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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 (ГУНП), 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/
US Defense Dept received 50,000 vulnerability reports since 2016

The Cyber Crime Center (DC3) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) says it has reached the milestone of processing its 50,000th vulnerability report submitted by 5,635 researchers since its inception in November 2016. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-defense-dept-received-50-000-vulnerability-reports-since-2016/
White House and EPA warn of hackers breaching water systems

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan warned governors today that hackers are "striking" critical infrastructure across the country's water sector. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/white-house-and-epa-warn-of-hackers-breaching-water-systems/
Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords

Three cybersecurity researchers discovered close to 19 million plaintext passwords exposed on the public internet by misconfigured instances of Firebase, a Google platform for hosting databases, cloud computing, and app development. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/misconfigured-firebase-instances-leaked-19-million-plaintext-passwords/
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Here's why Twitter sends you to a different site than what you clicked

Users of the social media platform X (Twitter) have often been left puzzled when they click on a post with an external link but arrive at an entirely unexpected website from the one displayed. A Twitter ad spotted below by a security researcher shows forbes.com as its destination but instead takes you to a Telegram account. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/heres-why-twitter-sends-you-to-a-different-site-than-what-you-clicked/
GitHub’s new AI-powered tool auto-fixes vulnerabilities in your code

GitHub introduced a new AI-powered feature capable of speeding up vulnerability fixes while coding. This feature is in public beta and automatically enabled on all private repositories for GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) customers [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/githubs-new-ai-powered-tool-auto-fixes-vulnerabilities-in-your-code/
New ‘Loop DoS’ attack may impact up to 300,000 online systems

A new denial-of-service attack dubbed 'Loop DoS' targeting application layer protocols can pair network services into an indefinite communication loop that creates large volumes of traffic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-loop-dos-attack-may-impact-up-to-300-000-online-systems/
Exploit released for Fortinet RCE bug used in attacks, patch now

Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software, which is now actively exploited in attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-released-for-fortinet-rce-bug-used-in-attacks-patch-now/
Evasive Sign1 malware campaign infects 39,000 WordPress sites

A previously unknown malware campaign called Sign1 has infected over 39,000 websites over the past six months, causing visitors to see unwanted redirects and popup ads. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/evasive-sign1-malware-campaign-infects-39-000-wordpress-sites/