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β€ŠFBI: 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/
β€ŠGoogle 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/
β€ŠSwitzerland: 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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β€ŠCISA, 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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β€ŠCritical 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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β€ŠThe 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/
β€ŠHackers 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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β€ŠYouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google

YouTube has changed how it works for people not signed into Google account or using incoginto mode, and it's not showing suggested videos anymore. This change, which is being tested with some random users, shows a very simple YouTube homepage without any videos or tips on what to watch. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/youtube-stops-recommending-videos-when-signed-out-of-google/
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β€ŠFake Leather wallet app on Apple App Store is a crypto drainer

The developers of the Leather cryptocurrency wallet are warning of a fake app on the Apple App Store, with users reporting it is a wallet drainer that stole their digital assets. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-leather-wallet-app-on-apple-app-store-is-a-crypto-drainer/
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