Texas city warns thousands of utility payment site breach

At least 12,000 people in Texas had sensitive financial information stolen by hackers who secretly implanted malicious code into the utility payment website of the City of Lubbock.

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Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund

Ted Schlein’s cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is raising $100 million for a new fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

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OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment 

OpenAI just co-led a $43 million Series A into deepfake defense startup Adaptive Security.

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Look, no patches! Why Chainguard OS might be the most secure Linux ever

A secure container company listens to several top Linux maintainers on how to build the most secure Linux distro possible. The result: Chainguard OS.

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Microsoft Warns of Tax-Themed Email Attacks Using PDFs and QR Codes to Deliver Malware

Microsoft is warning of several phishing campaigns that are leveraging tax-related themes to deploy malware and steal credentials.
“These campaigns notably use redirection methods such as URL shorteners and QR codes contained in malicious attachments and abuse legitimate services like file-hosting services and business profile pages to avoid detection,” Microsoft said in a report shared with The

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US, Australia, Canada warn of ‘fast flux’ scheme used by ransomware gangs

Ransomware gangs and Russian government hackers are increasingly turning to an old tactic called “fast flux” to hide the location of infrastructure used in cyberattacks.

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Hacker Claims Twilio’s SendGrid Data Breach, Selling 848,000 Records

A hacker, previously linked to the Tracelo breach, now claims to have breached Twilio’s SendGrid, leaking and selling data on 848,000 customers, including contact and company info.

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Chinese APT Pounces on Misdiagnosed RCE in Ivanti VPN Appliances 

Ivanti misdiagnoses a remote code execution vulnerability and Mandiant reports that Chinese hackers are launching in-the-wild exploits.

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This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how to remove it without one.

A simple trick can remove malicious Android spyware apps that require a password to uninstall.

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Halo ITSM Vulnerability Exposed Organizations to Remote Hacking

An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Halo ITSM could have been exploited to read, modify, or insert data.

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