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Charming Kitten hackers use new ‘NokNok’ malware for macOS

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Security researchers observed a new campaign they attribute to the Charming Kitten APT group where hackers used new NokNok malware that targets macOS systems. 

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Apps with 1.5M installs on Google Play send your data to China

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Security researchers discovered two malicious file management applications on Google Play with a collective installation count of over 1.5 million that collected excessive user data that goes well beyond what's needed to offer the promised functionality. 

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Nickelodeon investigates breach after leak of 'decades old’ data

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Nickelodeon has confirmed that the data leaked from an alleged breach of the company is legitimate but some of it appears to be decades old. 

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Cisco warns of bug that lets attackers break traffic encryption

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Cisco warned customers today of a high-severity vulnerability impacting some data center switch models and allowing attackers to tamper with encrypted traffic. 

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300,000+ Fortinet firewalls vulnerable to critical FortiOS RCE bug

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Hundreds of thousands of FortiGate firewalls are vulnerable to a critical security issue identified as CVE-2023-27997, almost a month after Fortinet released an update that addresses the problem. 

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Twitter's bot spam keeps getting worse — it's about porn this time

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Forget crypto spam accounts, Twitter's got another problem which involves bots and accounts promoting adult content and infiltrating Direct Messages and interactions on the platform. And there doesn't seem to be an easy solution in sight. 

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CISA issues DDoS warning after attacks hit multiple US orgs

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned today of ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks after U.S. organizations across multiple industry sectors were hit. 

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Microsoft unveils first professional certificate for generative AI skills

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With the new AI Skills Initiative, people can take free online training via LinkedIn to learn concepts of AI good toward a Career Essentials certificate.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

HEALTHCARE
FINANCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024