Tech support scam caused massive data breach at Australian airline Qantas
Australia's Privacy Commissioner has revealed a tech support scam was the cause of the massive 2025 data breach at Australian airline Qantas and found the carrier didn't breach its privacy obligations despite leaking personally identifiable information for 5.7 million customers. The Commissioner reached that conclusion, and a decision not to open a formal privacy probe, in a report published today. READ MORE...
Security updates available for Adobe, Chrome, Firefox, VMWare, and Zoom
Security updates are not just for enterprises with a dedicated security team and a change-management calendar. For consumers and small businesses, they are one of the simplest ways to shut down known attack paths before criminals get a chance to use them. That matters because attackers love these flaws. because browser bugs, code execution issues, authentication bypasses, and privilege-escalation problems can be turned into a foothold. READ MORE...
Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
Right on the heels of Microsoft releasing a record number of security patches, a researcher has published exploit code that can enable low-privilege Windows accounts to make sensitive changes to administrator accounts. The exploit, which multiple researchers say works, is sending Microsoft scrambling, yet again, to patch a zero-day released by an anonymous researcher who has complained about the software maker's handling of their bug reports. READ MORE...
Unpatched Cursor Vulnerability Exposes Users to Code Execution
An unpatched vulnerability in Cursor on Windows can be triggered for code execution when a developer opens a repository in the application, Mindgard reports. Cursor is one of the most popular AI-assisted development environments, with more than 7 million active users. The security defect, Mindgard says, is straightforward: when opening a repository, Cursor would automatically execute a malicious git.exe binary in the project's root without warning the user or asking for approval. READ MORE...
- ...in 1790, Congress declares Washington, D.C. the new capital.
- ...in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- ...in 1951, J.D. Salinger's only novel, "The Catcher in the Rye", is published.
- ...in 1969, Apollo 11 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, FL.
