βFormer telecom manager admits to doing SIM swaps for $1,000
A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-telecom-manager-admits-to-doing-sim-swaps-for-1-000/
A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-telecom-manager-admits-to-doing-sim-swaps-for-1-000/
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Former telecom manager admits to doing SIM swaps for $1,000
A former manager at a telecommunications company in New Jersey pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for accepting money to perform unauthorized SIM swaps that enabled an accomplice to hack customer accounts.
βAdmin of major stolen account marketplace gets 42 months in prison
Moldovan national Sandu Boris Diaconu has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating E-Root, a major online marketplace that sold access to hacked computers worldwide. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/admin-of-major-stolen-account-marketplace-gets-42-months-in-prison/
Moldovan national Sandu Boris Diaconu has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating E-Root, a major online marketplace that sold access to hacked computers worldwide. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/admin-of-major-stolen-account-marketplace-gets-42-months-in-prison/
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Admin of major stolen account marketplace gets 42 months in prison
Moldovan national Sandu Boris Diaconu has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating E-Root, a major online marketplace that sold access to hacked computers worldwide.
βMicrosoft announces Office LTSC 2024 preview starting next month
Microsoft announced that Office LTSC 2024, the next Office LTSC release, will enter a commercial preview phase starting next month and will be generally available later this year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-office-ltsc-2024-preview-starting-next-month/
Microsoft announced that Office LTSC 2024, the next Office LTSC release, will enter a commercial preview phase starting next month and will be generally available later this year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-office-ltsc-2024-preview-starting-next-month/
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Microsoft announces Office LTSC 2024 preview starting next month
Microsoft announced that Office LTSC 2024, the next Office LTSC release, will enter a commercial preview phase starting next month and will be generally available later this year.
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βPornHub now also blocks Texas over age verification laws
PornHub has now added Texas to its blocklist, preventing users in the state from accessing its site in protest of age verification laws. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pornhub-now-also-blocks-texas-over-age-verification-laws/
PornHub has now added Texas to its blocklist, preventing users in the state from accessing its site in protest of age verification laws. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pornhub-now-also-blocks-texas-over-age-verification-laws/
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PornHub now also blocks Texas over age verification laws
PornHub has now added Texas to its blocklist, preventing users in the state from accessing its site in protest of age verification laws.
βUS moves to recover $2.3 million from "pig butchers" on Binance
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is recovering $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a "pig butchering" fraud scheme that victimized at least 37 people across the United States. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/us-moves-to-recover-23-million-from-pig-butchers-on-binance/
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is recovering $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a "pig butchering" fraud scheme that victimized at least 37 people across the United States. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/us-moves-to-recover-23-million-from-pig-butchers-on-binance/
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US moves to recover $2.3 million from "pig butchers" on Binance
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is recovering $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a "pig butchering" fraud scheme that victimized at least 37 people across the United States.
βMcDonald's: Global outage was caused by "configuration change"
McDonald's has blamed a third-party service provider's configuration change, not a cyberattack, for the global outage that forced many of its fast-food restaurants to close. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/mcdonalds-global-outage-was-caused-by-configuration-change/
McDonald's has blamed a third-party service provider's configuration change, not a cyberattack, for the global outage that forced many of its fast-food restaurants to close. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/mcdonalds-global-outage-was-caused-by-configuration-change/
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McDonald's: Global outage was caused by "configuration change"
McDonald's has blamed a third-party service provider's configuration change, not a cyberattack, for the global outage that forced many of its fast-food restaurants to close.
βInternational Monetary Fund email accounts hacked in cyberattack
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disclosed a cyber incident on Friday after unknown attackers breached 11 IMF email accounts earlier this year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/international-monetary-fund-email-accounts-hacked-in-cyberattack/
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disclosed a cyber incident on Friday after unknown attackers breached 11 IMF email accounts earlier this year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/international-monetary-fund-email-accounts-hacked-in-cyberattack/
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International Monetary Fund email accounts hacked in cyberattack
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disclosed a cyber incident on Friday after unknown attackers breached 11 IMF email accounts earlier this year.
