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Nissan breach exposed data of 100,000 individuals

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Nissan breach exposed data of 100,000 individuals 2024-03-18 at 13:46 By Helga Labus Nissan Oceania has confirmed that the data breach it suffered in December 2023 affected around 100,000 individuals and has begun notifying them. First response In early December 2023, the company – a regional Nissan division which includes Nissan Motor Corporation and Nissan […]

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43 million workers potentially affected in France Travail data breach

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43 million workers potentially affected in France Travail data breach 2024-03-18 at 10:29 By Helga Labus French national unemployment agency France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) and Cap emploi, a government employment service for people with disabilities, have suffered a data breach that might have exposed personal data of 43 million people. The breach The agencies

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Keyloggers, spyware, and stealers dominate SMB malware detections

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Keyloggers, spyware, and stealers dominate SMB malware detections 2024-03-13 at 06:06 By Help Net Security In 2023, 50% of malware detections for SMBs were keyloggers, spyware and stealers, malware that attackers use to steal data and credentials, according to Sophos. Attackers subsequently use this stolen information to gain unauthorized remote access, extort victims, deploy ransomware,

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What makes ransomware victims less likely to pay up?

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What makes ransomware victims less likely to pay up? 2024-01-26 at 08:34 By Zeljka Zorz There’s a good reason why ransomware gangs started exfiltrating victims’ data instead of just encrypting it: those organizations pay more. University of Twente researcher Tom Meurs and his colleagues wanted to know which factors influence victims to pay the ransom

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The reality of hacking threats in connected car systems

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The reality of hacking threats in connected car systems 2024-01-22 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz With the integration of sophisticated technologies like over-the-air updates and increased data connectivity, cars are no longer just modes of transportation but also hubs of personal and operational data. This shift brings forth unique cybersecurity challenges, ranging from hacking and

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“Security researcher” offers to delete data stolen by ransomware attackers

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“Security researcher” offers to delete data stolen by ransomware attackers 2024-01-09 at 12:32 By Zeljka Zorz When organizations get hit by ransomware and pay the crooks to decrypt the encrypted data and delete the stolen data, they can never be entirely sure the criminals will do as they promised. And even if an organization gets

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Citrix Bleed leveraged to steal data of 35+ million Comcast Xfinity customers

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Citrix Bleed leveraged to steal data of 35+ million Comcast Xfinity customers 20/12/2023 at 13:32 By Helga Labus Telecommunications company Comcast has confirmed a breach that exposed personal information of more than 35.8 million of Xfinity customers. Exploiting Citrix Bleed to breach Xfinity CVE-2023-4966 (aka Citrix Bleed) – an information disclosure vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler

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Mr. Cooper breach exposes sensitive info of over 14 million customers

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Mr. Cooper breach exposes sensitive info of over 14 million customers 19/12/2023 at 13:47 By Helga Labus Mortgage company Mr. Cooper has confirmed that personal information of over 14.6 million customers has been exposed in its October 2023 data breach. The breach “On October 31, 2023, Mr. Cooper detected suspicious activity in certain network systems,”

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Apple news: iLeakage attack, MAC address leakage bug

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Apple news: iLeakage attack, MAC address leakage bug 27/10/2023 at 12:31 By Zeljka Zorz On Wednesday, Apple released security updates for all supported branches of iOS and iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and Safari. This time around, the updates did not garner as much attention as when they deliver a zero-day fix, though it has to

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Backdoored Android phones, TVs used for ad fraud – and worse!

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Backdoored Android phones, TVs used for ad fraud – and worse! 04/10/2023 at 19:46 By Help Net Security A key monetization mechanism of a sophisticated series of cybercriminal operations involving backdoored off-brand mobile and CTV Android devices has been disrupted, Human Security has announced. The company’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team observed more than

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National Student Clearinghouse MOVEit breach impacts nearly 900 schools

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National Student Clearinghouse MOVEit breach impacts nearly 900 schools 25/09/2023 at 14:31 By Helga Labus US educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has revealed that the breach of its MOVEit server ended up affecting almost 900 colleges and universities, and resulted in the theft of personal information of their students. The National Student Clearinghouse

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How Chinese hackers got their hands on Microsoft’s token signing key

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How Chinese hackers got their hands on Microsoft’s token signing key 07/09/2023 at 17:00 By Zeljka Zorz The mystery of how Chinese hackers managed to steal a crucial signing key that allowed them to breach Microsoft 365’s email service and access accounts of employees of 25 government agencies has been explained: they found it somewhere

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How executives’ personal devices threaten business security

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How executives’ personal devices threaten business security 11/08/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Today, individual people – not businesses or government entities as a whole – are the primary targets, or entry points, for all major cyberattacks, according to Agency. Yet, while the cyber threat landscape has seen this major shift, security software to

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Stremio vulnerability exposes millions to RCE and data theft

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Stremio vulnerability exposes millions to RCE and data theft 31/07/2023 at 11:02 By Help Net Security CyFox has recently identified a critical hijacking vulnerability in Stremio 4.4, a popular software platform for streaming movies and TV shows. With over 5 million users relying on Stremio for their entertainment needs, this vulnerability poses a significant risk

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Ivanti zero-day exploited to target Norwegian government (CVE-2023-35078)

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Ivanti zero-day exploited to target Norwegian government (CVE-2023-35078) 25/07/2023 at 13:37 By Zeljka Zorz A zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-35078) affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been exploited to carry out an attack that affected 12 Norwegian ministries, the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) has confirmed on Tuesday. What is known about the attacks? On Monday,

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Has the MOVEit hack paid off for Cl0p?

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Has the MOVEit hack paid off for Cl0p? 24/07/2023 at 17:18 By Zeljka Zorz The number of known Cl0p victims resulting from its Memorial Day attack on vulnerable internet-facing MOVEit Transfer installations has surpassed 420, according to IT market research company KonBriefing Research. The cyber extortion group has lately switched to setting up company-specific leak

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Microsoft Exchange servers compromised by Turla APT

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Microsoft Exchange servers compromised by Turla APT 20/07/2023 at 15:17 By Helga Labus Turla has been targeting defense sector organizations in Ukraine and Eastern Europe with DeliveryCheck and Kazuar backdoors / infostealers and has been using compromised Microsoft Exchange servers to control them. Turla APT Turla (aka Secret Blizzard, Snake, UAC-0003) is a sophisticated and

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Chinese hackers forged authentication tokens to breach government emails

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Chinese hackers forged authentication tokens to breach government emails 12/07/2023 at 13:17 By Zeljka Zorz Sophisticated hackers have accessed email accounts of organizations and government agencies via authentication tokens they forged by using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key, the company has revealed on Tuesday. “The threat actor Microsoft links to this incident

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MOVEit compromise affects pension systems, insurers

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MOVEit compromise affects pension systems, insurers 26/06/2023 at 14:32 By Helga Labus The compromise of PBI Research and The Berwyn Group’s MOVEit installation has resulted in the theft of data belonging to several pension systems and insurance companies – and millions of their users. PBI + Berwyn Group – a population management provider – was

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Switzerland under cyberattack

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Switzerland under cyberattack 14/06/2023 at 14:18 By Helga Labus Swiss government websites are under DDoS attacks, but several ransomware gangs have also turned their sights on Swiss government organizations, cantonal governments, cities and companies in the last few months. Government sites under DDoS attacks “Several Federal Administration websites are/were inaccessible on Monday 12 June 2023,

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