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β€Š200,000 Facebook Marketplace user records leaked on hacking forum

A threat actor leaked 200,000 records on a hacker forum, claiming they contained the mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information of Facebook Marketplace users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/200-000-facebook-marketplace-user-records-leaked-on-hacking-forum/
β€ŠWindows 10 KB5034763 update released with new fixes, changes

Microsoft has released the KB5034763 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, which includes a small number of changes, including the continued rollout of changes to comply with Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb5034763-update-released-with-new-fixes-changes/
β€ŠHackers used new Windows Defender zero-day to drop DarkMe malware

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-used-new-windows-defender-zero-day-to-drop-darkme-malware/
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β€ŠPrudential Financial breached in data theft cyberattack

Prudential Financial has disclosed that its network was breached last week, with the attackers stealing employee and contractor data before being blocked from compromised systems one day later. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/prudential-financial-breached-in-data-theft-cyberattack/
β€ŠDuckDuckGo browser gets end-to-end encrypted sync feature

The DuckDuckGo browser has unveiled a new end-to-end encrypted Sync & Backup feature that lets users privately and securely synchronize their bookmarks, passwords, and Email Protection settings across multiple devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-gets-end-to-end-encrypted-sync-feature/
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β€ŠZoom patches critical privilege elevation flaw in Windows apps

The Zoom desktop and VDI clients and the Meeting SDK for Windows are vulnerable to an improper input validation flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct privilege escalation on the target system over the network. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zoom-patches-critical-privilege-elevation-flaw-in-windows-apps/
β€ŠLockBit claims ransomware attack on Fulton County, Georgia

The LockBit ransomware gang claims to be behind the recent cyberattack on Fulton County, Georgia, and is threatening to publish "confidential" documents if a ransom is not paid. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-claims-ransomware-attack-on-fulton-county-georgia/
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β€ŠNew β€˜Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud

A new iOS and Android trojan named 'GoldPickaxe' employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gold-pickaxe-android-ios-malware-steals-your-face-for-fraud/
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β€ŠTurla hackers backdoor NGOs with new TinyTurla-NG malware

Security researchers have identified and analyzed new malware they call TinyTurla-NG and TurlaPower-NG used by the Russian hacker group Turla to maintain access to a target's network and to steal sensitive data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/turla-hackers-backdoor-ngos-with-new-tinyturla-ng-malware/
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β€ŠOpenAI blocks state-sponsored hackers from using ChatGPT

OpenAI has removed accounts used by state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, that were abusing its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-blocks-state-sponsored-hackers-from-using-chatgpt/
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