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Estee Lauder joins Mary Kay on MOVEit victim list
Estee Lauder announces its business operations have been impacted by an unauthorized party, making it the second cosmetics company to be claimed by the Cl0p ransom gang in the MOVEit attacks. Mary Kay Cosmetics was named by the hackers last week.
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Reddit faces its first “banned content” fine in Russia
Reddit, a popular social media network, joins a lengthy list of companies fined for not deleting content Moscow sees as discrediting the Russian army.
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Google’s VirusTotal leaks user details – media
VirusTotal, a popular malware detection service owned by Google, leaked the names and email addresses of 5,600 users, including employees of the US Department of Justice, NSA, FBI, and others, Der Standard reports.
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Typo directs millions of US military emails to Mali by mistake
Millions of US military emails have mistakenly ended up in Mali – a country more friendly to Russia. A persistent typing error is to blame.
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TJ Maxx parent company named in MOVEit hack
TJX, the American multinational corporation of discount brand department stores, confirmed to Cybernews that it has joined the hundreds of victims impacted by the MOVEit ransom attack spree.
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TomTom, Pioneer Electronics, Autozone latest to navigate MOVEit attacks
Global mapping and location giant TomTom confirms to Cybernews the technology firm is proactively navigating any impact resulting from the MOVEit file transfer system attacks. Pioneer Electronics and Autozone have also been named.
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BreachForum’s owner pleads guilty to possessing videos of minors
BreachForum’s owner, Conor Fitzpatrick, better known by his alias Pompompurin, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
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Honeywell confirms impact by MOVEit hacks
American advanced technology conglomerate Honeywell International confirms some sensitive company data has been compromised as part of the MOVEit attack spree.
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Crowe accounting firm confirms MOVEit impact limited
Global accounting firm Crowe confirms to Cybernews it is the latest financial services company to be caught up in the Cl0p MOVEit breach.
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The last Russian hacker kick at the NATO summit: a questionable data leak
Given that the alleged leak occurred after the summit ended, it poses no threat to NATO leaders, who just took off from Vilnius.
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Breach of death auditor PBI exposes details of 370,000 people
Pension Benefit Information (PBI), a US-based population management solutions provider, discovered another MOVEit Transfer related breach that exposed its users.
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Apple pulls spyware patch, security analysts baffled
Apple has silently dropped its recent emergency spyware patch, putting cybersecurity analysts who jumped to endorse it in an awkward position and leaving the community scratching its head as to what the tech giant is up to.
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HCA data breach: hacker stole information of 11M patients
HCA, a Nashville-based healthcare network of 180 hospitals and more than 2300 ambulatory sites, in both the UK and the US, confirmed sensitive patient information was leaked during a recent cyber attack – and is now up for sale on the dark web.
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AO3 fanfiction site shut down and extorted by Anonymous Sudan
Archive of Our Own (AO3), a popular fanfiction website, was shut down by the pro-Russian Anonymous Sudan group. The attackers are demanding a ransom payment to end the attack.
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John Hopkins confirms MOVEit breach
Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System have confirmed that their systems were affected by a “broad-based cybersecurity attack.”
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Apple users urged to install zero-day patch amid fresh spyware fears
The tech giant has issued its second rapid response emergency patch for zero-day exploits, this one for iPads, iPhones, and Macs.
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Phishing fears as fake Threads websites multiply
Threads already has more than 100 million downloads, since Meta launched the app as a rival to Twitter earlier this month. But crooks are also seeking to cash in by mimicking the new social media app, with over 700 phony domain names emerging in a single day.
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Portugal charges Football Leaks hacker – hero to some, villain to others
Rui Pinto, the famous hacker behind the Football Leaks scandal, which exposed some of the dirtiest secrets in European soccer, has finally been charged in Portugal.
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Revolut system bug netted crooks over $20M – media
A payment flaw in Revolut’s US service allowed criminals to steal millions of dollars over several months, the Financial Times (FT) reported.
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