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The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2023

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2023 was a big year for cybersecurity, with significant cyberattacks, data breaches, new threat groups emerging, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. 

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EasyPark discloses data breach that may impact millions of users

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Parking app developer EasyPark has published a notice on its website warning of a data breach it discovered on December 10, 2023, which impacts an unknown number of its millions of users. 

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Blockchain dev's wallet emptied in "job interview" using npm package

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A blockchain developer shares his ordeal over the holidays when he was approached on LinkedIn by a "recruiter" for a web development job. 

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Mortgage firm LoanCare warns 1.3 million people of data breach

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Mortgage servicing company LoanCare is warning 1,316,938 borrowers across the U.S. that their sensitive information was exposed in a data breach at its parent company, Fidelity National Financial. 

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iPhone Triangulation attack abused undocumented hardware feature

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 The Operation Triangulation spyware attacks targeting iPhone devices since 2019 leveraged undocumented features in Apple chips to bypass hardware-based security protections.

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Ex-Amazon engineer pleads guilty to hacking crypto exchanges

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Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022.

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CISA urges tech manufacturers to stop using default passwords

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Today, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged technology manufacturers to stop providing software and devices with default passwords. 

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Kraft Heinz investigates hack claims, says systems ‘operating normally’

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Kraft Heinz has confirmed that their systems are operating normally and that there is no evidence they were breached after an extortion group listed them on a data leak site. 

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New NKAbuse malware abuses NKN blockchain for stealthy comms

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A new Go-based multi-platform malware identified as 'NKAbuse' is the first malware abusing NKN (New Kind of Network) technology for data exchange, making it a stealthy threat. 

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Microsoft to let Windows 10 home users buy Extended Security Updates

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Microsoft says that all Windows 10 customers (including home users) will be able to pay for three extra years of security updates through the company's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program after the end of support (EOS) date. 

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Hackers breach US govt agencies using Adobe ColdFusion exploit

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning about hackers actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion identified as CVE-2023-26360 to gain initial access to government servers. 

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SpyLoan Android malware on Google Play downloaded 12 million times

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More than a dozen malicious loan apps, which are generically named SpyLoan, have been downloaded more than 12 million times this year from Google Play but the count is much larger since they are also available on third-party stores and suspicious websites.

 

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Over 20,000 vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed to attacks

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Tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange email servers in Europe, the U.S., and Asia exposed on the public internet are vulnerable to remote code execution flaws. 

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US Health Dept urges hospitals to patch critical Citrix Bleed bug

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned hospitals this week to patch the critical 'Citrix Bleed' Netscaler vulnerability actively exploited in attacks. 

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Windows 10 KB5032278 update adds Copilot AI assistant, fixes 13 bugs

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Microsoft has started rolling out its Copilot AI assistant to Windows 10 with the KB5032278 November 2023 non-security preview update for systems running Windows 10, version 22H2. 

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Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days in emergency updates

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Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, reaching 20 zero-days patched since the start of the year. 

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LogoFAIL attack can install UEFI bootkits through bootup logos

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Multiple security vulnerabilities collectively named LogoFAIL affect image-parsing components in the UEFI code from various vendors. Researchers warn that they could be exploited to hijack the execution flow of the booting process and to deliver bootkits. 

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Microsoft starts testing new Windows 11 Energy Saver feature

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Microsoft has started testing a new Windows 11 Energy Saver feature that helps customers extend their portable computers' battery life. 

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US seizes Sinbad crypto mixer used by North Korean Lazarus hackers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the Sinbad cryptocurrency mixing service for its use as a money-laundering tool by the North Korean Lazarus hacking group. 

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Google Chrome emergency update fixes 6th zero-day exploited in 2023

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Google has fixed the sixth Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks. 

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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FINANCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024