Elon Musk’s X Corp is under investigation by the FTC and DoJ for alleged mishandling of privacy and security issues, including the oversight of Twitter Blue and disclosure of internal documents.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a roadmap to improve open source security and address vulnerabilities in open source components, focusing on supporting the open source software community, reducing risks to the government, and improving overall cybersecurity.
NordVPN’s Sonar browser extension, powered by AI technology, analyzes emails and alerts users to suspicious elements, enhancing internet safety and protecting against phishing attacks and cybercrime.
Mozilla has released emergency security updates to address a critical zero-day vulnerability known as CVE-2023-4863, which allows for crashes or arbitrary code execution when malicious WebP images are opened, affecting various versions of Firefox and Thunderbird as well as other software that uses the vulnerable WebP code library, including Google Chrome.
The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to encourage businesses to proactively report data breaches, aiming to reduce regulatory penalties for organizations that engage with the NCSC in the event of a breach.
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release addresses 65 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day exploits that have been actively exploited, posing significant risks to users and organizations.
