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Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users

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Google's cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security.

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Microsoft SharePoint RCE bug exploited to breach corporate network

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A recently disclosed Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-38094 is being exploited to gain initial access to corporate networks.

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Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook freezes when copying text

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Microsoft is investigating a known issue that affects Microsoft 365 customers and causes classic Outlook to hang or freeze when copying text.

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Microsoft warns Azure Virtual Desktop users of black screen issues

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Microsoft warned customers they might experience up to 30 minutes of black screens when logging into Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) after installing the KB5040525 Windows 10 July 2024 preview update.

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LA housing authority confirms breach claimed by Cactus ransomware

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The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), one of the largest public housing authorities in the United States, confirmed that a cyberattack hit its IT network after recent breach claims from the Cactus ransomware gang.

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OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search Chrome extension feels like a search hijacker

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OpenAI's new "ChatGPT search" Chrome extension feels like nothing more than a typical search hijacker, changing Chrome's settings so your address bar searches go through ChatGPT Search instead.

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LastPass warns of fake support centers trying to steal customer data

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LastPass is warning about an ongoing campaign where scammers are writing reviews for its Chrome extension to promote a fake customer support phone number. However, this phone number is part of a much larger campaign to trick callers into giving scammers remote access to their computers.

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Synology hurries out patches for zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own

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Synology, a Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker, patched two critical zero-days exploited during last week's Pwn2Own hacking competition within days.

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Sophos reveals 5-year battle with Chinese hackers attacking network devices

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Sophos disclosed today a series of reports dubbed "Pacific Rim" that detail how the cybersecurity company has been sparring with Chinese threat actors for over 5 years as they increasingly targeted networking devices worldwide, including those from Sophos.

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Microsoft delays Windows Recall again, now by December

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Microsoft is again delaying the rollout of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature after announcing in August that it will be available for Insiders with Copilot+ PCs in October.

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Black Basta ransomware poses as IT support on Microsoft Teams to breach networks

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The BlackBasta ransomware operation has moved its social engineering attacks to Microsoft Teams, posing as corporate help desks contacting employees to assist them with an ongoing spam attack.

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Amazon seizes domains used in rogue Remote Desktop campaign to steal data

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Amazon has seized domains used by the Russian APT29 hacking group in targeted attacks against government and military organizations to steal Windows credentials and data using malicious Remote Desktop Protocol connection files.

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QNAP, Synology, Lexmark devices hacked on Pwn2Own Day 3

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The third day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 continued to showcase the expertise of white hat hackers as they exposed 11 zero-day vulnerabilities, adding $124,750 to the total prize pool, which now stands at $874,875.

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Henry Schein discloses data breach a year after ransomware attack

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Henry Schein has finally disclosed a data breach following at least two back-to-back cyberattacks in 2023 by the BlackCat Ransomware gang, revealing that over 160,000 people had their personal information stolen.

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Insurance admin Landmark says data breach impacts 800,000 people

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Insurance administrative services company Landmark Admin warns that a data breach impacts over 800,000 people from a May cyberattack.

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Windows 11 KB5044380 preview update lets you remap the Copilot key

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Microsoft has released the optional KB5044380 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which brings seventeen changes, including a new Gamepad keyboard and the ability to remap the Copilot keyboard key.

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Microsoft creates fake Azure tenants to pull phishers into honeypots

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Microsoft is using deceptive tactics against phishing actors by spawning realistic-looking honeypot tenants with access to Azure and lure cybercriminals in to collect intelligence about them.

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Cisco takes DevHub portal offline after hacker publishes stolen data

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Cisco confirmed today that it took its public DevHub portal offline after a threat actor leaked "non-public" data, but it continues to state that there is no evidence that its systems were breached.

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Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack

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Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web.

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Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

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The latest generations of Intel processors, including Xeon chips, and AMD's older microarchitectures on Linux are vulnerable to new speculative execution attacks that bypass existing 'Spectre' mitigations.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024