justice departments, and the Department of Homeland Security. So it should fill all Americans with a deep sense of confidence to learn that Mr. Elez over the weekend inadvertently published a private key that allowed anyone to interact directly with more than four dozen large language models (LLMs) developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:31:10 +0000
Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four alleged members of “Scattered Spider,” a prolific data theft and extortion group whose recent victims include multiple airlines and the U.K. retail chain Marks & Spencer.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:53:33 +0000
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be actively exploited, but 14 of the flaws earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they could be exploited to seize control over vulnerable Windows PCs with little or no help from users.
Read MoreProtect email, browsers, and collaboration apps with Fortinet’s AI-powered Workspace Security suite. Stop phishing, data loss, and insider threats with unified, cloud-native protection.
Read MoreFortiGuard Labs analyzes NailaoLocker ransomware, a unique variant using SM2 encryption and a built-in decryption function. Learn how it works, why it matters, and how Fortinet protects against it.
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