Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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"UN aviation agency confirms recruitment database security breach."

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UN aviation agency confirms recruitment database security breach

  • ​The United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has confirmed that a threat actor has stolen approximately 42,000 records after hacking into its recruitment database.

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PowerSchool hack exposes student, teacher data from K-12 districts

  • Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts using its PowerSchool SIS platform.

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Casio says data of 8,500 people exposed in October ransomware attack

  • Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio says that the October 2024 ransomware incident exposed the personal data of approximately 8,500 people.

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New Mirai botnet targets industrial routers with zero-day exploits

  • A relatively new Mirai-based botnet has been growing in sophistication and is now leveraging zero-day exploits for security flaws in industrial routers and smart home devices.

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US govt launches cybersecurity safety label for smart devices

  • ​Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.

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BIOS flaws expose iSeq DNA sequencers to bootkit attacks

  • BIOS/UEFI vulnerabilities in the iSeq 100 DNA sequencer from U.S. biotechnology company Illumina could let attackers disable devices used for detecting illnesses and developing vaccines.

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CISA warns of critical Oracle, Mitel flaws exploited in attacks

  • CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against critical vulnerabilities in Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab systems that are actively exploited in attacks.

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Washington state sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach security failures

  • Washington state has sued T-Mobile over failing to secure the sensitive personal information of over 2 million Washington residents in a 2021 data breach.

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UN aviation agency investigating 'potential' security breach

  • ​On Monday, the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced it was investigating what it described as a "reported security incident."

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Telegram hands over data on thousands of users to US law enforcement

  • Telegram reveals that the communications platform has fulfilled 900 U.S. government requests, sharing the phone number or IP address information of 2,253 users with law enforcement.

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Green Bay Packers' online store hacked to steal credit cards

  • The Green Bay Packers American football team is notifying fans that a threat actor hacked its official online retail store in October and injected a card skimmer script to steal customers' personal and payment information.

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CISA says recent government hack limited to US Treasury

  • The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that the Treasury Department breach disclosed last week did not impact other federal agencies.

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Vulnerable Moxa devices expose industrial networks to attacks

  • Industrial networking and communications provider Moxa is warning of a high-severity and a critical vulnerability that impact various models of its cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances.

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Chinese hackers also breached Charter and Windstream networks

  • ​More U.S. companies have been added to the list of telecommunications firms hacked in a wave of breaches by a Chinese state-backed threat group tracked as Salt Typhoon.

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Eagerbee backdoor deployed against Middle Eastern govt orgs, ISPs

  • New variants of the Eagerbee malware framework are being deployed against government organizations and internet service providers (ISPs) in the Middle East.

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Microsoft Bing shows misleading Google-like page for 'Google' searches

  • Microsoft Bing is displaying what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for Google, making it look you are on the competing search engine.

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