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Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

Krebs on Security

The makers of Acunetix, Texas-based application security vendor Invicti Security , confirmed Silent Push’s findings, saying someone had figured out how to crack the free trial version of the software so that it runs without a valid license key. ” Orn advertising Araneida Scanner in Feb. 2023 on the forum Cracked.

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Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million for a 2018 data breach

Security Affairs

Meta has been fined 251M ($263M) for a 2018 data breach affecting millions in the EU, marking another penalty for violating privacy laws. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta 251 million ($263M) for a 2018 data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 494 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Veeam Backup and Replication flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog North Korea-linked APT37 exploited IE zero-day in a recent attack Omni Family Health data breach impacts 468,344 individuals Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Two Sudanese (..)

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DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers’ genetic data

Malwarebytes

Since then all board members have resigned, except for CEO Anne Wojcicki who has stood by her plans to take the company private, raising again the subject of what happens to customer genetic data when a company is sold. Data breaches happen to the best companies.

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86 million AT&T customer records reportedly up for sale on the dark web

Zero Day

The hackers say that the dates of birth and social security numbers were originally encrypted but have since been decrypted and are now visible in plain text. Also: Massive data breach exposes 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more Individually, any one of those pieces of data can be exploited by the wrong people.

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Increased GDPR Enforcement Highlights the Need for Data Security

Security Affairs

These penalties apply to all aspects of GDPR compliance, including inadequate data security, improper consent, and data breach failures. Amazon: €746 Million ($781 Million), 2021 In 2021, Amazon received a hefty fine for failing to secure proper consent for advertising cookies.

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Canadian authorities arrested alleged Snowflake hacker

Security Affairs

UNC5537 is systematically compromising Snowflake customer instances using stolen customer credentials, advertising victim data for sale on cybercrime forums, and attempting to extort many of the victims.” ” UNC5537 used stolen credentials obtained via infostealer malware.