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β€ŠRussia blocks Viber in latest attempt to censor communications

Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the Viber encrypted messaging app, used by hundreds of millions worldwide, for violating the country's legislation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-blocks-viber-in-latest-attempt-to-censor-communications/
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β€ŠFTC warns of online task job scams hooking victims like gambling

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns about a significant rise in gambling-like online job scams, known as "task scams," that draw people into earning cash through repetitive tasks, with the promises of earning more if they deposit their own money. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-warns-of-online-task-job-scams-hooking-victims-like-gambling/
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β€Š390,000 WordPress accounts stolen from hackers in supply chain attack

A threat actor tracked as MUT-1244 has stolen over 390,000 WordPress credentials in a large-scale, year-long campaign targeting other threat actors using a trojanized WordPress credentials checker. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/390-000-wordpress-accounts-stolen-from-hackers-in-supply-chain-attack/
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β€ŠWinnti hackers target other threat actors with new Glutton PHP backdoor

​The Chinese Winnti hacking group is using a new PHP backdoor named 'Glutton' in attacks on organizations in China and the U.S., and also in attacks on other cybercriminals. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/winnti-hackers-target-other-threat-actors-with-new-glutton-php-backdoor/
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β€ŠRhode Island confirms data breach after Brain Cipher ransomware attack

Rhode Island is warning that its RIBridges system, managed by Deloitte, suffered a data breach exposing residents' personal information after the Brain Cipher ransomware gang hacked its systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rhode-island-confirms-data-breach-after-brain-cipher-ransomware-attack/
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β€ŠConnectOnCall breach exposes health data of over 910,000 patients

Healthcare software as a service (SaaS) company Phreesia is notifying over 910,000 people that their personal and health data was exposed in a May breach of its subsidiary ConnectOnCall. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connectoncall-breach-exposes-health-data-of-over-910-000-patients/
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β€ŠMalicious ads push Lumma infostealer via fake CAPTCHA pages

A large-scale malvertising campaign distributed the Lumma Stealer info-stealing malware through fake CAPTCHA verification pages that prompt users to run PowerShell commands to verify they are not a bot. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ads-push-lumma-infostealer-via-fake-captcha-pages/
β€ŠKali Linux 2024.4 released with 14 new tools, deprecates some features

Kali Linux has released version 2024.4, the fourth and final version of 2024, and it is now available with fourteen new tools, numerous improvements, and deprecates some features. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kali-linux-20244-released-with-14-new-tools-deprecates-some-features/
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β€ŠTexas Tech University System data breach impacts 1.4 million patients

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and its El Paso counterpart suffered a cyberattack that disrupted computer systems and applications, potentially exposing the data of 1.4 million patients. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-tech-university-system-data-breach-impacts-14-million-patients/
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β€ŠMight need a mass password reset one day? Read this first.

Organizations are often caught off-guard when a data breaches occurs, forcing them to quickly perform mass password resets Learn from Specops Software about some of the common mass password reset scenarios and the challenges you may face. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/might-need-a-mass-password-reset-one-day-read-this-first/
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β€ŠIreland fines Meta $264 million over 2018 Facebook data breach

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million ($263.6M) over General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations arising from a 2018 personal data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ireland-fines-meta-264-million-over-2018-facebook-data-breach/
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