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"Microsoft to force install of new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February."

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Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net).

Microsoft to force install new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February

  • Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month's security update.

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Fake CrowdStrike job offer emails target devs with crypto miners

  • CrowdStrike is warning that a phishing campaign is impersonating the cybersecurity company in fake job offer emails to trick targets into infecting themselves with a Monero cryptocurrency miner (XMRig).

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Largest US addiction treatment provider notifies patients of data breach

  • ​BayMark Health Services, North America's largest provider of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services, is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that attackers stole their personal and health information in a September 2024 breach.

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Turn your phone into a portable office with this iScanner deal

  • Whatever it is, iScanner has your back. This number-one scanning app turns your phone into a portable document wizard, and right now, you can grab a lifetime subscription for just $27.99 when you use the code FESTIVE30 at checkout.

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Banshee stealer evades detection using Apple XProtect encryption algo

  • A new version of the Banshee info-stealing malware for macOS has been evading detection over the past two months by adopting string encryption from Apple's XProtect.

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Microsoft fixes OneDrive bug causing macOS app freezes

  • ​Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing macOS applications to freeze when opening or saving files in OneDrive.

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Proton Mail still down as Proton recovers from worldwide outage

  • Privacy firm Proton suffered a massive worldwide outage today, taking down most services, with Proton Mail and Calendar users still unable to connect to their accounts.

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MirrorFace hackers targeting Japanese govt, politicians since 2019

  • The National Police Agency (NPA) and the Cabinet Cyber Security Center in Japan have linked a cyber-espionage campaign targeting the country to the Chinese state-backed "MirrorFace" hacking group.

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US Treasury hack linked to Silk Typhoon Chinese state hackers

  • ​Chinese state-backed hackers, tracked as Silk Typhoon, have been linked to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) hack in early December.

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Ivanti zero-day attacks infected devices with custom malware

  • Hackers exploiting the critical Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day vulnerability disclosed yesterday installed on compromised VPN appliances new malware called 'Dryhook' and 'Phasejam' that is not currently associated with any threat group.

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Criminal IP: Bringing Real-Time Phishing Detection to Microsoft Outlook

  • AI SPERA announced today that it launched its Criminal IP Malicious Link Detector add-in on the Microsoft Marketplace. Learn more about how this tool provides real-time phishing email detection and URL blocking for Microsoft Outlook.

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Microsoft fixes bug causing Outlook to freeze when copying text

  • Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing the classic Outlook email client to stop responding when copying text with the CTRL+C keyboard shortcut.

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Trade in your VPN subscription for a DPN you only pay for once

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Unpatched critical flaws impact Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin

  • Premium WordPress plugin Fancy Product Designer from Radykal is vulnerable to two critical severity flaws that remain unfixed in the current latest version.

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Ivanti warns of new Connect Secure flaw used in zero-day attacks

  • Ivanti is warning that a new Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0282 was exploited in zero-day attacks to install malware on appliances.

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Russian ISP confirms Ukrainian hackers "destroyed" its network

  • Russian internet service provider Nodex confirmed on Tuesday that its network was "destroyed" in a cyberattack claimed by Ukrainian hacktivists part of the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance

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SonicWall urges admins to patch exploitable SSLVPN bug immediately

  • SonicWall is emailing customers urging them to upgrade their firewall's SonicOS firmware to patch an authentication bypass vulnerability in SSL VPN and SSH management that is "susceptible to actual exploitation."

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Hackers exploit KerioControl firewall flaw to steal admin CSRF tokens

  • Hackers are trying to exploit CVE-2024-52875, a critical CRLF injection vulnerability that leads to 1-click remote code execution (RCE) attacks in GFI KerioControl firewall product.

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Over 4,000 backdoors hijacked by registering expired domains

  • Over 4,000 abandoned but still active web backdoors were hijacked and their communication infrastructure sinkholed after researchers registered expired domains used for commanding them.

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