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Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password

Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-40-000-admin-portal-accounts-use-admin-as-a-password/
FBI warns of extortion groups targeting plastic surgery offices

The FBI warns that cybercriminals are using spoofed emails and phone numbers to target plastic surgery offices across the United States for extortion in phishing attacks that spread malware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-extortion-groups-targeting-plastic-surgery-offices/
Qubitstrike attacks rootkit Jupyter Linux servers to steal credentials

Hackers are scanning for internet-exposed Jupyter Notebooks to breach servers and deploy a cocktail of malware consisting of a Linux rootkit, crypto miners, and password-stealing scripts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qubitstrike-attacks-rootkit-jupyter-linux-servers-to-steal-credentials/
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Single Sign On and the Cybercrime Ecosystem

One of the trends driving an increase is the compromise of enterprise single sign on (SSO) applications are info-stealer malware attacks. Learn more from Flare about this cybercrime ecosystem. [...]
Single Sign On and the Cybercrime Ecosystem

One of the trends driving an increase is the compromise of enterprise single sign on (SSO) applications are info-stealer malware attacks. Learn more from Flare about this cybercrime ecosystem. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/single-sign-on-and-the-cybercrime-ecosystem/
Google links WinRAR exploitation to Russian, Chinese state hackers

Google says that several state-backed hacking groups have joined ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR, a compression software used by over 500 million users, aiming to gain arbitrary code execution on targets' systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-links-winrar-exploitation-to-russian-chinese-state-hackers/
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Ex-Navy IT head gets 5 years for selling people’s data on darkweb

Marquis Hooper, a former U.S. Navy IT manager, has received a sentence of five years and five months in prison for illegally obtaining US citizens' personally identifiable information (PII) and selling it on the dark web. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ex-navy-it-head-gets-5-years-for-selling-peoples-data-on-darkweb/