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FBCS data breach impact now reaches 4.2 million people
Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has again increased the number of people impacted by a February data breach, now saying it affects 4.2 million people in the US. FBCS is a US debt collection agency that collects unpaid...
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If it can go wrong, it will • The Register
Opinion CrowdStrike's recent Windows debacle will surely earn a prominent place in the annals of epic tech failures. On July 19, the cybersecurity giant accomplished what legions of hackers could only dream of – bringing millions of Windows systems worldwide to...
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Critical bug in Progress Telerik Report Server leads to RCE • The Register
Progress Software's latest security advisory warns customers about the second critical vulnerability targeting its Telerik Report Server in as many months. CVE-2024-6327 is an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) carrying a 9.9 CVSS score....
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North Korean chap charged for attacks on US hospitals, NASA • The Register
The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US defense companies, NASA, and even a Chinese target. An indictment [PDF] named Rim Jong Hyok as a...
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PKfail Secure Boot bypass lets attackers install UEFI malware
Hundreds of UEFI products from 10 vendors are susceptible to compromise due to a critical firmware supply-chain issue known as PKfail, which allows attackers to bypass Secure Boot and install malware. As the Binarly Research Team found, affected devices use a...
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Critical ServiceNow RCE flaws actively exploited to steal credentials
Threat actors are chaining together ServiceNow flaws using publicly available exploits to breach government agencies and private firms in data theft attacks. This malicious activity was reported by Resecurity, which, after monitoring it for a week, identified...
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Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade of spying for China • The Register
The US is looking to prosecute a Chinese immigrant over claims he has been drip-feeding information of interest to Beijing since at least 2012. Ping Li, 59, is a US citizen who resides in Wesley Chapel, Florida, having worked for a "major US telecommunications...
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How a barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike mess in a flash • The Register
Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer Rob Woltz remembered a small but important fact: When PCs boot, they consider barcode scanners no...
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Over 3,000 GitHub accounts used by malware distribution service
Threat actors known as 'Stargazer Goblin' have created a malware Distribution-as-a-Service (DaaS) from over 3,000 fake accounts on GitHub that push information-stealing malware. The malware delivery service is called Stargazers Ghost Network and it utilizes...
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Google Chrome now warns about risky password-protected archives
Google Chrome now warns when downloading risky password-protected files and provides improved alerts with more information about potentially malicious downloaded files. These new, more detailed warning messages help users quickly learn the nature of the danger...