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Delta Dental of California data breach exposed info of 7 million people
2023-12-15 14:53

Delta Dental of California and its affiliates are warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental of California is a dental insurance provider that covers 45 million people across 15 states and is part of the Delta Dental Plans Association.

Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
2023-12-15 14:53

Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental is a dental insurance provider that covers 85 million people across 50 states, but this data breach notice concerns the California division of the company.

NKabuse backdoor harnesses blockchain brawn to hit several architectures
2023-12-15 14:28

Dubbed "NKAbuse" by the researchers, the Go-based backdoor offers criminal attackers a range of possibilities, including being able to DDoS or fling remote access trojans, and leans on NKN for more anonymous yet reliable data exchange. NKN is an open source protocol that lets users perform a peer-to-peer data exchange over a public blockchain - like a cross between a traditional blockchain and the Tor network.

New KV-Botnet Targeting Cisco, DrayTek, and Fortinet Devices for Stealthy Attacks
2023-12-15 14:17

A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer network for advanced persistent threat actors, including the...

Crypto Hardware Wallet Ledger's Supply Chain Breach Results in $600,000 Theft
2023-12-15 13:01

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger published a new version of its "@ledgerhq/connect-kit" npm module after unidentified threat actors pushed malicious code that led to the theft of more than...

A Robot the Size of the World
2023-12-15 12:01

The classical definition of a robot is something that senses, thinks, and acts-that's today's Internet. We've been building a world-sized robot without even realizing it.

OilRig targets Israel organizations with new lightweight downloaders
2023-12-15 11:37

ESET researchers analyzed a growing series of new OilRig downloaders that the group used in several campaigns throughout 2022 to maintain access to target organizations of special interest, all located in Israel. These downloaders share similarities with the MrPerfectionManager and PowerExchange backdoors - other recent additions to OilRig's toolset that use email-based C&C protocols - with the difference that SC5k, OilBooster, ODAgent, and OilCheck use attacker-controlled cloud service accounts rather than the victim's internal infrastructure.

Bug or Feature? Hidden Web Application Vulnerabilities Uncovered
2023-12-15 11:08

Web Application Security consists of a myriad of security controls that ensure that a web application: Functions as expected. Cannot be exploited to operate out of bounds. Cannot initiate...

New Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered in pfSense Firewall Software - Patch Now
2023-12-15 11:02

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the open-source Netgate pfSense firewall solution called pfSense that could be chained by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on...

To BCC or not to BCC – that is the question data watchdog wants answered
2023-12-15 09:59

A data regulator has reminded companies they need to take care while writing emails to avoid unintentionally blurting out personal data. As a reminder for any Reg readers living under rocks, using the "BCC" field means that recipients cannot see each other's email addresses - useful for a bulk email with a large mailing list.