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CISA warns agencies of fourth flaw used in Triangulation spyware attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added to its to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog six vulnerabilities that impact products from Adobe, Apache, D-Link, and Joomla. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-agencies-of-fourth-flaw-used-in-triangulation-spyware-attacks/
FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling Americans' raw location data that could be used for tracking purposes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-bans-data-broker-from-selling-americans-location-data/
Ransomware victims targeted by fake hack-back offers

Some organizations victimized by the Royal and Akira ransomware gangs have been targeted by a threat actor posing as a security researcher who promised to hack back the original attacker and delete stolen victim data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-victims-targeted-by-fake-hack-back-offers/
China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses

A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple's AirDrop feature, allowing the government to identify phone numbers or email addresses of those who shared content. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/china-claims-it-cracked-apples-airdrop-to-find-numbers-email-addresses/
Mandiant's X account hacked by crypto Drainer-as-a-Service gang

Cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant says its Twitter/X account was hijacked last week by a Drainer-as-a-Service (DaaS) gang in what it described as "likely a brute force password attack." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mandiants-x-account-hacked-by-crypto-drainer-as-a-service-gang/
Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finland-warns-of-akira-ransomware-wiping-nas-and-tape-backup-devices/
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Microsoft shares script to update Windows 10 WinRE with BitLocker fixes

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to automate updating the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) partition in order to fix CVE-2024-20666, a vulnerability that allowed for BitLocker encryption bypass. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-shares-script-to-update-windows-10-winre-with-bitlocker-fixes/
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