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"New Latrodectas Malware replaces IceID in network breaches."

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New Latrodectus malware replaces IcedID in network breaches

  • A relatively new malware called Latrodectus is believed to be an evolution of the IcedID loader, seen in malicious email campaigns since November 2023.

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Visa warns of new JSOutProx malware variant targeting financial orgs

  • 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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Microsoft fixes Outlook security alerts bug caused by December updates

  • Microsoft has fixed an issue that triggers erroneous Outlook security alerts when opening .ICS calendar files after installing the December 2023 Outlook Desktop security updates

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  • Hoya
     

Hoya’s optics production and orders disrupted by cyberattack

  • Hoya Corporation, one of the largest global manufacturers of optical products, says a "system failure" caused servers at some of its production plants and business divisions to go offline on Saturday.

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

  • 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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New HTTP/2 DoS attack can crash web servers with a single connection

  • Newly discovered HTTP/2 protocol vulnerabilities called "CONTINUATION Flood" can lead to denial of service (DoS) attacks, crashing web servers with a single TCP connection in some implementations.

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  • Microsoft
     

Microsoft still unsure how hackers stole MSA key in 2023 Exchange attack

  • The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has released a scathing report on how Microsoft handled its 2023 Exchange Online attack, warning that the company needs to do better at securing data and be more truthful about how threat actors stole an Azure signing key.

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SurveyLama data breach exposes info of 4.4 million users

  • Data breach alerting service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) warns that SurveyLama suffered a data breach in February 2024, which exposed the sensitive data of 4.4 million users.

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Omni Hotels confirms cyberattack behind ongoing IT outage

  • Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed a cyberattack caused a nationwide IT outage that is still affecting its locations.

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Hosting firm's VMware ESXi servers hit by new SEXi ransomware

  • Chilean data center and hosting provider IxMetro Powerhost has suffered a cyberattack at the hands of a new ransomware gang known as SEXi, which encrypted the company's VMware ESXi servers and backups.

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Jackson County in state of emergency after ransomware attack

  • Jackson County, Missouri, is in a state of emergency after a ransomware attack took down some county services on Tuesday.

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US State Department investigates alleged theft of government data

  • The U.S. Department of State is investigating claims of a cyber incident after a threat actor leaked documents allegedly stolen from a government contractor.

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Critical flaw in LayerSlider WordPress plugin impacts 1 million sites

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Ivanti fixes VPN gateway vulnerability allowing RCE, DoS attacks

  • IT security software company Ivanti has released patches to fix multiple security vulnerabilities impacting its Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways.

  • Google Chrome
     

Google fixes one more Chrome zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own

  • Google has fixed another zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, which was exploited by security researchers during the Pwn2Own hacking contest last month.

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