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Finland warns of Facebook accounts hijacked via Messenger phishing

Finland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) warns of an ongoing phishing campaign attempting to hijack Facebook accounts by impersonating victims' friends in Facebook Messenger chats. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finland-warns-of-facebook-accounts-hijacked-via-messenger-phishing/
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Hackers are taking over CEO accounts with rogue OAuth apps

Threat analysts have observed a new campaign named 'OiVaVoii', targeting company executives and general managers with malicious OAuth apps and custom phishing lures sent from hijacked Office 365 accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-are-taking-over-ceo-accounts-with-rogue-oauth-apps/
EU to create pan-European cyber incident coordination framework

The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) proposed a new systemic cyber incident coordination framework that would allow EU relevant authorities to better coordinate when having to respond to major cross-border cyber incidents impacting the Union's financial sector. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eu-to-create-pan-european-cyber-incident-coordination-framework/
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NCSC alerts UK orgs to brace for destructive Russian cyberattacks

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging organizations to bolster security and prepare for a potential wave of destructive cyberattacks after recent breaches of Ukrainian entities. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ncsc-alerts-uk-orgs-to-brace-for-destructive-russian-cyberattacks/
US bans major Chinese telecom over national security risks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked China Unicom Americas' license, one of the world's largest mobile service providers, over "serious national security concerns." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-bans-major-chinese-telecom-over-national-security-risks/
Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably

Microsoft says that Windows devices need to be online for at least eight hours to get the latest updates and have them correctly installed after they're released through Windows Update. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-needs-at-least-8-hours-online-to-update-reliably/
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Over 20,000 data center management systems exposed to hackers

Researchers have found over 20,000 instances of publicly exposed data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software that monitor devices, HVAC control systems, and power distribution units, which could be used for a range of catastrophic attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-20-000-data-center-management-systems-exposed-to-hackers/
FTC: Americans lost $770 million from social media fraud surge

Americans are increasingly targeted by scammers on social media, according to tens of thousands of reports received by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2021. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-americans-lost-770-million-from-social-media-fraud-surge/
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Researchers use GPU fingerprinting to track users online

A team of researchers from French, Israeli, and Australian universities has explored the possibility of using people's GPUs to create unique fingerprints and use them for persistent web tracking. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-use-gpu-fingerprinting-to-track-users-online/
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277,000 routers exposed to Eternal Silence attacks via UPnP

A malicious campaign known as 'Eternal Silence' is abusing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) turns your router into a proxy server used to launch malicious attacks while hiding the location of the threat actors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/277-000-routers-exposed-to-eternal-silence-attacks-via-upnp/
Microsoft Office 365 to add better protection for priority accounts

Microsoft is working on updating Microsoft Defender for Office 365 with differentiated protection for enterprise accounts tagged as critical for an organization (i.e., accounts of high-profile employees including executive-level managers, the ones most often targeted by attackers). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-office-365-to-add-better-protection-for-priority-accounts/
CISA adds 8 vulnerabilities to list of actively exploited bugs

The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added eight more flaws to its catalog of exploited vulnerabilities that are known to be used in attacks, and they're a mix of old and new. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-adds-8-vulnerabilities-to-list-of-actively-exploited-bugs/
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600K WordPress sites impacted by critical plugin RCE vulnerability

Essential Addons for Elementor, a popular WordPress plugin used in over a million sites, has been found to have a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in version 5.0.4 and older. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/600k-wordpress-sites-impacted-by-critical-plugin-rce-vulnerability/
Microsoft PowerToys adds Mouse and File Explorer utilities

Microsoft has updated PowerToys with three new utilities, including a new mouse crosshair tool to quickly find the pointer on the screen and two new File Explorer add-ons. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-powertoys-adds-mouse-and-file-explorer-utilities/
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