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Sony confirms data breach impacting thousands in the U.S.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) has notified current and former employees and their family members about a cybersecurity breach that exposed personal information. 

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New Microsoft Azure AD CTS feature can be abused for lateral movement

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Microsoft's new Azure Active Directory Cross-Tenant Synchronization (CTS) feature, introduced in June 2023, has created a new potential attack surface that might allow threat actors to more easily spread laterally to other Azure tenants. 

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Microsoft fixes Outlook prompts to reopen closed windows

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Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Outlook Desktop to unexpectedly prompt users to reopen previously closed windows. 

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Exploit released for Microsoft SharePoint Server auth bypass flaw

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Proof-of-concept exploit code has surfaced on GitHub for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server, allowing privilege escalation. 

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Microsoft breach led to theft of 60,000 US State Dept emails

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Chinese hackers stole tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts after breaching Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange email platform in May. 

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Bing Chat responses infiltrated by ads pushing malware

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Malicious advertisements are now being injected into Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat responses, promoting fake download sites that distribute malware. 

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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw allows remote server access

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Cisco is warning of five new Catalyst SD-WAN Manager products vulnerabilities with the most critical allowing unauthenticated remote access to the server. 

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Google fixes fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2023

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Google has patched the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year in emergency security updates released today. 

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Microsoft now rolling out AI-powered Paint Cocreator to Insiders

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Microsoft's new AI image generation Paint tool powered by OpenAI's DALL-E text-to-image model is now rolling out to Windows Insiders in Dev and Canary channels. 

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Windows 11 23H2 now rolling out to Release Preview Insiders

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Microsoft has started rolling out the next major version of its operating system, Windows 11 23H2, to Insiders enrolled in the Release Preview Channel for enterprise testing before the general release later this year.

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SickKids impacted by BORN Ontario data breach that hit 3.4 million

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The Hospital for Sick Children, more commonly known as SickKids, is among healthcare providers that were impacted by the recent breach at BORN Ontario. 

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Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes

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TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online megastore.

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National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacts 890 schools

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U.S. educational nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse has disclosed a data breach affecting 890 schools using its services across the United States. 

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Recently patched Apple, Chrome zero-days exploited in spyware attacks

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Security researchers with the Citizen Lab and Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed today that three zero-days patched by Apple on Thursday were abused as part of an exploit chain to install Cytrox's Predator spyware. 

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T-Mobile denies new data breach rumors, points to authorized retailer

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T-Mobile has denied suffering another data breach following Thursday night reports that a threat actor leaked a large database allegedly containing T-Mobile employees' data.

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Microsoft Copilot rolls out with Windows 11 22H2 update next week

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Microsoft will start rolling out its Copilot digital assistant to all customers next week, on September 26th, together with a host of new AI-powered capabilities as part of a new Windows 11 22H2 update.

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TransUnion denies it was hacked, links leaked data to 3rd party

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Credit reporting firm TransUnion has denied claims of a security breach after a threat actor known as USDoD leaked data allegedly stolen from the company's network.  The Chicago-based company's over 10,000 employees provide their services to millions of consumers and more than 65,000 businesses from 30 countries. "Immediately upon discovering ...

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iPhone 15 Pro delays — here’s the latest delivery dates

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The current waiting times for all high-end iPhone 15 models

The iPhone 15's release is less than a week away, but if you're looking to get your hands on one of the high-end Pro or Pro Max models as soon as possible, you could be disappointed depending on where you shop. 

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TikTok flooded by 'Elon Musk' cryptocurrency giveaway scams

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TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX. 

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Leaked render reveals Samsung Galaxy S23 FE color options

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While we didn't get a Galaxy S22 FE last year, don't think Samsung's given up on the "Fan Edition" of its flagship smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE has long been rumored to be in the works, and now a newly leaked render has revealed the color options it'll come in. 

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