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Doubling down: How Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) boosts online security

Passwords alone aren't cutting it—31% of breaches involve stolen credentials. Learn from Specops Software about how Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) and strong password policies can work together to keep your organization secure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doubling-down-how-universal-2nd-factor-u2f-boosts-online-security/
NSO Group fined $167M for spyware attacks on 1,400 WhatsApp users

A U.S. federal jury has ordered Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group to pay WhatsApp $167,254,000 in punitive damages and $444,719 in compensatory damages for a 2019 campaign that targeted 1,400 users of the communication app. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/nso-group-fined-167m-for-spyware-attacks-on-1-400-whatsapp-users/
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PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts

PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to release the previously stolen student and teacher data if a ransom is not paid. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-hacker-now-extorting-individual-school-districts/
LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed

The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-gang-hacked-victim-negotiations-exposed/
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Google links new LostKeys data theft malware to Russian cyberspies

Since the start of the year, the Russian state-backed ColdRiver hacking group has been using new LostKeys malware to steal files in espionage attacks targeting Western governments, journalists, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-links-new-lostkeys-data-theft-malware-to-russian-cyberspies/
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Kickidler employee monitoring software abused in ransomware attacks

Ransomware operations are using legitimate Kickidler employee monitoring software for reconnaissance, tracking their victims' activity, and harvesting credentials after breaching their networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kickidler-employee-monitoring-software-abused-in-ransomware-attacks/
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Malicious PyPi package hides RAT malware, targets Discord devs since 2022

A malicious Python package targeting Discord developers with remote access trojan (RAT) malware was spotted on the Python Package Index (PyPI) after more than three years. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-pypi-package-hides-rat-malware-targets-discord-devs-since-2022/
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Cisco fixes max severity IOS XE flaw letting attackers hijack devices

Cisco has fixed a maximum severity flaw in IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers by a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to take over devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-fixes-max-severity-ios-xe-flaw-letting-attackers-hijack-devices/
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Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers

Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-behind-attacks-targeting-sap-netweaver-servers/
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Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies

Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-dismantles-botnet-selling-hacked-routers-as-residential-proxies/
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Google Chrome to use on-device AI to detect tech support scams

Google is implementing a new Chrome security feature that uses the built-in 'Gemini Nano' large-language model (LLM) to detect and block tech support scams while browsing the web. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-to-use-on-device-ai-to-detect-tech-support-scams/
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Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients

Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that a data breach disclosed last month affects the personal and healthcare information of over 430,000 patients. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ascension-says-recent-data-breach-affects-over-430-000-patients/