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 "Malicious PyPi packages create CloudFlare Tunnels to bypass firewalls."

Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cybercrime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 08 January 2023, 1432 UTC.  Content provided by "Bleepingcomputer.com."

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Malicious PyPi packages create CloudFlare Tunnels to bypass firewalls

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Chick-fil-A investigates reports of hacked customer accounts

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Air France and KLM notify customers of account hacks

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VSCode Marketplace can be abused to host malicious extensions

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FCC wants telecom carriers to report data breaches faster

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Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default

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Microsoft shares temporary fix for ODBC database connection issues

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Rackspace: Customer email data accessed in ransomware attack

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WhatsApp adds proxy support to help bypass Internet blocks

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SpyNote Android malware infections surge after source code leak

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Hackers use CAPTCHA bypass to make 20K GitHub accounts in a month

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