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Microsoft: Lazarus hackers breach CyberLink in supply chain attack

Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group has breached Taiwanese multimedia software company CyberLink and trojanized one of its installers to push malware in a supply chain attack targeting potential victims worldwide. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-lazarus-hackers-breach-cyberlink-in-supply-chain-attack/
Welltok data breach exposes data of 8.5 million US patients

Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S. after a file transfer program used by the company was hacked in a data theft attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/welltok-data-breach-exposes-data-of-85-million-us-patients/
Windows Hello auth bypassed on Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo laptops

Security researchers bypassed Windows Hello fingerprint authentication on Dell Inspiron, Lenovo ThinkPad, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops in attacks exploiting security flaws found in the embedded fingerprint sensors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-hello-auth-bypassed-on-microsoft-dell-lenovo-laptops/
Kansas courts confirm data theft, ransom demand after cyberattack

The Kansas Judicial Branch has published an update on a cybersecurity incident it suffered last month, confirming that hackers stole sensitive files containing confidential information from its systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kansas-courts-confirm-data-theft-ransom-demand-after-cyberattack/
Black Friday 2023: Get 25% off the Zero2Automated malware analysis course

The popular Zero2Automated malware analysis and reverse-engineering course has a Black Friday 2023 through Cyber Monday sale, where you can get 25% off sitewide, including gift certificates and courses. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/black-friday-2023-get-25-percent-off-the-zero2automated-malware-analysis-course/
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Cyberattack on IT provider CTS impacts dozens of UK law firms

A cyberattack on CTS, a leading managed service provider (MSP) for law firms and other organizations in the UK legal sector, is behind a major outage impacting numerous law firms and home buyers in the country since Wednesday. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyberattack-on-it-provider-cts-impacts-dozens-of-uk-law-firms/
UK and South Korea: Hackers use zero-day in supply-chain attack

A joint advisory by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) discloses a supply-chain attack executed by North Korean hackers involving the MagicLineThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn that the North Korean Lazarus hacking grou [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-and-south-korea-hackers-use-zero-day-in-supply-chain-attack/
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Critical bug in ownCloud file sharing app exposes admin passwords

Open source file sharing software ownCloud is warning of three critical-severity security vulnerabilities, including one that can expose administrator passwords and mail server credentials. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-bug-in-owncloud-file-sharing-app-exposes-admin-passwords/
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Google Drive users angry over losing months of stored data

Google Drive users are reporting that recent files stored in the cloud have suddenly disappeared, with the cloud service reverting to a storage snapshot as it was around April-May 2023. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-drive-users-angry-over-losing-months-of-stored-data/
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Leveraging Wazuh to combat insider threats

Effective strategies for mitigating insider threats involve a combination of detective and preventive controls. Such controls are provided by the Wazuh SIEM and XDR platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/leveraging-wazuh-to-combat-insider-threats/
Slovenia's largest power provider HSE hit by ransomware attack

Slovenian power company Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) has suffered a ransomware attack that compromised its systems and encrypted files, yet the company says the incident did not disrupt electric power production. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slovenias-largest-power-provider-hse-hit-by-ransomware-attack/
Ukraine says it hacked Russian aviation agency, leaks data

Ukraine's intelligence service, operating under the Defense Ministry, claims they hacked Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, 'Rosaviatsia,' to expose a purported collapse of Russia's aviation sector. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-says-it-hacked-russian-aviation-agency-leaks-data/
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Microsoft deprecates Defender Application Guard for Office

Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard for Office and the Windows Security Isolation APIs, and it recommends Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction rules, Protected View, and Windows Defender Application Control as an alternative. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-deprecates-defender-application-guard-for-office/