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Advance Auto Parts stolen data for sale after Snowflake attack
2024-06-05 21:56

Threat actors claim to be selling 3TB of data from Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, stolen after breaching the company's Snowflake account. The threat actor selling Advance's data for $1.5 million on a hacking forum told BleepingComputer that the data had been stolen in recent attacks targeting cloud storage company Snowflake customers since at least mid-April 2024.

TikTok confirms CNN, other high-profile accounts hijacked via zero-day vulnerability
2024-06-05 21:45

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Check-in terminals used by thousands of hotels leak guest info
2024-06-05 20:43

Ariane Systems self check-in systems installed at thousands of hotels worldwide are vulnerable to a kiosk mode bypass flaw that could allow access to guests' personal information and the keys for other rooms. These terminals allow people to book and check into the hotel themselves, handle the payment process via a POS subsystem, print invoices, and provision RFID transponders used as room keys.

Club Penguin fans breached Disney Confluence server, stole 2.5GB of data
2024-06-05 20:15

Club Penguin fans hacked a Disney Confluence server to steal information about their favorite game but wound up walking away with 2.5 GB of internal corporate data, BleepingComputer has learned. While Club Penguin was officially shut down in 2017, and its successor, Club Penguin Island, in 2018, the game continues to live on in private servers run by fans and independent developers.

What is RansomHub? Looks like a Knight ransomware reboot
2024-06-05 20:13

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Chinese hacking groups team up in cyber espionage campaign
2024-06-05 20:06

Chinese state-sponsored actors have been targeting a government agency since at least March 2023 in a cyberespionage campaign that researchers track as Crimson Palace. According to a report from cybersecurity company Sophos, the campaign relied on new malware variants and three different activity clusters that indicate a coordinated attack.

Vulnerability in Cisco Webex cloud service exposed government authorities, companies
2024-06-05 19:17

The vulnerability that allowed a German journalist to discover links to video conference meetings held by Bundeswehr and the Social Democratic Party of Germany via their self-hosted Cisco Webex instances similarly affected the Webex cloud service. "The cause of the vulnerability is again Cisco does not use random numbers to assign numbers used for meetings," Netzbegrünung explained.

Cisco Talos: LilacSquid Threat Actor Targets Multiple Sectors Worldwide With PurpleInk Malware
2024-06-05 19:13

A new report from Cisco Talos exposed the activities of a threat actor known as LilacSquid, or UAT-4820. The threat actor exploits vulnerable web applications or uses compromised Remote Desktop Protection credentials to successfully compromise systems by infecting them with custom PurpleInk malware.

Kali Linux 2024.2 released: 18 new tools, countless updates
2024-06-05 18:23

It includes future package compatibility for 32-bit platforms, improvements to GNOME 46 and Xfce, and 18 new tools. Kali 2024.2 introduces GNOME 46, offering a refined experience that builds on the enhancements from previous versions.

Qilin ransomware gang linked to attack on London hospitals
2024-06-05 17:57

A ransomware attack that hit pathology services provider Synnovis on Monday and impacted several major NHS hospitals in London has now been linked to the Qilin ransomware operation. Memos sent by officials of hospitals affected by the Synnovis ransomware attack revealed on Tuesday that this "Ongoing critical incident" has had a "Major impact" on their procedures and operations.