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VMware fixes critical sandbox escape flaws in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

VMware released security updates to fix critical sandbox escape vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products, allowing attackers to escape virtual machines and access the host operating system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-critical-sandbox-escape-flaws-in-esxi-workstation-and-fusion/
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Hackers impersonate U.S. government agencies in BEC attacks

A gang of hackers specialized in business email compromise (BEC) attacks and tracked as TA4903 has been impersonating various U.S. government entities to lure targets into opening malicious files carrying links to fake bidding processes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-impersonate-us-government-agencies-in-bec-attacks/
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FBI: U.S. lost record $12.5 billion to online crime in 2023

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2023 Internet Crime Report, which recorded a 22% increase in reported losses compared to 2022, amounting to a record of $12.5 billion. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-us-lost-record-125-billion-to-online-crime-in-2023/
Google engineer caught stealing AI tech secrets for Chinese firms

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the unsealing of an indictment against Linwei (Leon) Ding, 38, a former software engineer at Google, suspected of stealing Google AI trade secrets for Chinese companies. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-engineer-caught-stealing-ai-tech-secrets-for-chinese-firms/
Switzerland: Play ransomware leaked 65,000 government documents

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland has released a report on its analysis of a data breach following a ransomware attack on Xplain, disclosing that the incident impacted thousands of sensitive Federal government files. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/switzerland-play-ransomware-leaked-65-000-government-documents/
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CISA, NSA share best practices for securing cloud services

The NSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released five joint cybersecurity bulletins containing on best practices for securing a cloud environment. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-nsa-share-best-practices-for-securing-cloud-services/
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Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code

Microsoft says the Russian 'Midnight Blizzard' hacking group recently accessed some of its internal systems and source code repositories using authentication secrets stolen during a January cyberattack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-russian-hackers-breached-its-systems-accessed-source-code/
Critical Fortinet flaw may impact 150,000 exposed devices

Scans on the public web show that approximately 150,000 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy secure web gateway systems are vulnerable to CVE-2024-21762, a critical security issue that allows executing code without authentication. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-fortinet-flaw-may-impact-150-000-exposed-devices/
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The Week in Ransomware - March 8th 2024 - Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand

We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-march-8th-2024-waiting-for-the-blackcat-rebrand/
Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw to infect 3,300 sites with malware

Hackers are breaching WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin, infecting over 3,300 websites with malicious code. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-flaw-to-infect-3-300-sites-with-malware/
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