Facebook discloses a major breach. Botnet brute forcing ransomware. Retail domain typosquatting. ATM wiretapping. Ransomware in San Diego. SEC hits cyber deficiencies. Assange retires?

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A subtle flaw, a massive blast radius. [Research Saturday]

Yuval Avrahami from Wiz joins to share their work on "CodeBreach: Infiltrating the AWS Console Supply Chain and Hijacking AWS GitHub Repositories via CodeBuild." Wiz Research uncovered “CodeBreach,” a critical supply chain vulnerability caused by a subtle misconfiguration in AWS ...  Show more

Millions of devices still up for grabs.

Feds take down major IoT botnets. The FBI seizes hacktivist infrastructure. A data breach hits Kaplan, while a hacker claims access to millions of law enforcement tips. Fake Zoom calls deliver malware. A crypto “security” tool turns out to be spyware. A critical AI framework flaw ...  Show more

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