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Microsoft releases Exchange hotfixes for security update issues: Microsoft has released hotfix updates to address multiple known issues impacting Exchange ...
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22,500 Palo Alto firewalls "possibly vulnerable" to ongoing attacks: Approximately 22,500 exposed Palo Alto GlobalProtect firewall devices are likely ...
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LA County Health Services: Patients' data exposed in phishing attack: The L.A. County's Department of Health Services, the second-largest public health ...
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Russian Sandworm hackers targeted 20 critical orgs in Ukraine: Russian hacker group Sandworm aimed to disrupt operations at around 20 critical infrastructure ...
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Google Meet opens client-side encrypted calls to non Google users: Google is updating the client-side encryption mechanism for Google Meet to allow external ...
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CoralRaider attacks use CDN cache to push info-stealer malware: A threat actor has been using a content delivery network cache to store information-stealing ...
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Hackers hijack antivirus updates to drop GuptiMiner malware: North Korean hackers have been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to ...
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Microsoft pulls fix for Outlook bug behind ICS security alerts: Microsoft reversed the fix for an Outlook bug causing erroneous security warnings after ...
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Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now: Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a top-severity security vulnerability in ...
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PuTTY SSH client flaw allows recovery of cryptographic private keys: A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-31497 in PuTTY 0.68 through 0.80 could potentially allow ...
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CrushFTP warns users to patch exploited zero-day “immediately”: CrushFTP warned customers today in a private memo of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability ...
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US charges Samourai cryptomixer founders for laundering $100 million: Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S ...
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Fake cheat lures gamers into spreading infostealer malware: A new info-stealing malware linked to Redline poses as a game cheat called 'Cheat Lab ...
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Palo Alto Networks fixes zero-day exploited to backdoor firewalls: Palo Alto Networks has started releasing hotfixes for a zero-day vulnerability that has been ...
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Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack: American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group ...
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LabHost phishing service with 40,000 domains disrupted, 37 arrested: The LabHost phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform has been disrupted in a year-long global ...
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Russian Sandworm hackers pose as hacktivists in water utility breaches: The Sandworm hacking group associated with Russian military intelligence has been hiding ...
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Apple: Mercenary spyware attacks target iPhone users in 92 countries: Apple has been notifying iPhone users in 92 countries about a "mercenary spyware ...
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Cybercriminals pose as LastPass staff to hack password vaults: LastPass is warning of a malicious campaign targeting its users with the CryptoChameleon phishing ...
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Ransomware gang starts leaking alleged stolen Change Healthcare data: The RansomHub extortion gang has begun leaking what they claim is corporate and patient ...
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Exploit released for Palo Alto PAN-OS bug used in attacks, patch now: Exploit code is now available for a maximum severity and actively exploited vulnerability ...
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DPRK hacking groups breach South Korean defense contractors: The National Police Agency in South Korea issued an urgent warning today about North Korean hacking ...
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T-Mobile, Verizon workers get texts offering $300 for SIM swaps: Criminals are now texting T-Mobile and Verizon employees on their personal and work phones ...
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Microsoft will limit Exchange Online bulk emails to fight spam: Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit ...
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840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack: The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) has announced that it was targeted by a ...
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Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS firewall zero-day used in attacks: Today, Palo Alto Networks warns that an unpatched critical command injection vulnerability ...
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Microsoft: New Copilot app added by Edge doesn’t collect data: Microsoft says the new Copilot app, added by recent Edge updates to the list of installed Windows ...
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Cisco discloses root escalation flaw with public exploit code: Cisco has released patches for a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) ...
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Moldovan charged for operating botnet used to push ransomware: The U.S. Justice Department charged Moldovan national Alexander Lefterov, the owner and operator ...
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Roku warns 576,000 accounts hacked in new credential stuffing attacks: Roku warns that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks after ...
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Quick Glance: Roku Discovers New Hacking Incident Affecting 576,000 Users
- Roku has uncovered a wider hacking effort using logins exposed in unrelated breaches. The company has now turned on two-factor authentication for all user accounts.
- A second hacking incident ensnared 'approximately 576,000 additional accounts,' as the company wrote in a blog post on Friday.
- The hackers are using stolen email addresses and password combinations from other sites to access Roku's login page and check if users are reusing the same login credentials across multiple services.
- Roku has reset the passwords for affected users and activated two-factor authentication for all user accounts, regardless of whether they were impacted or not.
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Multiple botnets exploiting one-year-old TP-Link flaw to hack routers: At least six distinct botnet malware operations are hunting for TP-Link Archer AX21 ...
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Firebird RAT creator and seller arrested in the U.S. and Australia: A joint police operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the FBI has led to ...
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FIN7 targets American automaker’s IT staff in phishing attacks: The financially motivated threat actor FIN7 targeted a large U.S. car maker with spear-phishing ...
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HashiCorp shares spike on report that IBM is in talks to buy the cloud software maker
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Google to crack down on third-party YouTube apps that block ads: YouTube announced yesterday that third-party applications that block ads while watching YouTube ...
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Telegram fixes Windows app zero-day caused by file extension typo: Telegram fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its Windows desktop application that could be used ...
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SoumniBot malware exploits Android bugs to evade detection: A new Android banking malware named 'SoumniBot' is using a less common obfuscation approach ...
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Medium bans AI-generated content from its paid Partner Program: Medium is banning AI-generated content from its paid Partner program, notifying users that the ...
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Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA leaks message logs: Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet ...
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AT&T now says data breach impacted 51 million customers: AT&T is sending data breach notifications to 51 million former and current customers ...
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CISA makes its "Malware Next-Gen" analysis system publicly available: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a ...
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