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Samsung Galaxy S21 hacked on second day of Pwn2Own Austin

Contestants hacked the Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone during the second day of the Pwn2Own Austin 2021 competition, as well as routers, NAS devices, speakers, and printers from Cisco, TP-Link, Western Digital, Sonos, Canon, Lexmark, and HP. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-galaxy-s21-hacked-on-second-day-of-pwn2own-austin/
Popular 'coa' NPM library hijacked to steal user passwords

Popular npm library 'coa' was hijacked today with malicious code injected into it, ephemerally impacting React pipelines around the world. The 'coa' library, short for Command-Option-Argument, receives about 9 million weekly downloads on npm, and is used by almost 5 million open source repositories on GitHub. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-coa-npm-library-hijacked-to-steal-user-passwords/
CISA urges vendors to patch BrakTooth bugs after exploits release

Researchers have released public exploit code and a proof of concept tool to test Bluetooth devices against System-on-a-Chip (SoC) security bugs impacting multiple vendors, including Intel, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Cypress. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-urges-vendors-to-patch-braktooth-bugs-after-exploits-release/
FBI warns of increased use of cryptocurrency ATMs, QR codes for fraud

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that victims of various fraud schemes are increasingly asked by criminals to use cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes, making it harder to recover their financial losses. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-increased-use-of-cryptocurrency-atms-qr-codes-for-fraud/
Pwn2Own: Printer plays AC/DC, Samsung Galaxy S21 hacked twice

Trend Micro's ZDI has awarded $1,081,250 for 61 zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Austin 2021, with competitors successfully pwning the Samsung Galaxy S21 again and hacking an HP LaserJet printer to play AC/DC's Thunderstruck on the contest's third day. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pwn2own-printer-plays-ac-dc-samsung-galaxy-s21-hacked-twice/