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2.7 Million Health-Related Calls, Sensitive Info Exposed for Six Years

A server used to store real-time recordings of phone calls made to the 1177 Swedish Healthcare Guide service for health care information was found completely exposed to the Internet, with no user or password to protect it. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/27-million-health-related-calls-sensitive-info-exposed-for-six-years/
State Actor Behind Parliament Breach Says Australian Prime Minister

The computer network of Australia's Federal Parliament has been breached in a cyber attack which targeted the country's major political parties and carried out by a "sophisticated state actor" according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/state-actor-behind-parliament-breach-says-australian-prime-minister/
GandCrab Decrypter Available for v5.1, New Variant Already Out

A free file decryption tool is available for users whose computers got infected with the latest confirmed versions of GandCrab. It can unlock data encrypted by versions 4 through 5.1 of the malware, and some earlier releases of the threat. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gandcrab-decrypter-available-for-v51-new-variant-already-out/
North Korean APT Lazarus Targets Russian Entities with KEYMARBLE Backdoor

Bluenoroff, a subdivision of the North Korean sponsored APT group Lazarus, recently switched its sights to Russian entities as unveiled by a newly discovered campaign which uses malicious Office documents specifically crafted to target Russian organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-apt-lazarus-targets-russian-entities-with-keymarble-backdoor/
Ukraine Announces Joint Exercises with EU to Fend Off Russian Cyber Threats

Ukraine will organize a number of joint exercises in the near future with the European Union (EU) to develop appropriate response models to possible Russian cyber threats designed to interfere in Ukrainian presidential elections that will be held on March 31 [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-announces-joint-exercises-with-eu-to-fend-off-russian-cyber-threats/
GitHub Updates Bug Bounty Program with Expanded Scope, Higher Rewards

To mark the fifth year of its Security Bug Bounty program, GitHub announced a number of updates, including an expanded scope with more GitHub products covered, increased reward amounts, and new Legal Safe Harbor terms for full legal protection for researchers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-updates-bug-bounty-program-with-expanded-scope-higher-rewards/
Cards Used at 137 Restaurants Exposed by Point-of-Sale Breach

North Country Business Products point-of-sale and security solutions provider with roughly 6500 customers around the Midwest has disclosed a data breach which led to the exposure of payment information for clients who used their credit and debit cards at 137 restaurants. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cards-used-at-137-restaurants-exposed-by-point-of-sale-breach/
Windows 10 Cumulative Update Build 17134.619 Released With Fixes

Windows 10 April 2018 Update Build 17134.619 is now rolling out to the general public with a bunch of new fixes and improvements. Windows 10 KB4487029 (Build 17134.619) includes fixes for Internet Explorer and other core components. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-cumulative-update-build-17134619-released-with-fixes/
Formjacking Surpasses Ransomware and Cryptojacking as Top Threat of 2018

A new year in review report from Symantec shows that formjacking accompanied by supply chain attacks were the fastest growing threats of 2018, while living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks saw a large boost in adoption from threat actors, with PowerShell scripts usage, for example, seeing a formidable 1000% increase. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/formjacking-surpasses-ransomware-and-cryptojacking-as-top-threat-of-2018/
JD Finance Android App Caught Storing Screenshots With Banking Info

JD Finance apologized to the users of its Android application on Sunday after one customer found out that screenshots taken of his account on the China Merchants Bank app were being added to the cache of the JD Finance app while it was running in the background. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jd-finance-android-app-caught-storing-screenshots-with-banking-info/
New AI-Powered Site Generates Horrific Images of Cats

A new web site called thiscatdoesnotexist.com is using artificial intelligence to create images of cats on the fly. Due to the many variations of a cat's position, their surroundings, and the furniture in the background, many of these pictures look like they are coming straight out of a horror movie. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/new-ai-powered-site-generates-horrific-images-of-cats/
New Attack Kit Combines Trojans and Tools to Spread Miners, Steal Data

A new malware-powered attack kit that stitches up two Trojans and a coinminer to mine for data and Monero was observed while scanning for vulnerable machines from China, Taiwan, Italy, and Hong Kong, and spreading itself over the Internet and on local area networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-attack-kit-combines-trojans-and-tools-to-spread-miners-steal-data/
Mozilla Firefox 67 to Warn About Breached Sites Using New Add-On

Firefox Monitor is a Mozilla service that has partnered with Have I been Pwned to alert users when their email address has been discovered in a data breach. In the past, Firefox Monitor was a standalone service, but starting in Firefox 67 it will now be included as an extension. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-67-to-warn-about-breached-sites-using-new-add-on/