The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Sergiu Gatlan has covered cybersecurity, technology, and other news beats for more than a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.

Android bug leaks DNS queries even when VPN kill switch is enabled

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A Mullvad VPN user has discovered that Android devices leak DNS queries when switching VPN servers even though the "Always-on VPN" feature was enabled with the "Block connections without VPN" option. 

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CISA urges software devs to weed out path traversal vulnerabilities

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CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping.

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FBI warns against using unlicensed crypto transfer services

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The FBI has warned today that using unlicensed cryptocurrency transfer services can result in financial loss if law enforcement takes down these platforms.

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LA County Health Services: Patients' data exposed in phishing attack

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The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach after thousands of patients' personal and health information was exposed in a data breach resulting from a recent phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees.

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Reddit down in major outage blocking access to web, mobile apps

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Reddit is investigating a major outage blocking users worldwide from accessing the social network's websites and mobile apps.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

HEALTHCARE
FINANCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024