IT Security News
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed.
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Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk.
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Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning
CISA is warning that Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS is under active attack and needs to be patched ASAP.
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Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers
Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels.
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iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days
Separate fixes to macOS and iOS patch respective flaws in the kernel and WebKit that can allow threat actors to take over devices and are under attack.
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PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal
Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. The missives -- which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction -- state that the user's account is about to be charged hundreds of dollars. Recipients who call the supplied toll-free number to contest the transaction are soon asked to download software that lets the scammers assume remote control over their computer.
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Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year
An insufficient validation input flaw, one of 11 patched in an update this week, could allow for arbitrary code execution and is under active attack.
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APT Lazarus Targets Engineers with macOS Malware
The North Korean APT is using a fake job posting for Coinbase in a cyberespionage campaign targeting users of both Apple and Intel-based systems.
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When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire
Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation. The administrator responded to this empty threat by purchasing the stolen banking data and leaking it on the forum for everyone to download.
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U.K. Water Supplier Hit with Clop Ransomware Attack
The incident disrupted corporate IT systems at one company while attackers misidentified the victim in a post on its website that leaked stolen data.
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