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βHackers exploit Aiohttp bug to find vulnerable networks
The ransomware actor 'ShadowSyndicate' was observed scanning for servers vulnerable to CVE-2024-23334, a directory traversal vulnerability in the aiohttp Python library. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-aiohttp-bug-to-find-vulnerable-networks/
The ransomware actor 'ShadowSyndicate' was observed scanning for servers vulnerable to CVE-2024-23334, a directory traversal vulnerability in the aiohttp Python library. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-aiohttp-bug-to-find-vulnerable-networks/
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Hackers exploit Aiohttp bug to find vulnerable networks
The ransomware actor 'ShadowSyndicate' was observed scanning for servers vulnerable to CVE-2024-23334, a directory traversal vulnerability in the aiohttp Python library.
βNew acoustic attack determines keystrokes from typing patterns
Researchers have demonstrated a new acoustic side-channel attack on keyboards that can deduce user input based on their typing patterns, even in poor conditions, such as environments with noise. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-acoustic-attack-determines-keystrokes-from-typing-patterns/
Researchers have demonstrated a new acoustic side-channel attack on keyboards that can deduce user input based on their typing patterns, even in poor conditions, such as environments with noise. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-acoustic-attack-determines-keystrokes-from-typing-patterns/
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New acoustic attack determines keystrokes from typing patterns
Researchers have demonstrated a new acoustic side-channel attack on keyboards that can deduce user input based on their typing patterns, even in poor conditions, such as environments with noise.
βMicrosoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows
Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat platform. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-again-bothers-chrome-users-with-bing-popup-ads-in-windows/
Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat platform. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-again-bothers-chrome-users-with-bing-popup-ads-in-windows/
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Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows
Microsoft is once again harassing Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with popup desktop advertisements promoting Bing and its GPT-4 Bing Chat platform.
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βAT&T says leaked data of 70 million people is not from its systems
AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime forum and claimed it was stolen in a 2021 breach of the company. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/att-says-leaked-data-of-70-million-people-is-not-from-its-systems/
AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime forum and claimed it was stolen in a 2021 breach of the company. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/att-says-leaked-data-of-70-million-people-is-not-from-its-systems/
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AT&T says leaked data of 70 million people is not from its systems
AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime forum and claimed it was stolen in a 2021 breach of the company.
βHow the New NIST 2.0 Guidelines Help Detect SaaS Threats
NIST just-released its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, which seems to have SaaS security in mind. Learn more from Adaptive Shield about how the NIST 2.0 framework can help detect SaaS threats. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-the-new-nist-20-guidelines-help-detect-saas-threats/
NIST just-released its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, which seems to have SaaS security in mind. Learn more from Adaptive Shield about how the NIST 2.0 framework can help detect SaaS threats. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-the-new-nist-20-guidelines-help-detect-saas-threats/
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How the New NIST 2.0 Guidelines Help Detect SaaS Threats
NIST just-released its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, which seems to have SaaS security in mind. Learn more from Adaptive Shield about how the NIST 2.0 framework can help detect SaaS threats.
βFujitsu found malware on IT systems, confirms data breach
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fujitsu-found-malware-on-it-systems-confirms-data-breach/
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fujitsu-found-malware-on-it-systems-confirms-data-breach/
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Fujitsu found malware on IT systems, confirms data breach
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu discovered that several of its systems were infected by malware and warns that the hackers stole customer data.
βApex Legends players worried about RCE flaw after ALGS hacks
Electronic Arts has postponed the North American (NA) finals of the ongoing Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) after hackers compromised players mid-match during the tournament. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apex-legends-players-worried-about-rce-flaw-after-algs-hacks/
Electronic Arts has postponed the North American (NA) finals of the ongoing Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) after hackers compromised players mid-match during the tournament. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apex-legends-players-worried-about-rce-flaw-after-algs-hacks/
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Apex Legends players worried about RCE flaw after ALGS hacks
Electronic Arts has postponed the North American (NA) finals of the ongoing Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) after hackers compromised players mid-match during the tournament.
βMicrosoft announces deprecation of 1024-bit RSA keys in Windows
Microsoft has announced that RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits will soon be deprecated in Windows Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide increased security. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-deprecation-of-1024-bit-rsa-keys-in-windows/
Microsoft has announced that RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits will soon be deprecated in Windows Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide increased security. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-deprecation-of-1024-bit-rsa-keys-in-windows/
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Microsoft announces deprecation of 1024-bit RSA keys in Windows
Microsoft has announced that RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits will soon be deprecated in Windows Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide increased security.
