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Hacker hijacked Orange Spain RIPE account causing internet outage to company customers

Security Affairs

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage. I have fixed your RIPE admin account security.

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Instagram implements ‘Security Checkup’ to help users recover compromised accounts

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Instagram introduced a new security feature dubbed “Security Checkup” to help users to recover their accounts that have been compromised. “Today, we’re launching Security Checkup, a new feature to help people keep their Instagram accounts secure. . ” states the company.

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Twitter with a $150 million penalty for " deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising.". Twitter, like many other social media websites, asks users to provide their phone number and email address to better protect their account.

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Hackers are actively exploiting a Zero-Day in WordPress ThemeREX Plugin to create Admin Accounts

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A new flaw was discovered in a WordPress plugin, this time experts found a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons to create admin accounts. Security experts from WordFence have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons that was actively exploited by hackers in the wild to create user accounts with admin permissions.

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2FA bypass in cPanel potentially exposes tens of millions of websites to hack

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Researchers discovered a major issue in cPanel that could be exploited by attackers to bypass two-factor authentication for cPanel accounts. Security researchers from Digital Defense have discovered a major security issue in cPanel , a popular software suite that facilitates the management of a web hosting server.

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Hackers stole over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club

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“CertiK analysis reveals that this community manager, account –@BorisVagner (“BorisVagner | SBS” on Discord)– posted a message to BAYC’s Discord server with a phishing link that led to the fake site. This then granted the scam the appearance of authenticity and made it easier to dupe the NFT holders.”

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MailChimp breached, intruders conducted phishing attacks against crypto customers

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A threat actor gained access to a tool used by the company’s customer support and account administration teams. “We acted swiftly to address the situation by terminating access for the compromised employee accounts and took steps to prevent additional employees from being affected,” Smyth said.

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