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Microsoft investigates bug behind unresponsive Windows Start Menu

  • Microsoft is investigating an issue causing the Windows taskbar and Start Menu to become unresponsive and triggering Outlook and Teams login problems.

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MailChimp discloses new breach after employees got hacked

  • Email marketing firm MailChimp suffered another breach after hackers accessed an internal customer support and account administration tool, allowing the threat actors to access the data of 133 customers.

  • Bank of America
     

Bank of America starts restoring missing Zelle transactions

  • Bank of America has started to restore missing Zelle transactions that suddenly disappeared from customers' bank accounts this morning, causing some to dip into negative balances.

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Ukraine links data-wiping attack on news agency to Russian hackers

  • The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has linked a destructive malware attack targeting the country's national news agency (Ukrinform) to Sandworm Russian military hackers.

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Illegal Solaris darknet market hijacked by competitor Kraken

  • Solaris, a large darknet marketplace focused on drugs and illegal substances, has been taken over by a smaller competitor named 'Kraken,' who claims to have hacked it on January 13, 2022.

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Bitzlato crypto exchange seized for ransomware, drugs money laundering

  • The U.S. Department of Justice arrested and charged Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of the Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, with helping cybercriminals allegedly launder illegally obtained money.

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New York man defrauded thousands using credit cards sold on dark web

  • A New York resident has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud using stolen credit cards purchased on dark web cybercrime marketplaces.

  • Windows 11
     

Microsoft: Windows 11 apps might not start after system restore

  • Microsoft has acknowledged a new bug affecting some Windows 11 applications triggering launch issues and causing them to display errors after a system restore.

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  • Git
     

Git patches two critical remote code execution security flaws

  • Git has patched two critical severity security vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code after successfully exploiting heap-based buffer overflow weaknesses.

  • Google
     

Hackers push malware via Google search ads for VLC, 7-Zip, CCleaner

  • Hackers are setting up fake websites for popular free and open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements in Google search results.

  • GitHub
     

Hackers can use GitHub Codespaces to host and deliver malware

  • GitHub Codespaces, a cloud-hosted integrated development environment (IDE), has a port forwarding feature that malicious actors can abuse to host and distribute malware to unaware developers.

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  • Sophos
     

Over 4,000 Sophos Firewall devices vulnerable to RCE attacks

  • Over 4,000 Sophos Firewall devices exposed to Internet access are vulnerable to attacks targeting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.

  • Nissan
     

Nissan North America data breach caused by vendor-exposed database

  • Nissan North America has begun sending data breach notifications informing customers of a breach at a third-party service provider that exposed customer information.

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  • Zoho
     

Researchers to release PoC exploit for critical ManageEngine RCE bug, patch now

  • Proof-of-concept exploit code will be released later this week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) without authentication in several Zoho ManageEngine products.

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