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Portland Public Schools Recovers $2.9 Million Lost in BEC Scam

Oregon urban school district Portland Public Schools is on track to recover roughly $2.9 million wired by district employees to a BEC scammer, after discovering the fraudulent transactions before the money left the fraudster's accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/portland-public-schools-recovers-29-million-lost-in-bec-scam/
Unpatched Squid Servers Exposed to DoS, Code Execution Attacks

Multiple versions of the Squid web proxy cache server built with Basic Authentication features are currently vulnerable to code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks triggered by the exploitation of a heap buffer overflow security flaw. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unpatched-squid-servers-exposed-to-dos-code-execution-attacks/
Cisco Warns of Public Exploit Code for Critical Switch Flaws

Cisco updated the security advisories for three vulnerabilities patched in early August warning customers that its Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) team is aware of public exploit code being available. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-public-exploit-code-for-critical-switch-flaws/
Steam Patches LPE Vulnerabilities in Beta Version Update

Almost 48 hours after security researcher Vasily Kravets (PsiDragon) released his proof of concept (PoC) for a second vulnerability in Steam client for Windows leading to privilege escalation, Valve released a beta update that allegedly fixes the bugs. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/steam-patches-lpe-vulnerabilities-in-beta-version-update/
Google Chrome to Warn If Logins Are Found in a Data Breach

Google is adding a built-in data breach notification service to the Chrome browser that will alert users when they are logging into sites with credentials that have been exposed by breaches. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-to-warn-if-logins-are-found-in-a-data-breach/
Instagram Phishing Emails Use Fake Login Warning Baits

Instagram users are currently targeted by a new phishing campaign that uses login attempt warnings coupled with what looks like two-factor authentication (2FA) codes to make the scam more believable. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instagram-phishing-emails-use-fake-login-warning-baits/
Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers

Hosting provider Hostinger today announced that it reset the login passwords of 14 million of its customers following a recent security breach that enabled unauthorized access to a client database. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hostinger-data-breach-affects-almost-14-million-customers/
Apple Releases iOS 12.4.1 to Patch Security Flaw Behind Jailbreak

Apple released iOS 12.4.1 today to fix a security flaw reintroduced with the release of iOS 12.4, and used by security researcher Pwn20wnd to develop and release a jailbreak tool for up-to-date iOS devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-releases-ios-1241-to-patch-security-flaw-behind-jailbreak/