Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company’s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over “spam bots.”
Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Enterprise Communication Solutions
Cisco this week announced the availability of patches for a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Expressway series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) products that could allow an attacker to overwrite files on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
New ‘HavanaCrypt’ Ransomware Distributed as Fake Google Software Update
Security researchers at Trend Micro have identified a new ransomware family that is being delivered as a fake Google Software Update application.
Fortinet Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Several Products
Fortinet published security advisories this week to inform customers about vulnerabilities affecting several of the company’s products.
Election Officials Face Security Challenges Before Midterms
Election officials preparing for the upcoming midterms face a myriad of threats, both foreign and domestic, as they look to protect voting systems and run a smooth election while fighting a wave of misinformation that has been undermining public confidence in U.S. elections.
10 Vulnerabilities Found in Widely Used Robustel Industrial Routers
Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence and research unit has identified several critical vulnerabilities in a widely used industrial cellular IoT gateway made by Chinese company Robustel.
IT Services Giant SHI International Hit by Cyberattack
Information technology solutions provider SHI International is struggling to fully restore systems and operations after being hit with a crippling cyberattack over the 4th of July weekend.
Cyber Insurance Firm Coalition Raises $250 Million at $5 Billion Valuation
San Francisco-based cyber insurance company Coalition has raised $250 million in a Series F funding round, at a valuation of $5 billion.
OpenSSL Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OpenSSL has issued an urgent advisory to warn of a memory corruption vulnerability that exposes servers to remote code execution attacks.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-2274, was introduced in OpenSSL 3.0.4 and could potentially allow malicious hackers to launch remote code attacks on unpatched SSL/TLS server side devices.












