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Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes

• TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online megastore.

  • LAWRENCE ABRAMS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
   
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  SECURITY

New stealthy and modular Deadglyph malware used in govt attacks

• A novel and sophisticated backdoor malware named 'Deadglyph' was seen used in a cyberespionage attack against a government agency in the Middle East.

  • BILL TOULAS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
   
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  SECURITY

Evasive Gelsemium hackers spotted in attack against Asian govt

• A stealthy advanced persistent threat (APT) tracked as Gelsemium was observed in attacks targeting a Southeast Asian government that spanned six months between 2022 and 2023.

  • BILL TOULAS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
   
  • 11:09 AM
   
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  SECURITY, EDUCATION

National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacts 890 schools

• U.S. educational nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse has disclosed a data breach affecting 890 schools using its services across the United States.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
   
  • 10:04 AM
   
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  SECURITY

Air Canada discloses data breach of employee and 'certain records'

• Air Canada, the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, disclosed a cyber security incident this week in which hackers "briefly" obtained limited access to its internal systems. The incident resulted in the theft of a limited amount of personal information of some of its employees and "certain records."

  • AX SHARMA
   
  • SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
   
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  SECURITY

Dallas says Royal ransomware breached its network using stolen account

• The City of Dallas, Texas, said this week that the Royal ransomware attack that forced it to shut down all IT systems in May started with a stolen account.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
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  SECURITY, LEGAL

Nigerian man pleads guilty to attempted $6 million BEC email heist

• Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a 29-year-old Nigerian national extradited from Canada to the United States last April, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC).

  • BILL TOULAS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
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  SECURITY, APPLE, GOOGLE

Recently patched Apple, Chrome zero-days exploited in spyware attacks

• Security researchers with the Citizen Lab and Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed today that three zero-days patched by Apple on Thursday were abused as part of an exploit chain to install Cytrox's Predator spyware.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
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  SECURITY

Government of Bermuda links cyberattack to Russian hackers

• The Government of British overseas territory Bermuda has linked a cyberattack affecting all its departments' IT systems since Thursday to hackers based out of Russia.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
  • 01:30 PM
   
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  SECURITY, CRYPTOCURRENCY

Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach

• Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at its authentication provider.

  • BILL TOULAS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
  • 01:22 PM
   
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  SECURITY

T-Mobile denies new data breach rumors, points to authorized retailer

• T-Mobile has denied suffering another data breach following Thursday night reports that a threat actor leaked a large database allegedly containing T-Mobile employees' data.

  • LAWRENCE ABRAMS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
  • 11:05 AM
   
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  SECURITY

Hotel hackers redirect guests to fake Booking.com to steal cards

• Security researchers discovered a multi-step information stealing campaign where hackers breach the systems of hotels, booking sites, and travel agencies and then use their access to go after financial data belonging to customers.

  • IONUT ILASCU
   
  • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
   
  • 07:41 AM
   
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  SECURITY

‘Sandman’ hackers backdoor telcos with new LuaDream malware

• A previously unknown threat actor dubbed 'Sandman' targets telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and South Asia, using a modular info-stealing malware named 'LuaDream.'

  • BILL TOULAS
   
  • SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
   
  • 03:50 PM
   
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  SECURITY

GitHub passkeys generally available for passwordless sign-ins

• GitHub has made passkeys generally available across the platform today to secure accounts against phishing and allow passwordless logins for all users.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
   
  • 02:59 PM
   
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  APPLE, SECURITY

Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks

• Apple released emergency security updates to patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users, for a total of 16 zero-days patched this year.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
   
  • 01:57 PM
   
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  MICROSOFT

Microsoft Copilot rolls out with Windows 11 22H2 update next week

• Microsoft will start rolling out its Copilot digital assistant to all customers next week, on September 26th, together with a host of new AI-powered capabilities as part of a new Windows 11 22H2 update.

  • SERGIU GATLAN
   
  • SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
   
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