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β€ŠNew AMD SinkClose flaw helps install nearly undetectable malware

AMD is warning about a high-severity CPU vulnerability named SinkClose that impacts multiple generations of its EPYC, Ryzen, and Threadripper processors. The vulnerability allows attackers with Kernel-level (Ring 0) privileges to gain Ring -2 privileges and install malware that becomes nearly undetectable. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-amd-sinkclose-flaw-helps-install-nearly-undetectable-malware/
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β€ŠCSC ServiceWorks discloses data breach after 2023 cyberattack

​CSC ServiceWorks, a leading provider of commercial laundry services, has disclosed a data breach after the personal information of an undisclosed number of individuals was exposed in a 2023 cyberattack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/csc-serviceworks-discloses-data-breach-after-2023-cyberattack/
β€ŠRussia blocks Signal for 'violating' anti-terrorism laws

Russia's telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the Signal encrypted messaging service for what it describes as violations of Russian anti-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-blocks-signal-for-violating-anti-terrorism-laws/
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β€ŠWWH-Club credit card market admins arrested after cash spending spree

U.S. law enforcement has arrested two suspected admins of the WWH-Club stolen credit card marketplace after they went on a cash spending spree in Florida. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/wwh-club-credit-card-market-admins-arrested-after-cash-spending-spree/
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β€ŠMicrosoft: Windows 11 22H2 reaches end of support in 60 days

Microsoft has reminded customers that multiple editions of Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 will reach the end of servicing in 60 days, on October 8, 2024. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-11-22h2-reaches-end-of-support-in-60-days/
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β€ŠHackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers

Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/
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β€ŠFake X content warnings on Ukraine war, earthquakes used as clickbait

X has always had a bot problem, but now scammers are utilizing the Ukraine war and earthquake warnings in Japan to entice users into clicking on fake content warnings and videos that lead to scam adult sites, malicious browser extensions, and shady affiliate sites. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-x-content-warnings-on-ukraine-war-earthquakes-used-as-clickbait/
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β€ŠChinese hacking groups target Russian government, IT firms

A series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT companies, are linked to Chinese hackers of the APT31 and APT 27 groups. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hacking-groups-target-russian-government-it-firms/
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β€ŠCriminal IP and Maltego Join Forces for Enhanced Cyber Threat Search

AI SPERA announced today that its IP address intelligence engine, Criminal IP, can now be integrated with Maltego's unified user interface and is available on the Maltego's marketplace, [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/criminal-ip-and-maltego-join-forces-for-enhanced-cyber-threat-search/
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β€ŠGoogle deactivates Russian AdSense accounts, sends final payments

Google is notifying Russian YouTubers, bloggers, and publishers that their Adsense accounts are being deactivated and can no longer be used for advertising. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-deactivates-russian-adsense-accounts-sends-final-payments/
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β€ŠHackers posing as Ukraine’s Security Service infect 100 govt PCs

Attackers impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have used malicious spam emails to target and compromise systems belonging to the country's government agencies. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-posing-as-ukraines-security-service-infect-100-govt-pcs/
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β€ŠMicrosoft is killing the Windows Paint 3D app after 8 years

Microsoft announced that the Paint 3D graphics app will be discontinued later this year and removed from the Microsoft Store in November. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-killing-the-windows-paint-3d-app-after-8-years/
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β€ŠSouth Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data

South Korea's ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), has issued an announcement stating that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country's main battle tank, as well as its "Baekdu" and "Geumgang" spy planes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-says-dprk-hackers-stole-spy-plane-technical-data/
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β€ŠX faces GDPR complaints for unauthorized use of data for AI training

European privacy advocate NOYB (None of Your Business) has filed nine GDPR complaints about X using the personal data from over 60 million users in Europe to train "Grok," the social media company's large language model. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/x-faces-gdpr-complaints-for-unauthorized-use-of-data-for-ai-training/
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β€ŠRansom Cartel, Reveton ransomware owner arrested, charged in US

Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and is now extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and running a malvertising operation from 2013 to 2022. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransom-cartel-reveton-ransomware-owner-arrested-charged-in-us/
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