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The Shadow Brokers Announce Details About Upcoming Monthly Dump Service

In a message posted online early this morning, the Shadow Brokers — the cyber-espionage group believed to have stolen hacking tools from the NSA — announced new details about their upcoming "monthly dump service." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-shadow-brokers-announce-details-about-upcoming-monthly-dump-service/
New Evidence Cements Theory That North Korea is Behind Lazarus Group

A 53-page report released today by Group-IB, a Russian cyber-security vendor, contains new evidence that cements the theory that the North Korean government is behind the Lazarus Group, a cyber-espionage outfit. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-evidence-cements-theory-that-north-korea-is-behind-lazarus-group/
Lexmark Loses Supreme Court Case. Users Can Sell Refurbished Ink Cartridges

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a company's patent claims end after the first sale and customers can refurbish and sell old products without the threat of being sued under patent laws by the product's original manufacturer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/lexmark-loses-supreme-court-case-users-can-sell-refurbished-ink-cartridges/
Motorcycle Gang Busted for Hacking and Stealing Over 150 Jeep Wranglers

The FBI has arrested members of a motorcycle gang accused to have hacked and stolen over 150 Jeep Wranglers from Southern California, which they later crossed the border into Mexico to have stripped down for parts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/motorcycle-gang-busted-for-hacking-and-stealing-over-150-jeep-wranglers/
Czech Court Approves Extradition of LinkedIn Hacker but Doesn't Say to Which Country

A Czech judge ruled yesterday that Yevgeny Nikulin, a Russian national accused of crimes in both the US and Russia, can be extradited based on the current charges. The court didn't specify to which country, and the decision now rests with Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikan. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/czech-court-approves-extradition-of-linkedin-hacker-but-doesnt-say-to-which-country/
Google Says Gmail Now Blocks 99.9% of Spam and Phishing Emails

Continuing its efforts to bring AI into every little product it has, Google announced today that improvements it made to Gmail's machine learning algorithms help it detect and block spam and phishing messages with an accuracy of 99.9%. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-says-gmail-now-blocks-99-9-percent-of-spam-and-phishing-emails/
Backend Servers for 1,000 Apps Expose Terabytes of User Data

There are 1,000 apps available for download today that despite not containing any malware or featuring glaring vulnerabilities, they communicate and store data on improperly secured backend servers, exposing user data along the way. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/backend-servers-for-1-000-apps-expose-terabytes-of-user-data/
EFF Sues FBI for Records About Paid Geek Squad Informants

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the FBI for the purpose of obtaining documents that reveal more details about the Bureau's close relationship with Geek Squad, a Best Buy division specialized in computer repairs. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/eff-sues-fbi-for-records-about-paid-geek-squad-informants/
Man Linked to Auto Parts Store Behind Bachosens Malware

A man linked to an auto parts store in a disputed territory of Moldova is behind the Bachosens malware, a backdoor trojan used in a very small number of attacks, but one of the most advanced threats of its kind. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-linked-to-auto-parts-store-behind-bachosens-malware/
Linux Distros Patch Dangerous Vulnerability in Sudo Command

Several Linux distros have issued updates to fix a vulnerability in Sudo, a Linux app behind the "sudo" command, which can allow an unprivileged attacker to gain root privileges. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-distros-patch-dangerous-vulnerability-in-sudo-command/
CIA Malware Can Switch Clean Files With Malware When You Download Them via SMB

After taking last week off, WikiLeaks came back today and released documentation on another CIA cyberweapon. Codenamed Pandemic, this is a tool that targets computers with shared folders, from where users download files via SMB. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cia-malware-can-switch-clean-files-with-malware-when-you-download-them-via-smb/
Hadoop Servers Expose Over 5 Petabytes of Data

Improperly configured HDFS-based servers, mostly Hadoop installs, are exposing over five petabytes of information, according to John Matherly, founder of Shodan, a search engine for discovering Internet-connected devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hadoop-servers-expose-over-5-petabytes-of-data/