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FBI tells public to ignore false claims of hacked voter data

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are alerting the public of false claims that the U.S. voter registration data has been compromised in cyberattacks.

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Malware locks browser in kiosk mode to steal Google credentials

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A malware campaign uses the unusual method of locking users in their browser's kiosk mode to annoy them into entering their Google credentials, which are then stolen by information-stealing malware.

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Port of Seattle hit by Rhysida ransomware in August attack

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Port of Seattle, the United States government agency overseeing Seattle's seaport and airport, confirmed on Friday that the Rhysida ransomware operation was behind a cyberattack impacting its systems over the last three weeks.

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RansomHub claims Kawasaki cyberattack, threatens to leak stolen data

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Kawasaki Motors Europe has announced that its recovering from a cyberattack that caused service disruptions as the RansomHub ransomware gang threatens to leak stolen data.

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FBI: Reported cryptocurrency losses reached $5.6 billion in 2023

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The FBI says that 2023 was a record year for cryptocurrency fraud, with total losses exceeding $5.6 billion, based on nearly 70,000 reports received through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

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Fortinet confirms data breach after hacker claims to steal 440GB of files

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Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company's Microsoft SharePoint server.

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Fake password manager coding test used to hack Python developers

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Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware.

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Adobe fixes Acrobat Reader zero-day with public PoC exploit

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A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader after a fix was released yesterday for a remote code execution zero-day with a public in-the-wild proof-of-concept exploit.

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Veeam Backup security flaws

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Threat update

There were recently six vulnerabilities discovered in Veeam Backup and Replication. One of them is an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), while the other five include authenticated RCE, arbitrary file deletion, low-privileged multi-factor authentication (MFA) setting modification and MFA bypass, credential sniffing, and privilege escalation. Review the details in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to limit customers' impact.

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Ivanti fixes maximum severity RCE bug in Endpoint Management software

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Ivanti has fixed a maximum severity vulnerability in its Endpoint Management software (EPM) that can let unauthenticated attackers gain remote code execution on the core server.

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Progress LoadMaster vulnerable to 10/10 severity RCE flaw

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Progress Software has issued an emergency fix for a maximum (10/10) severity vulnerability impacting its LoadMaster and LoadMaster Multi-Tenant (MT) Hypervisor products that allows attackers to remotely execute commands on the device.

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New RAMBO attack steals data using RAM in air-gapped computers

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 A novel side-channel attack dubbed "RAMBO" (Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense) generates electromagnetic radiation from a device's RAM to send data from air-gapped computers.

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Car rental giant Avis discloses data breach impacting customers

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American car rental giant Avis notified customers that unknown attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole some of their personal information.

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Microsoft Office 2024 to disable ActiveX controls by default

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 After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps.

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SpyAgent Android malware steals your crypto recovery phrases from images

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A new Android malware named SpyAgent uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from screenshots stored on the mobile device.

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SonicWall SSLVPN access control flaw is now exploited in attacks

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SonicWall is warning that a recently fixed access control flaw tracked as CVE-2024-40766 in SonicOS is now "potentially" exploited in attacks, urging admins to apply patches as soon as possible.

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Apache fixes critical OFBiz remote code execution vulnerability

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Apache has fixed a critical security vulnerability in its open-source OFBiz (Open For Business) software, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Linux and Windows servers.

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LiteSpeed Cache bug exposes 6 million WordPress sites to takeover attacks

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Yet, another critical severity vulnerability has been discovered in LiteSpeed Cache, a caching plugin for speeding up user browsing in over 6 million WordPress sites.

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Veeam warns of critical RCE flaw in Backup & Replication software

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Veeam has released security updates for several of its products as part of a single September 2024 security bulletin that addresses 18 high and critical severity flaws in Veeam Backup & Replication, Service Provider Console, and One.

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Hacker trap: Fake OnlyFans tool backstabs cybercriminals, steals passwords

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Hackers are targeting other hackers with a fake OnlyFans tool that claims to help steal accounts but instead infects threat actors with the Lumma stealer information-stealing malware.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024