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Young people’s data feared stolen in cyberattack on French government contractor
/in General NewsThe French government said an incident directly impacted an unnamed service provider used by the network of “Local Missions” — places that offer advice and support to people between the ages of 16 and 25 about work and training.
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US, Israel Describe Iranian Hackers’ Targeting of Olympics, Surveillance Cameras
/in General NewsThe US and Israel have published an advisory describing the latest activities of Iranian cyber firm Emennet Pasargad, now called Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan.
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Massive Git Config Breach Exposes 15,000 Credentials; 10,000 Private Repos Cloned
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers have flagged a “massive” campaign that targets exposed Git configurations to siphon credentials, clone private repositories, and even extract cloud credentials from the source code.
The activity, codenamed EMERALDWHALE, is estimated to have collected over 10,000 private repositories and stored in an Amazon S3 storage bucket belonging to a prior victim. The bucket,
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Microsoft Warns of Chinese Botnet Exploiting Router Flaws for Credential Theft
/in General NewsMicrosoft has revealed that a Chinese threat actor it tracks as Storm-0940 is leveraging a botnet called Quad7 to orchestrate highly evasive password spray attacks.
The tech giant has given the botnet the name CovertNetwork-1658, stating the password spray operations are used to steal credentials from multiple Microsoft customers.
“Active since at least 2021, Storm-0940 obtains initial access
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Passkeys are more popular than ever. This research explains why
/in General NewsSome 57% of people surveyed this year for a FIDO Alliance report are aware of passkeys, up from 39% just two years ago.
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Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
/in General NewsA vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse.
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Lottie-Player Supply Chain Attack Targets Cryptocurrency Wallets
/in General NewsLottieFiles has confirmed that Lottie-Player has been compromised in a supply chain attack whose goal is cryptocurrency theft.
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Microsoft Delays Windows Copilot+ Recall Release Over Privacy Concerns
/in General NewsMicrosoft is further delaying the release of its controversial Recall feature for Windows Copilot+ PCs, stating it’s taking the time to improve the experience.
The development was first reported by The Verge. The artificial intelligence-powered tool was initially slated for a preview release starting in October.
“We are committed to delivering a secure and trusted experience with Recall,” the
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Bug Bounty Platform Bugcrowd Secures $50 Million in Growth Capital
/in General NewsBugcrowd has secured $50 million in growth capital facility from Silicon Valley Bank for expansion and innovation.
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Major Security Update: Chrome Patches Critical Out-of-Bounds Vulnerability
/in General NewsNot too long ago, we discovered a critical security flaw in Firefox. This week, Chrome is addressing fixes for yet more critical vulnerabilities. Google recently patched vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, one of which was marked as critical, tracked as CVE-2024-10487. The vulnerability allowed remote attackers to perform out-of-bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.
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