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AT&T Confirms Data Breach Affecting Nearly All Wireless Customers
American telecom service provider AT&T has confirmed that threat actors managed to access data belonging to “nearly all” of its wireless customers as well as customers of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) using AT&T’s wireless network. “Threat actors unlawfully accessed an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform and, between April 14 and April 25,…
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Portland attorney brings ‘sneaker law’ class to Lewis & Clark College
Nic Mayne was inspired to start the class when he discovered the book “Sneaker Law” by Kenneth Anand and Jared Goldstein in law school.
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BPA sees big savings from new Columbia River Treaty
Canada and U.S. reach preliminary agreement on power, flood control, environmental issues.
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Block 216 tower, home of Ritz-Carlton Portland, is finished after five years
With a $25.5 million lien “paid in full,” the home of Portland’s Ritz-Carlton is finished after a 2019 construction start.
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I-5 bridge replacement project awarded $1.5B in federal funding
The project to replace the I-5 bridge connecting Oregon and Washington has received another federal funding round of $1.5 billion.
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Opioid first aid: What employers can do to help stop overdose deaths in the workplace
This summer, the National Center for Health Statistics released some stunning data: More than 93,000 people died from overdoses in 2020. That’s the most ever recorded. Unfortunately, it’s the latest troubling chapter in the nation’s sprawling opioid epidemic. Two significant factors seem to be at work: (1) the spread of illegal fentanyl and (2) the…
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DarkGate Malware Exploits Samba File Shares in Short-Lived Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a short-lived DarkGate malware campaign that leveraged Samba file shares to initiate the infections. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said the activity spanned the months of March and April 2024, with the infection chains using servers running public-facing Samba file shares hosting Visual Basic Script (VBS) and JavaScript files.…
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Australian Defence Force Private and Husband Charged with Espionage for Russia
Two Russian-born Australian citizens have been arrested and charged in the country for spying on behalf of Russia as part of a “complex” law enforcement operation codenamed BURGAZADA. This includes a 40-year-old woman, an Australian Defence Force (ADF) Army Private, and her husband, a 62-year-old self-employed laborer. Media reports have identified them as Kira Korolev…
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Ever Wonder How Hackers Really Steal Passwords? Discover Their Tactics in This Webinar
In today’s digital age, passwords serve as the keys to our most sensitive information, from social media accounts to banking and business systems. This immense power brings with it significant responsibility—and vulnerability. Most people don’t realize their credentials have been compromised until the damage is done. Imagine waking up to drained bank accounts, stolen identities,…
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Critical Exim Mail Server Vulnerability Exposes Millions to Malicious Attachments
A critical security issue has been disclosed in the Exim mail transfer agent that could enable threat actors to deliver malicious attachments to target users’ inboxes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39929, has a CVSS score of 9.1 out of 10.0. It has been addressed in version 4.98. “Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231…