UK Royal Family, Prime Minister Deepfakes Make Rounds on Meta

According to the researchers, roughly 250 fake advertisements appeared on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, and some are reportedly still up and running.

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GitHub Attack Vector Cracks Open Google, Microsoft, AWS Projects

Cloud services and thus millions of end users who access them could have been affected by the poisoning of artifacts in the development workflow of open source projects.

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Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable

Security researchers say they’ve extracted digital management keys from select electronic lockers and revealed how they could be cloned.

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Tesserent Offers Mental Health Tips for Australian CISOs

Cybersecurity professionals are experiencing high levels of stress, which can have both business and personal implications. Here’s how they can improve their mental health.

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Unconfirmed Hack of 2.9 Billion Records at National Public Data Sparks Media Frenzy Amid Lawsuits

National Public Data (NPD) is at the center of controversy with allegations of a massive data breach involving 2.9 billion records. Despite media coverage and a class action lawsuit, verifiable proof remains scarce

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Azure Health Bot Service Vulnerabilities Possibly Exposed Sensitive Data

Azure Health Bot Service vulnerabilities found by Tenable could have been exploited for lateral movement and may have allowed customer data exposure. 

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Cybercriminal Leader ‘J.P.Morgan’ Busted for Pioneering RaaS Model

Maksim Silnikau and his associates are accused of developing and distributing notorious ransomware strains such as Reveton and Ransom Cartel, amongst other criminal acts.

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Prolific Malvertising Scammer Arrested and Extradited to US to Face Charges

Maxim Silnikau, a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercriminal dubbed one of the most prolific Russian-speaking hackers by the UK’s NCA, has been arrested in Spain and extradited to the US.

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Unlocking the Front Door: Phishing Emails Remain a Top Cyber Threat Despite MFA

SecurityWeek spoke with Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security, to understand what the company has learned about current social engineering and phishing attacks.

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Update: New Windows SmartScreen Bypass Exploited as Zero-Day Since March

A security loophole in Windows SmartScreen, known as CVE-2024-38213, was exploited by attackers as a zero-day to bypass protection. Microsoft patched this vulnerability during the June 2024 Patch Tuesday.

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