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Australian charged for ‘Evil Twin’ WiFi attack on plane

An Australian man was charged by Australia's Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting an 'evil twin' WiFi attack on various domestic flights and airports in Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide to steal other people's email or social media credentials. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-charged-for-evil-twin-wifi-attack-on-plane/
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CDK Global says all dealers will be back online by Thursday

CDK Global says that its dealer management system (DMS), impacted by a massive IT outage following a June 18th ransomware attack, will be back online by Thursday for all car dealerships. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cdk-global-says-all-dealers-will-be-back-online-by-thursday/
Google Pixel 6 series phones bricked after factory reset

Multiple owners of Google Pixel 6 series phones (6, 6a, 6 Pro) have been reporting in the past week that their devices were "bricked" after they performed a factory reset. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-pixel-6-series-phones-bricked-after-factory-reset/
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Affirm says cardholders impacted by Evolve Bank data breach

Buy now, pay later loan company Affirm is warning that holders of its payment cards had their personal information exposed due to a data breach at its third-party issuer, Evolve Bank & Trust (Evolve). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/affirm-says-cardholders-impacted-by-evolve-bank-data-breach/
Google now pays $250,000 for KVM zero-day vulnerabilities

Google has launched kvmCTF, a new vulnerability reward program (VRP) first announced in October 2023 to improve the security of the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor that comes with $250,000 bounties for full VM escape exploits. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-now-pays-250-000-for-kvm-zero-day-vulnerabilities/
Xbox is down worldwide with users unable to login, play games

The Xbox Live service is currently down due to a major outage, impacting customers worldwide and preventing them from signing into their Xbox accounts and playing games. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/xbox-is-down-worldwide-with-users-unable-to-login-play-games/
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Proton launches free, privacy-focused Google Docs alternative

Proton has launched 'Docs in Proton Drive,' a free and open-source end-to-end encrypted web-based document editing and collaboration tool. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/proton-launches-free-privacy-focused-google-docs-alternative/
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Europol takes down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals

Europol coordinated a joint law enforcement action known as Operation Morpheus, which led to the takedown of almost 600 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals to infiltrate victims' networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/europol-takes-down-593-cobalt-strike-servers-used-by-cybercriminals/
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Infostealer malware logs used to identify child abuse website members

Thousands of pedophiles who download and share child sexual abuse material (CSAM) were identified through information-stealing malware logs leaked on the dark web, highlighting a new dimension of using stolen credentials in law enforcement investigations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/infostealer-malware-logs-used-to-identify-child-abuse-website-members/
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Formula 1 governing body discloses data breach after email hacks

FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile), the auto racing governing body since the 1950s, says attackers gained access to personal data after compromising several FIA email accounts in a phishing attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/formula-1-governing-body-discloses-data-breach-after-email-hacks/
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Hackers abused API to verify millions of Authy MFA phone numbers

Twilio has confirmed that an unsecured API endpoint allowed threat actors to verify the phone numbers of millions of Authy multi-factor authentication users, potentially making them vulnerable to SMS phishing and SIM swapping attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abused-api-to-verify-millions-of-authy-mfa-phone-numbers/
OVHcloud blames record-breaking DDoS attack on MikroTik botnet

OVHcloud, a global cloud services provider and one of the largest of its kind in Europe, says it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this year that reached an unprecedented packet rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ovhcloud-blames-record-breaking-ddos-attack-on-mikrotik-botnet/
HealthEquity data breach exposes protected health information

Healthcare fintech firm HealthEquity is warning that it suffered a data breach after a partner's account was compromised and used to access the Company's systems to steal protected health information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/healthequity-data-breach-exposes-protected-health-information/
Ethereum mailing list breach exposes 35,000 to crypto draining attack

A threat actor compromised Ethereum's mailing list provider and sent to over 35,000 addresses a phishing email with a link to a malicious site running a crypto drainer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ethereum-mailing-list-breach-exposes-35-000-to-crypto-draining-attack/
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Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift tickets, amp up Ticketmaster extortion

Hackers have leaked what they claim is Ticketmaster barcode data for 166,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, warning that more events would be leaked if a $2 million extortion demand is not paid. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-alleged-taylor-swift-tickets-amp-up-ticketmaster-extortion/
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Cloudflare blames recent outage on BGP hijacking incident

Internet giant Cloudflare reports that its DNS resolver service, 1.1.1.1, was recently unreachable or degraded for some of its customers because of a combination of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking and a route leak. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-blames-recent-outage-on-bgp-hijacking-incident/
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