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Check your gems: RubyGems fixes unauthorized package takeover bug

The RubyGems package repository has fixed a critical vulnerability that would allow anyone to unpublish ("yank") certain Ruby packages from the repository and republish their tainted or malicious versions with the same file names and version numbers. [...]
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Costa Rica declares national emergency after Conti ransomware attacks

The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group. BleepingComputer also observed Conti published most of the 672 GB dump that appears to contain data belonging to the Costa Rican government agencies. [...]
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Lincoln College to close after 157 years due ransomware attack

Lincoln College, a liberal-arts school from rural Illinois, says it will close its doors later this month, 157 years since it was founded and following a hard hit on its finances after the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent ransomware attack.  [...]
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UK govt releases free tool to check for email cybersecurity risks

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today released a new email security check service to help organizations easily identify vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to spoof emails or can lead to email privacy breaches. [...]
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Microsoft fixes new NTLM relay zero-day in all Windows versions

Microsoft has addressed an actively exploited Windows LSA spoofing zero-day that unauthenticated attackers can exploit remotely to force domain controllers to authenticate them via the Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) security protocol. [...]