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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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β€ŠZeus, IcedID malware gangs leader pleads guilty, faces 40 years in prison

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zeus-icedid-malware-gangs-leader-pleads-guilty-faces-40-years-in-prison/
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