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Biden signs executive order to bolster national cybersecurity

Days before leaving office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to shore up the United States' cybersecurity by making it easier to sanction hacking groups targeting federal agencies and the nation's critical infrastructure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/biden-signs-executive-order-to-bolster-national-cybersecurity/
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US cracks down on North Korean IT worker army with more sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a network of individuals and front companies linked to North Korea's Ministry of National Defense that have generated revenue via illegal remote IT work schemes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-cracks-down-on-north-korean-it-worker-army-with-more-sanctions/
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GDPR complaints filed against TikTok, Temu for sending user data to China

Non-profit privacy advocacy group "None of Your Business" (noyb) has filed six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi, for unlawfully transferring European user's data to China and infringing European Union's general data protection regulation (GDPR). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gdpr-complaints-filed-against-tiktok-temu-for-sending-user-data-to-china/
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US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based hacker for his role in the recent Treasury breach and a company associated with the Salt Typhoon threat group. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-chinese-firm-hacker-behind-telecom-and-treasury-hacks/
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Malicious PyPi package steals Discord auth tokens from devs

A malicious package named 'pycord-self' on the Python package index (PyPI) targets Discord developers to steal authentication tokens and plant a backdoor for remote control over the system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-pypi-package-steals-discord-auth-tokens-from-devs/
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Otelier data breach exposes info, hotel reservations of millions

Hotel management platform Otelier suffered a data breach after threat actors breached its Amazon S3 cloud storage to steal millions of guests' personal information and reservations for well-known hotel brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/otelier-data-breach-exposes-info-hotel-reservations-of-millions/
FTC cracks down on Genshin Impact gacha loot box practices

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from selling them to teens under the age of sixteen without parental consent. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/gaming/ftc-cracks-down-on-genshin-impact-gacha-loot-box-practices/
Microsoft removes Assassin’s Creed Windows 11 upgrade blocks

​Earlier this week, Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Assassin's Creed Origins patches to fix Windows 11 24H2 compatibility issues that caused crashes, freezes, and audio problems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-removes-assassins-creed-windows-11-upgrade-blocks/
FTC orders GM to stop collecting and selling driver’s data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful collection and sale of drivers' precise geolocation and driving behavior data without first obtaining their consent. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/ftc-orders-gm-to-stop-collecting-and-selling-drivers-data/
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Star Blizzard hackers abuse WhatsApp to target high-value diplomats

Russian nation-state actor Star Blizzard has been running a new spear-phishing campaign to compromise WhatsApp accounts of targets in government, diplomacy, defense policy, international relations, and Ukraine aid organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/star-blizzard-hackers-abuse-whatsapp-to-target-high-value-diplomats/
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TikTok shuts down in the US as Trump throws the company a lifeline

TikTok shut down in the U.S. late Saturday night following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law that banned the company over national security concerns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/tiktok-shuts-down-in-the-us-as-trump-throws-the-company-a-lifeline/
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TikTok is back up in the US after Trump says he will extend deadline

TikTok is back up in the United States after Trump announced today that he would extend a 90-day deadline for the company to find a U.S. purchaser. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/tiktok-is-back-up-in-the-us-after-trump-says-he-will-extend-deadline/
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