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Proton Mail still down as Proton recovers from worldwide outage

Privacy firm Proton suffered a massive worldwide outage today, taking down most services, with Proton Mail and Calendar users still unable to connect to their accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/proton-mail-still-down-as-proton-recovers-from-worldwide-outage/
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Largest US addiction treatment provider notifies patients of data breach

​BayMark Health Services, North America's largest provider of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services, is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that attackers stole their personal and health information in a September 2024 breach. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/largest-us-addiction-treatment-provider-notifies-patients-of-data-breach/
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Fake CrowdStrike job offer emails target devs with crypto miners

CrowdStrike is warning that a phishing campaign is impersonating the cybersecurity company in fake job offer emails to trick targets into infecting themselves with a Monero cryptocurrency miner (XMRig). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-crowdstrike-job-offer-emails-target-devs-with-crypto-miners/
STIIIZY data breach exposes cannabis buyers’ IDs and purchases

Popular cannabis brand STIIIZY disclosed a data breach this week after hackers breached its point-of-sale (POS) vendor to steal customer information, including government IDs and purchase information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stiiizy-data-breach-exposes-cannabis-buyers-ids-and-purchases/
Proton worldwide outage caused by Kubernetes migration, software change

Swiss tech company Proton, which provides privacy-focused online services, says that a Thursday worldwide outage was caused by an ongoing infrastructure migration to Kubernetes and a software change that triggered an initial load spike. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/proton-worldwide-outage-caused-by-kubernetes-migration-software-change/
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Treasury hackers also breached US foreign investments review office

Chinese hackers, part of the state-backed Silk Typhoon threat group, have reportedly breached the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews foreign investments to determine national security risks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/treasury-hackers-also-breached-us-foreign-investments-review-office/
New Web3 attack exploits transaction simulations to steal crypto

Threat actors are employing a new tactic called "transaction simulation spoofing" to steal crypto, with one attack successfully stealing 143.45 Ethereum, worth approximately $460,000. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-web3-attack-exploits-transaction-simulations-to-steal-crypto/
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Fake LDAPNightmware exploit on GitHub spreads infostealer malware

A deceptive proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2024-49113 (aka "LDAPNightmare") on GitHub infects users with infostealer malware that exfiltrates sensitive data to an external FTP server. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ldapnightmware-exploit-on-github-spreads-infostealer-malware/
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Scammers file first — Get your IRS Identity Protection PIN now

The IRS relaunched its Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) program this week and all US taxpayers are encouraged to enroll for added security against identity theft and fraudulent returns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/scammers-file-first-get-your-irs-identity-protection-pin-now/
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Pastor who saw crypto project in his "dream" indicted for fraud

A pastor at a Pasco, Washington, church has been indicted on 26 counts of fraud for allegedly operating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded investors of millions between 2021 and 2023. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/pastor-who-saw-crypto-project-in-his-dream-indicted-for-fraud/
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Ransomware abuses Amazon AWS feature to encrypt S3 buckets

A new ransomware campaign encrypts Amazon S3 buckets using AWS's Server-Side Encryption with Customer Provided Keys (SSE-C) known only to the threat actor, demanding ransoms to receive the decryption key. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-abuses-amazon-aws-feature-to-encrypt-s3-buckets/