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Acuity confirms hackers stole non-sensitive govt data from GitHub repos

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Acuity, a federal contractor that works with U.S. government agencies, has confirmed that hackers breached its GitHub repositories and stole documents containing old and non-sensitive data.

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Panera Bread week-long IT outage caused by ransomware attack

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Panera Bread's recent week-long outage was caused by a ransomware attack, according to people familiar with the matter and emails. 

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Visa warns of new JSOutProx malware variant targeting financial orgs

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Visa is warning about a spike in detections for a new version of the JsOutProx malware targeting financial institutions and their customers.

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US cancer center data breach exposes info of 827,000 patients

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Cancer treatment and research center City of Hope is warning that a data breach exposed the sensitive information of over 820,000 patients. 

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TA558 phishing campaign

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Threat update

 The threat actor TA558 is conducting a phishing campaign targeting various sectors in Latin America, intending to deploy the remote access tool known as Venom RAT. LBT Technology Group encourages organizations to follow the recommendations detailed in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to mitigate the potential risk of this campaign.

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GitHub supply chain attack

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Malicious actors have launched a software supply chain attack targeting developers on the GitHub platform. LBT Technology Group, LLC. recommends taking proactive measures detailed in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to mitigate the risk. 

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AWS 'FlowFixation' vulnerabiltiy

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The AWS "FlowFixation" vulnerability, while patched in September 2023, may still pose account hijacking risks within its Amazon Managed Workflows Apache Airflow (MWAA) service. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn the impact and security measures to mitigate risks associated with this vulnerability. 

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New vulnerability in Apple M-chip

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A new security exploit, GoFetch, was found in Apple's M-chip architecture. It takes advantage of data memory-dependent prefetchers (DMPs) and could use the device as a new attack vector. Continue reading to learn how you can mitigate the risks associated with this threat.
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AT&T confirms data for 73 million customers leaked on hacker forum

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AT&T has finally confirmed it is impacted by a data breach affecting 73 million current and former customers after initially denying the leaked data originated from them.

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Vultur banking malware for Android poses as McAfee Security app

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Security researchers found a new version of the Vultur banking trojan for Android that includes more advanced remote control capabilities and an improved evasion mechanism.

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Retail chain Hot Topic hit by new credential stuffing attacks

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American retailer Hot Topic disclosed that two waves of credential stuffing attacks in November exposed affected customers' personal information and partial payment data.

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Cisco warns of password-spraying attacks targeting VPN services

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Cisco has shared a set of recommendations for customers to mitigate password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services configured on Cisco Secure Firewall devices.

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StrelaStealer malware targets organizations

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A new email threat, StrelaStealer malware, is targeting European and United States organizations. It spreads through phishing emails with attachments that execute its dynamic-link library (DLL) payload designed to steal email login data. This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory reviews the threat in detail and provides recommendations on how organizations can mitigate their risks. 

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New Darcula phishing service targets iPhone users via iMessage

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A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) named 'Darcula' uses 20,000 domains to spoof brands and steal credentials from Android and iPhone users in more than 100 countries. 

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CISA tags Microsoft SharePoint RCE bug as actively exploited

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CISA warns that attackers are now exploiting a Microsoft SharePoint code injection vulnerability that can be chained with a critical privilege escalation flaw for pre-auth remote code execution attacks.

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Active exploitation of Microsoft vulnerability

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Microsoft announced that a recently disclosed security flaw had been exploited just one day after it released fixes for the vulnerability. CVE-2024-21410, an Exchange Server vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows threat actors to escalate privileges of the affected Exchange Server.

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New GoFetch attack on Apple Silicon CPUs can steal crypto keys

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A new side-channel attack called "GoFetch" impacts Apple M1, M2, and M3 processors and can be used to steal secret cryptographic keys from data in the CPU's cache.

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Evasive Sign1 malware campaign infects 39,000 WordPress sites

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A previously unknown malware campaign called Sign1 has infected over 39,000 websites over the past six months, causing visitors to see unwanted redirects and popup ads.

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Exploit released for Fortinet RCE bug used in attacks, patch now

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Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software, which is now actively exploited in attacks.

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Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux hacked at Pwn2Own Vancouver

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On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants demoed 19 zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Tesla, Ubuntu Linux and other devices and software to win $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 car.

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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