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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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Microsoft warns it lost some customer's security logs for a month

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Microsoft is warning enterprise customers that, for almost a month, a bug caused critical logs to be partially lost, putting at risk companies that rely on this data to detect unauthorized activity.

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Amazon says 175 million customer now use passkeys to log in

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Amazon has seen massive adoption of passkeys since the company quietly rolled them out a year ago, announcing today that over 175 million customers use the security feature.

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New FIDO proposal lets you securely move passkeys across platforms

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The Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance has published a working draft of a new specification that aims to enable the secure transfer of passkeys between different providers.

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Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times

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Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads.

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Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum

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Cisco has confirmed that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum.

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Microsoft deprecates PPTP and L2TP VPN protocols in Windows Server

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Microsoft has officially deprecated the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) in future versions of Windows Server, recommending admins switch to different protocols that offer increased security.

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Casio confirms customer data stolen in a ransomware attack

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Casio now confirms it suffered a ransomware attack earlier this month, warning that the personal and confidential data of employees, job candidates, and some customers was also stolen.

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Fidelity Investments says data breach affects over 77,000 people

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Fidelity Investments, a Boston-based multinational financial services company, disclosed that the personal information of over 77,000 customers was exposed after its systems were breached in August.

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MoneyGram: No evidence ransomware is behind recent cyberattack

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Payment platform MoneyGram says there is no evidence that ransomware is behind a recent cyberattack that led to a five-day outage in September. 

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Highline Public Schools confirms ransomware behind shutdown

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On Thursday, K-12 school district Highline Public Schools confirmed that a ransomware attack forced it to shut down all schools in early September. 

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Google removes Kaspersky's antivirus software from Play Store

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 Over the weekend, Google removed Kaspersky's Android security apps from the Google Play store and disabled the Russian company's developer accounts.

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Outlast game development delayed after Red Barrels cyberattack

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Canadian video game developer Red Barrels is warning that the development of its Outlast games will likely be delayed after the company suffered a cyberattack impacting its internal IT systems and data. 

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Fraudsters imprisoned for scamming Apple out of 6,000 iPhones

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 Two Chinese nationals were sentenced to prison for scamming Apple out of more than $2.5 million after exchanging over 6,000 counterfeit iPhones for authentic ones.

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Microsoft Office 2024 now available for Windows and macOS users

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Microsoft has released Office 2024 for small businesses and consumers who want a standalone version without a Microsoft 365 subscription.

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CISA: Network switch RCE flaw impacts critical infrastructure

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U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA is warning about two critical vulnerabilities that allow authentication bypass and remote code execution in Optigo Networks ONS-S8 Aggregation Switch products used in critical infrastructure.

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Windows 11 KB5043145 update causes reboot loops, blue screens

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Microsoft warns that some Windows 11 systems enter reboot loops or might freeze with blue screens after installing the September 2024 KB5043145 preview update.

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Embargo ransomware escalates attacks to cloud environments

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Microsoft warns that ransomware threat actor Storm-0501 has recently switched tactics and now targets hybrid cloud environments, expanding its strategy to compromise all victim assets. 

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New RomCom malware variant 'SnipBot' spotted in data theft attacks

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A new variant of the RomCom malware called SnipBot, has been used in attacks that pivot on the network to steal data from compromised systems.

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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