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Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 443 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Bug hunters earned $1,038,250 for 58 unique 0-days at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 Lockbit ransomware gang claims […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2023
Seiko confirmed a data breach after BlackCat attack

Japanese watchmaker Seiko revealed that the attack that suffered earlier this year was carried out by the Black Cat ransomware gang. On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. “Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2023
City of Philadelphia suffers a data breach

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. The City of Philadelphia announced it is investigating a data breach after attackers that threat actors broke some of City email accounts containing personal and protected health information. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 442 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal Threat actors breached Okta […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2023
A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal

A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal used by law enforcement agencies to request data relating to users under investigation. Cyber security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder & CTO of Hudson Rock, first reported that a threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal. The portal allows law […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2023
Threat actors breached Okta support system and stole customers’ data

Okta revealed that threat actors breached its support case management system and stole sensitive data that can be used in future attacks. Okta says that threat actors broke into its support case management system and stole authentication data, including cookies and session tokens, that can be abused in future attacks to impersonate valide users. Okta […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2023
THE 11TH EDITION OF THE ENISA THREAT LANDSCAPE REPORT IS OUT!

I’m proud to announce the release of the 11th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) on the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2023 (ETL) report, which is the annual analysis of the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. This is the 11th edition of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2023
Multiple APT groups exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831

Google TAG reported that both Russia and China-linked threat actors are weaponizing the a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that in recent weeks multiple nation-state actors were spotted exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR. The researchers reported that several cybercrime groups began exploiting the flaw in early 2023, when the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2023
Californian IT company DNA Micro leaks private mobile phone data

Hundreds of thousands of clients who opted-in for a screen warranty were exposed when DNA Micro leaked data from its systems. The Cybernews research team found that DNA Micro, a California-based IT company, exposed the sensitive data of more than 820,000 customers due to a misconfiguration in its systems. The victims most affected by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2023
D-Link confirms data breach, but downplayed the impact

Taiwanese manufacturer D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor offered for sale on BreachForums stolen data. The global networking equipment and technology company D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor earlier this month offered for sale on the BreachForums platform the stolen data. The company became aware of the a claim of data […]