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βChinese Earth Krahang hackers breach 70 orgs in 23 countries
A sophisticated hacking campaign attributed to a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as 'Earth Krahang' has breached 70 organizations and targeted at least 116 across 45 countries. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-earth-krahang-hackers-breach-70-orgs-in-23-countries/
A sophisticated hacking campaign attributed to a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as 'Earth Krahang' has breached 70 organizations and targeted at least 116 across 45 countries. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-earth-krahang-hackers-breach-70-orgs-in-23-countries/
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Chinese Earth Krahang hackers breach 70 orgs in 23 countries
A sophisticated hacking campaign attributed to a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as 'Earth Krahang' has breached 70 organizations and targeted at least 116 across 45 countries.
βInvestment advisers pay $400K to settle βAI washingβ charges
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions, have settled charges of making misleading statements regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their products. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/investment-advisers-pay-400k-to-settle-ai-washing-charges/
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions, have settled charges of making misleading statements regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their products. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/investment-advisers-pay-400k-to-settle-ai-washing-charges/
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Investment advisers pay $400K to settle βAI washingβ charges
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions, have settled charges of making misleading statements regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in theirβ¦
βAvoid high cyber insurance costs by improving Active Directory security
With the growing number of data breaches and cyberattacks, insurance premiums are increasing. Learn more from Specops Software about how securing an Activity Directory could lead to lower cyber insurance premiums. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/avoid-high-cyber-insurance-costs-by-improving-active-directory-security/
With the growing number of data breaches and cyberattacks, insurance premiums are increasing. Learn more from Specops Software about how securing an Activity Directory could lead to lower cyber insurance premiums. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/avoid-high-cyber-insurance-costs-by-improving-active-directory-security/
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Avoid high cyber insurance costs by improving Active Directory security
With the growing number of data breaches and cyberattacks, insurance premiums are increasing. Learn more from Specops Software about how securing an Activity Directory could lead to lower cyber insurance premiums.
βNew AcidPour data wiper targets Linux x86 network devices
A new destructive malware named AcidPour was spotted in the wild, featuring data-wiper functionality and targeting Linux x86 IoT and networking devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-acidpour-data-wiper-targets-linux-x86-network-devices/
A new destructive malware named AcidPour was spotted in the wild, featuring data-wiper functionality and targeting Linux x86 IoT and networking devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-acidpour-data-wiper-targets-linux-x86-network-devices/
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New AcidPour data wiper targets Linux x86 network devices
A new destructive malware named AcidPour was spotted in the wild, featuring data-wiper functionality and targeting Linux x86 IoT and networking devices.
βOracle warns that macOS 14.4 update breaks Java on Apple CPUs
Oracle warned Apple customers to delay installing the latest macOS 14.4 Sonoma update because it will break Java on Apple silicon CPUs. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/oracle-warns-that-macos-144-update-breaks-java-on-apple-cpus/
Oracle warned Apple customers to delay installing the latest macOS 14.4 Sonoma update because it will break Java on Apple silicon CPUs. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/oracle-warns-that-macos-144-update-breaks-java-on-apple-cpus/
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Oracle warns that macOS 14.4 update breaks Java on Apple CPUs
Oracle warned Apple customers to delay installing the latest macOS 14.4 Sonoma update because it will break Java on Apple silicon CPUs.
βUkraine arrests hackers trying to sell 100 million stolen accounts
The Ukrainian cyber police, in collaboration with investigators from the national police (ΠΠ£ΠΠ), have arrested three individuals who are accused of hijacking over 100 million emails and Instagram accounts worldwide. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-arrests-hackers-trying-to-sell-100-million-stolen-accounts/
The Ukrainian cyber police, in collaboration with investigators from the national police (ΠΠ£ΠΠ), have arrested three individuals who are accused of hijacking over 100 million emails and Instagram accounts worldwide. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-arrests-hackers-trying-to-sell-100-million-stolen-accounts/
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Ukraine arrests hackers trying to sell 100 million stolen accounts
The Ukrainian cyber police, in collaboration with investigators from the national police (ΠΠ£ΠΠ), have arrested three individuals who are accused of hijacking over 100 million emails and Instagram accounts worldwide.