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Automattic blocks WP Engine’s access to WordPress resources

  • WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources and stopped delivering plugin updates to websites hosted on the platform, urging impacted users to choose other hosting providers.

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    Security, CryptoCurrency

Fake WalletConnect app on Google Play steals Android users’ crypto

  • A crypto draining app mimicking the legitimate 'WalletConnect' project has been distributed over Google Play for five months getting more than 10,000 downloads.

  • Aruba Networks
     
    Security

HPE Aruba Networking fixes critical flaws impacting Access Points

  • HPE Aruba Networking has fixed three critical vulnerabilities in the Command Line Interface (CLI) service of its Aruba Access Points, which could let unauthenticated attackers gain remote code execution on vulnerable devices.

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  • Mozilla
     
    Technology

Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent

  • European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox privacy feature (enabled without consent) to track users' online behavior.

  • Facebook
     
    Technology

Meta halts routing via Deutsche Telekom over €20M peering fee

  • Meta announced that it's ending its direct peering relationship with Deutsche Telekom following a court's ruling earlier this year that would oblige the tech firm to pay the telecom €20,000,000 to continue using its network.

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  • Android
     
    Security, Google

Google sees 68% drop in Android memory safety flaws over 5 years

  • The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in 2024, representing a massive decrease of over 68% in five years.

  • CISA
     
    Security

CISA: Hackers target industrial systems using “unsophisticated methods”

  • ​CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using "unsophisticated" methods like brute force attacks and default credentials.

  • Winamp
     
    Software

Winamp releases source code, asks for help modernizing the player

  • The iconic Winamp media player has fulfilled a promise made in May to go open-source and has now published its complete source code on GitHub.

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  • Windows
     
    Microsoft

Windows 10 KB5043131 update released with 9 changes and fixes

  • ​​Microsoft has released the September 2024 non-security preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2, with fixes for bugs causing Edge web browser freezes and media playback issues.

  • Canada cars
     
    Security

AutoCanada says ransomware attack "may" impact employee data

  • AutoCanada is warning that employee data may have been exposed in an August cyberattack claimed by the Hunters International ransomware gang.

  • Water plant hacker
     
    Security

Kansas water plant cyberattack forces switch to manual operations

  • Arkansas City, a small city in Cowley County, Kansas, was forced to switch its water treatment facility to manual operations over the weekend to contain a cyberattack detected on Sunday morning.

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    Healthcare, Government, Security

U.S. govt agency CMS says data breach impacted 3.1 million people

  • The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal agency announced earlier this month that health and personal information of more than three million health plan beneficiaries was exposed in the MOVEit attacks Cl0p ransomware conducted last year.

  • Google Chrome
     
    Security, Google

Infostealer malware bypasses Chrome’s new cookie-theft defenses

  • Infostealer malware developers released updates claiming to bypass Google Chrome's recently introduced feature App-Bound Encryption to protect sensitive data such as cookies.

  • Ivanti
     
    Security

Critical Ivanti vTM auth bypass bug now exploited in attacks

  • CISA has tagged another critical Ivanti security vulnerability, which can let threat actors create rogue admin users on vulnerable Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances, as actively exploited in attacks.

  • Robot Programmer
     
    Security, Artificial Intelligence

Hackers deploy AI-written malware in targeted attacks

  • While cybercriminals have used generative AI technology to create convincing emails, government agencies have warned about the potential abuse of AI tools to creating malicious software, despite the safeguards and restrictions that vendors implemented.

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