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T-Mobile denies it was hacked, links leaked data to vendor breach

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T-Mobile has denied it was breached or that source code was stolen after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen data from the telecommunications company.


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Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts

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Microsoft has announced new cybersecurity enhancements for Outlook personal email accounts as part of its 'Secure Future Initiative,' including the deprecation of basic authentication (username + password) by September 16, 2024.

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CISA warns of Windows bug exploited in ransomware attacks

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity Windows vulnerability abused in ransomware attacks as a zero-day to its catalog of actively exploited security bugs.

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Insurance giant Globe Life investigating web portal breach

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 American financial services holding company Globe Life says attackers may have accessed consumer and policyholder data after breaching one of its web portals.

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Microsoft delays Windows Recall amid privacy and security concerns

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 Microsoft is delaying the release of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to test and secure it further before releasing it in a public preview on Copilot+ PCs.

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New York Times source code stolen using exposed GitHub token

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 Internal source code and data belonging to The New York Times was leaked on the 4chan message board after being stolen from the company's GitHub repositories in January 2024, The Times confirmed.

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LastPass says 12-hour outage caused by bad Chrome extension update

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LastPass says its almost 12-hour outage yesterday was caused by a bad update to its Google Chrome extension.

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Apple to unveil new 'Passwords' password manager app for iPhones, Macs

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Apple will reportedly unveil a standalone password manager named 'Passwords' as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 during the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.

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Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats

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Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that their information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation.

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FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out

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 The FBI urges past victims of LockBit ransomware attacks to come forward after revealing that it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that they can use to recover encrypted data for free.

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Advance Auto Parts stolen data for sale after Snowflake attack

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Threat actors claim to be selling 3TB of data from Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, stolen after breaching the company's Snowflake account.

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Check-in terminals used by thousands of hotels leak guest info

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Ariane Systems self check-in systems installed at thousands of hotels worldwide are vulnerable to a kiosk mode bypass flaw that could allow access to guests' personal information and the keys for other rooms.

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Arc browser’s Windows launch targeted by Google ads malvertising

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A new Google Ads malvertising campaign, coinciding with the launch of the Arc web browser for Windows, was tricking people into downloading trojanized installers that infect them with malware payloads. 

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Microsoft: Windows 24H2 will remove Cortana and WordPad apps

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Microsoft says the Cortana, Tips, and WordPad applications will be automatically removed on systems upgraded to the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 release.

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Microsoft Copilot fixed worldwide after 24 hour outage

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After over a 24-hour outage, Microsoft's Bing, Copilot, and Copilot in Windows services are back online worldwide, with no information released as to what caused the problem.

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Cencora data breach exposes US patient info from 11 drug companies

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Some of the largest drug companies in the world have disclosed data breaches due to a February 2024 cyberattack at Cencora, whom they partner with for pharmaceutical and business services.

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Apple wasn’t storing deleted iOS photos in iCloud after all

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Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple's recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or even years ago was caused by an iOS bug and not an issue with iCloud.

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Microsoft to start killing off VBScript in second half of 2024

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Microsoft announced today that it will start deprecating VBScript in the second half of 2024 by making it an on-demand feature until it's completely removed.

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CISA warns of hackers exploiting Chrome, EoL D-Link bugs

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The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three security vulnerabilities to its 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities' catalog, one impacting Google Chrome and two affecting some D-Link routers.

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Microsoft to start enforcing Azure multi-factor authentication in July

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Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024