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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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β€ŠCISA orders federal agencies to secure Microsoft 365 tenants

​CISA has issued this year's first binding operational directive (BOD 25-01), ordering federal civilian agencies to secure their Microsoft 365 cloud environments by implementing a list of required configuration baselines. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-federal-agencies-to-secure-microsoft-365-tenants/
β€ŠNew fake Ledger data breach emails try to steal crypto wallets

A new Ledger phishing campaign is underway that pretends to be a data breach notification asking you to verify your recovery phrase, which is then stolen and used to steal your cryptocurrency. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fake-ledger-data-breach-emails-try-to-steal-crypto-wallets/
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β€ŠNVIDIA shares fix for game performance issues with new NVIDIA App

Nvidia has shared a temporary fix for a known issue impacting systems running its recently unveiled NVIDIA App and causing gaming performance to drop by up to 15%. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/nvidia-shares-fix-for-game-performance-issues-with-new-nvidia-app/
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β€ŠInterpol replaces dehumanizing "Pig Butchering" term with "Romance Baiting"

Interpol calls on the cybersecurity community, law enforcement, and the media to stop using the term "Pig Butchering" when referring to online relationship and investment scams, as it unnecessarily shames the victims impacted by these fraud campaigns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/interpol-replaces-dehumanizing-pig-butchering-term-with-romance-baiting/
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β€ŠRecorded Future CEO applauds "undesirable" designation by Russia

​Recorded Future, an American threat intelligence company, has become the first cybersecurity firm designated by the Russian government as an "undesirable" organization. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/recorded-future-ceo-applauds-undesirable-designation-by-russia/
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β€ŠMalicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community

Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-microsoft-vscode-extensions-target-devs-crypto-community/
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