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β€ŠNew Wpeeper Android malware hides behind hacked WordPress sites

A new Android backdoor malware named 'Wpeeper' has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-wpeeper-android-malware-hides-behind-hacked-wordpress-sites/
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β€ŠGoogle now pays up to $450,000 for RCE bugs in some Android apps

Google has increased rewards for reporting remote code execution vulnerabilities within select Android apps by ten times, from $30,000 to $300,000, with the maximum reward reaching $450,000 for exceptional quality reports. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-now-pays-up-to-450-000-for-rce-bugs-in-some-android-apps/
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β€ŠR language flaw allows code execution via RDS/RDX files

A new vulnerability has been discovered in the R programming language that allows arbitrary code execution upon deserializing specially crafted RDS and RDX files. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/r-language-flaw-allows-code-execution-via-rds-rdx-files/
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β€ŠPhiladelphia Inquirer: Data of over 25,000 people stolen in 2023 breach

Daily newspaper Philadelphia Inquirer revealed that attackers behind a May 2023 security breach have stolen the personal and financial information of 25,549 individuals. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/philadelphia-inquirer-data-of-over-25-000-people-stolen-in-2023-breach/
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β€ŠNew Latrodectus malware attacks use Microsoft, Cloudflare themes

Latrodectus malware is now being distributed in phishing campaigns using Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare lures to appear legitimate while making it harder for email security platforms to detect the emails as malicious. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-latrodectus-malware-attacks-use-microsoft-cloudflare-themes/
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β€ŠNew Cuttlefish malware infects routers to monitor traffic for credentials

A new malware named 'Cuttlefish' has been spotted infecting enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to monitor data that passes through them and steal authentication information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cuttlefish-malware-infects-routers-to-monitor-traffic-for-credentials/
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β€ŠQantas app exposed sensitive traveler details to random users

Qantas Airways confirms that some of its customers were impacted by a misconfiguration in its app that exposed sensitive information and boarding passes to random users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qantas-app-exposed-sensitive-traveler-details-to-random-users/
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β€ŠFrench hospital CHC-SV refuses to pay LockBit extortion demand

The HΓ΄pital de Cannes - Simone Veil (CHC-SV) in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang, saying they refuse to pay the ransom. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-hospital-chc-sv-refuses-to-pay-lockbit-extortion-demand/
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β€ŠPanda Restaurants discloses data breach after corporate systems hack

Panda Restaurant Group, the parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San, disclosed a data breach after attackers compromised its corporate systems in March and stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of individuals. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/panda-restaurants-discloses-a-data-breach-after-corporate-systems-hack/
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β€ŠUS govt warns of pro-Russian hacktivists targeting water facilities

The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology (OT) systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-warns-of-pro-russian-hacktivists-targeting-water-facilities/
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β€ŠDropBox says hackers stole customer data, auth secrets from eSignature service

Cloud storage firm DropBox says hackers breached production systems for its DropBox Sign eSignature platform and gained access to authentication tokens, MFA keys, hashed passwords, and customer information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dropbox-says-hackers-stole-customer-data-auth-secrets-from-esignature-service/
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β€ŠHPE Aruba Networking fixes four critical RCE flaws in ArubaOS

HPE Aruba Networking has issued its April 2024 security advisory detailing critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of ArubaOS, its proprietary network operating system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-aruba-networking-fixes-four-critical-rce-flaws-in-arubaos/
β€ŠCybersecurity consultant arrested after allegedly extorting IT firm

A former cybersecurity consultant was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort a publicly traded IT company by threatening to disclose confidential and proprietary data unless they paid him $1,500,000. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/cybersecurity-consultant-arrested-after-allegedly-extorting-it-firm/
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β€ŠMicrosoft won't fix Windows 0x80070643 errors, manual fix required

​Microsoft has confirmed that it won't provide an automated fix for a known issue causing 0x80070643 errors when installing recent Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) updates. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-wont-fix-windows-0x80070643-errors-manual-fix-required/
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β€ŠREvil hacker behind Kaseya ransomware attack gets 13 years in prison

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for his involvement in the REvil ransomware operation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revil-hacker-behind-kaseya-ransomware-attack-gets-13-years-in-prison/
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β€ŠMicrosoft warns of "Dirty Stream" attack impacting Android apps

Microsoft has highlighted a novel attack dubbed "Dirty Stream," which could allow malicious Android apps to overwrite files in another application's home directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and secrets theft. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-warns-of-dirty-stream-attack-impacting-android-apps/
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β€ŠPolice shuts down 12 fraud call centres, arrests 21 suspects

Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of scam calls daily. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-shuts-down-12-fraud-call-centres-arrests-21-suspects/
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