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Automated attack abuses GitHub Actions to mine cryptocurrency

GitHub Actions has been abused by attackers to mine cryptocurrency using GitHub's servers, automatically.The particular attack adds malicious GitHub Actions code to repositories forked from legitimate ones, and further creates a Pull Request for the original repository maintainers to merge the code back, to alter the original code. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/automated-attack-abuses-github-actions-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
Ransomware gang leaks data from Stanford, Maryland universities

Stolen personal and financial information of students at Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California was leaked online by the Clop ransomware group earlier this week. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-leaks-data-from-stanford-maryland-universities/
Most loved programming language Rust sparks privacy concerns

Rust developers have repeatedly raised concerned about a privacy issue over the last few years. Rust has rapidly gained momentum among developers, for its focus on performance, safety, safe concurrency, and for having a similar syntax to C++. However, developers have been bothered by their Rust production binaries leaking usernames. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/most-loved-programming-language-rust-sparks-privacy-concerns/
Sierra Wireless resumes production after ransomware attack

Canadian IoT solutions provider Sierra Wireless announced that it resumed production at its manufacturing sites after it halted it due to a ransomware attack that hit its internal network and corporate website on March 20. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sierra-wireless-resumes-production-after-ransomware-attack/
How to check if your info was exposed in the Facebook data leak

Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned can now be used to check if your personal information was exposed in yesterday's Facebook data leak that contains the phone numbers and information for over 500 million users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-check-if-your-info-was-exposed-in-the-facebook-data-leak/
EtterSilent maldoc builder used by top cybercriminal gangs

A malicious document builder named EtterSilent is gaining more attention on underground forums, security researchers note. As its popularity increased, the developer kept improving it to avoid detection from security solutions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ettersilent-maldoc-builder-used-by-top-cybercriminal-gangs/