Security

A bad time to get hit with the Blue Screen of Death is probably when you’re preparing for a practice session ahead of the Hungarian GP, especially when the problem has been caused by a team sponsor. But the Mercedes F1 team’s trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin, told reporters they were back up after updating affected PCs.

This timelapse of Delta, American Airlines, and United air traffic says it all.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized to customers on the Today show and said that the company “knows what the issue is” that caused the global IT outage early Friday morning.

According to a new Bloomberg report, the FBI’s initial attempts to break into the phone belonging to Thomas Matthew Crooks were unsuccessful.

The new Proton Scribe writing tool runs locally on the device and is available to all privacy conscious Proton Mail business customers as an add-on:

The Russian cybersecurity company confirmed the move in a statement to Zero Day, saying business opportunities in the US “are no longer viable” and that it’s laying off less than 50 workers.

A group that has previously claimed responsibility for breaching NATO, as well as satellite systems used by Halliburton and Shell, tells CyberScoop they’ve released 2GB of data from the conservative think tank behind “Project 2025” policy proposals for a second Trump administration.

With Number Lock, you can’t transfer your phone number to a new phone or port your number over to another carrier, Google says.

Ticketmaster does some pretty wild (and user-hostile) stuff in the name of stopping scalpers and bots from getting all the good tickets. And the scalpers and bots seem to always have another move. Case in point: those rotating barcodes on your ticket.

Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative is set to impact Chinese employees in September, with the software giant reportedly set to cut off Android devices from accessing its corporate network. Bloomberg News reports that the move is due to Android devices in China lacking Google’s Play store to distribute Authenticator and identity apps for Microsoft employees. Microsoft is ramping up its internal security efforts after a series of high-profile attacks in recent years.

“CDK GLOBAL CYBERATTACK” blares the headline on Automotive News’ landing page for all the site’s reporting on the ransomware attack, which is now in its seventh day. The cyberattack against the software provider to nearly 15,000 dealerships across North America has caused a massive outage that could ultimately affect vehicle sales. Naturally, AutoNews has been following the story closely — including this editorial calling for “creative defense strategies” against cyber criminals.

Systems that support sales, service, and inventory for more than 15,000 dealerships have been shut off since June 19th in the wake of two separate cyberattacks.

The awesome bag company only told us about our data getting breached after Cybernews went public. Why? Peak initially assumed it was a vulnerability, not a breach, and never followed up with Cybernews after plugging the hole. Cybernews never sent Peak the ransom note, both entities confirm to The Verge.

A report from 404 Media highlights a new type of bot that gets around Ticketmaster’s queuing system by opening dozens of different browsing sessions on one computer, giving them multiple chances to snag tickets from fans. The mix of bots — and fans — likely contributed to Ticketmaster’s latest crash.

The password manager is finally making it easier for users who’ve forgotten their password, or lost their Secret Key, to regain access to their accounts.

In a statement published yesterday, Stanford University denied it was shuttering the prominent research center studying abuse and disinformation online. In recent months, key staff have departed and others have been told to look for new jobs.

The NHS has now revealed the scope of the damage following the June 3rd cyberattack. In addition to the operations, over 800 outpatient appointments were canceled, and 18 organ transplants were diverted.