Revolut hands customer data to criminals, Microsoft patches break Remote Desktop, Conti developer gets four years
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Revolut hands customer data to criminals, Microsoft patches break Remote Desktop, Conti developer gets four years

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 16, 202612 min

Revolut Fooled by Fake Govt Data Requests, Microsoft RDP Patch Fallout, and Conti Dev Sentenced David Shipley covers multiple cybersecurity headlines: Revolut disclosed extensive customer data after fraudsters used fake emergency requests from a legitimate government email account, apparently targeting high-net-worth crypto users and raising both phishing and physical safety risks. Microsoft issued out-of-band updates after September Patch Tuesday updates broke Remote Desktop and caused broader Windows instability across Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019–2025. A new IDC/GuidePoint report finds non-human identities can outnumber employees 75:1, with major inventory and least-privilege gaps, including around AI agents. A Ukrainian developer ti...

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FinTech Firm Revolut hands customer data over to criminals, Microsoft September patches broke remote desktop, non-human identities are multiplying like digital rabbits, a Conti ransomware developer gets four years in prison,

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and a US custom supervisor allegedly swapped government CPUs for store credit. This is Cybersecurity Today, and I'm your host, David Shipley. Let's get started. FinTech firm Revolut didn't get breached by a software vulnerability.

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It got fooled. And then it ended up doing criminals work for them. The British FinTech firm confirmed over the weekend that it disclosed sensitive customer data to fraudsters who submitted fake emergency data requests

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