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Report: Healthcare haunted by account security

SC Magazine

The healthcare sector’s information security could use a check up. According to a new study by Varonis that tracked 3 billion files across 58 health care firms, one in five files were visible to all employees – including one in eight containing sensitive information. It is not really keeping up with that trust.”

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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

Security Affairs

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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A critical flaw in wpDiscuz WordPress plugin lets hackers take over hosting account

Security Affairs

A critical flaw in the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and take over the hosting account. Security experts from Wordfence discovered a critical vulnerability impacting the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin that is installed on over 80,000 sites. Pierluigi Paganini.

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

Security Affairs

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

SecureWorld News

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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Robinhood data breach exposes 7 Million users’ information

Security Affairs

Robinhood disclosed a security breach, an unidentified threat actor gained unauthorized access to approximately 7 million customer records. is an American commission-free stock trading and investing platform, it had 18 million accounts as of March 2021, with over $80 billion in assets. Robinhood Markets , Inc.