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FCC fines carriers $200 million for illegally sharing user location

​The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers almost $200 million for sharing their customers' real-time location data without their consent. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/fcc-fines-carriers-200-million-for-illegally-sharing-user-location/
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Muddling Meerkat hackers manipulate DNS using China’s Great Firewall

A new cluster of activity tracked as "Muddling Meerkat" is believed to be linked to a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor's manipulation of DNS to probe networks globally since October 2019, with a spike in activity observed in September 2023. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/muddling-meerkat-hackers-manipulate-dns-using-chinas-great-firewall/
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Change Healthcare hacked using stolen Citrix account with no MFA

UnitedHealth confirms that Change Healthcare's network was breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang, who used stolen credentials to log into the company's Citrix remote access service, which did not have multi-factor authentication enabled. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/change-healthcare-hacked-using-stolen-citrix-account-with-no-mfa/
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New Wpeeper Android malware hides behind hacked WordPress sites

A new Android backdoor malware named 'Wpeeper' has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-wpeeper-android-malware-hides-behind-hacked-wordpress-sites/
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Google now pays up to $450,000 for RCE bugs in some Android apps

Google has increased rewards for reporting remote code execution vulnerabilities within select Android apps by ten times, from $30,000 to $300,000, with the maximum reward reaching $450,000 for exceptional quality reports. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-now-pays-up-to-450-000-for-rce-bugs-in-some-android-apps/
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Data of over 25,000 people stolen in 2023 breach

Daily newspaper Philadelphia Inquirer revealed that attackers behind a May 2023 security breach have stolen the personal and financial information of 25,549 individuals. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/philadelphia-inquirer-data-of-over-25-000-people-stolen-in-2023-breach/
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New Latrodectus malware attacks use Microsoft, Cloudflare themes

Latrodectus malware is now being distributed in phishing campaigns using Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare lures to appear legitimate while making it harder for email security platforms to detect the emails as malicious. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-latrodectus-malware-attacks-use-microsoft-cloudflare-themes/
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New Cuttlefish malware infects routers to monitor traffic for credentials

A new malware named 'Cuttlefish' has been spotted infecting enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to monitor data that passes through them and steal authentication information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cuttlefish-malware-infects-routers-to-monitor-traffic-for-credentials/
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Qantas app exposed sensitive traveler details to random users

Qantas Airways confirms that some of its customers were impacted by a misconfiguration in its app that exposed sensitive information and boarding passes to random users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qantas-app-exposed-sensitive-traveler-details-to-random-users/
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French hospital CHC-SV refuses to pay LockBit extortion demand

The Hôpital de Cannes - Simone Veil (CHC-SV) in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang, saying they refuse to pay the ransom. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-hospital-chc-sv-refuses-to-pay-lockbit-extortion-demand/
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Panda Restaurants discloses data breach after corporate systems hack

Panda Restaurant Group, the parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San, disclosed a data breach after attackers compromised its corporate systems in March and stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of individuals. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/panda-restaurants-discloses-a-data-breach-after-corporate-systems-hack/
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US govt warns of pro-Russian hacktivists targeting water facilities

The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology (OT) systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-warns-of-pro-russian-hacktivists-targeting-water-facilities/
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DropBox says hackers stole customer data, auth secrets from eSignature service

Cloud storage firm DropBox says hackers breached production systems for its DropBox Sign eSignature platform and gained access to authentication tokens, MFA keys, hashed passwords, and customer information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dropbox-says-hackers-stole-customer-data-auth-secrets-from-esignature-service/
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HPE Aruba Networking fixes four critical RCE flaws in ArubaOS

HPE Aruba Networking has issued its April 2024 security advisory detailing critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of ArubaOS, its proprietary network operating system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-aruba-networking-fixes-four-critical-rce-flaws-in-arubaos/