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Federal Reserve Employee Admits to Installing Bitcoin Miner on Government Server

Nicholas Berthaume, a former employee of the US Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation for installing Bitcoin mining software on one of the government servers he was supposed to manage. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/federal-reserve-employee-admits-to-installing-bitcoin-miner-on-government-server/
Apple Takes Down iCloud Activation Lock Page After Disclosure of Security Flaw

Following the public disclosure of a security flaw in the iCloud Activation Lock web page that allowed phone thieves to reactivate devices to other Apple user accounts, the company has decided to shut down the page for the time being. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-takes-down-icloud-activation-lock-page-after-disclosure-of-security-flaw/
Fake Chrome Font Pack Update Alerts Infecting Visitors with Spora Ransomware

Yesterday, Brad Duncan, a Threat Intelligence Analyst for Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, wrote a blog article discussing how the EITest Chrome Font Update campaign, which was previously discovered by Kafeine, is now distributing the Spora Ransomware instead. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-chrome-font-pack-update-alerts-infecting-visitors-with-spora-ransomware/
Spanish Police Claim to Have Arrested Phineas Fisher - Hacking Team Hacker

Spain's National Police Corps have detained a man in the city of Salamanca, who they suspect of being Phineas Fisher, a famous hacker who has breached the Gamma Group and Hacking Team, two companies that sold cyber-surveillance software to oppressive regimes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spanish-police-claim-to-have-arrested-phineas-fisher-hacking-team-hacker/