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U.S. seized $8.2 million in crypto linked to 'Romance Baiting' scams

  • The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized over $8.2 million worth of USDT (Tether) cryptocurrency that was stolen via 'romance baiting' scams.

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Retail giant Sam’s Club investigates Clop ransomware breach claims

  • ​Sam's Club, an American warehouse supermarket chain owned by U.S. retail giant Walmart, is investigating claims of a Clop ransomware breach.

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OpenAI now pays researchers $100,000 for critical vulnerabilities

  • Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has announced a fivefold increase in the maximum bug bounty rewards for "exceptional and differentiated" critical security vulnerabilities from $20,000 to $100,000.

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Phishing-as-a-service operation uses DNS-over-HTTPS for evasion

  • A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation that researchers call Morphing Meerkat, has been using the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol to evade detection.

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Microsoft fixes button that restores classic Outlook client

  • Microsoft resolved an issue that caused the new Outlook email client to crash when users clicked a button designed to switch back to classic Outlook.

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New Ubuntu Linux security bypasses require manual mitigations

  • Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux's unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components.

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Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals

  • A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers.

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Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop issues caused by Windows updates

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Hijacked Microsoft web domain injects spam into SharePoint servers

  • The legacy domain for Microsoft Stream was hijacked to show a fake Amazon site promoting a Thailand casino, causing all SharePoint sites with old embedded videos to display it as spam.

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Infostealer campaign compromises 10 npm packages, targets devs

  • Ten npm packages were suddenly updated with malicious code yesterday to steal environment variables and other sensitive data from developers' systems.

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Chinese FamousSparrow hackers deploy upgraded malware in attacks

  • A China-linked cyberespionage group known as 'FamousSparrow' was observed using a new modular version of its signature backdoor 'SparrowDoor' against a US-based trade organization.

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Windows 11 KB5053656 update released with 38 changes and fixes

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Microsoft: New Windows scheduled task will launch Office apps faster

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The 4 WordPress flaws hackers targeted the most in Q1 2025

  • A new report sheds light on the most targeted WordPress plugin vulnerabilities hackers used in the first quarter of 2025 to compromise sites.

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Mozilla warns Windows users of critical Firefox sandbox escape flaw

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WhatsApp's Meta AI is now rolling out in Europe, and it can't be turned off

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