19 July 2024 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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Massive IT outage hits companies worldwide

                                                     LATEST CYBER HACKS 
 
 
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Hacked YouTube Channels Use Trump Assassination News to Push Crypto Scam

Cybercriminals exploit Trump’s assassination attempt to lure victims into a crypto doubling scam using deepfake Elon Musk videos on hijacked YouTube channels. Bitdefender Labs uncovers malicious domains and advises caution.
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10,000 Victims a Day: Infostealer Garden of Low-Hanging Fruit

Imagine you could gain access to any Fortune 100 company for $10 or less, or even for free. Terrifying thought, isn't it? Or exciting, depending on which side of the cybersecurity barricade you are on. Well, that's basically the state of things today. Welcome to the infostealer garden of low-hanging fruit.
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UnitedHealth’s cyberattack response costs to surpass $2.3B this year

The healthcare giant’s new estimate is roughly $1 billion higher than previous forecasts as the cyberattack on subsidiary Change Healthcare continues to hamper its profit outlook.


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SAP AI Core Flaws Expose Sensitive Customer Data   and Keys

Security researchers have identified several vulnerabilities in SAP AI Core, a platform that enables users to develop, train and run AI services. 
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Critical Cisco bug lets hackers add root users on          SEG  devices

Cisco has fixed a critical severity vulnerability that lets attackers add new users with root privileges and permanently crash Security Email Gateway (SEG) appliances using emails with malicious attachments.
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SolarWinds fixes 8 critical bugs in access rights audit software

SolarWinds has fixed eight critical vulnerabilities in its Access Rights Manager (ARM) software, six of which allowed attackers to gain remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable devices.

                                     MALWARES
 
 
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Qilin Ransomware’s Sophisticated Tactics Unveiled By Experts

Security researchers have unveiled more information about the Qilin ransomware group, which recently targeted the healthcare sector with a $50 million ransom demand. 
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HotPage Adware Disguised as Ad Blocker Installs Malicious Kernel Driver

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an adware module that purports to block ads and malicious websites, while stealthily offloading a kernel driver component that grants attackers the ability to run arbitrary code with elevated permissions on Windows hosts.

                               GENERAL NEWS
 
 
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Google’s shortened links will stop working next year

If you ever used Google’s URL shortening service goo.gl before it was shut down in 2019, be warned — those links will stop working on August 25th, 2025. Google announced in a blog post that “the time has come to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener,” and that any links in the https://goo.gl/* format will respond with a 404 error next year.
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How to Use Gemini for Google Workspace to Boost Productivity

Gemini for Google Workspace brings Google’s latest generative AI innovations into the Workspace tools teams use every day, from Docs to Google Meet. It’s essentially Google’s competitor to Microsoft’s Copilot suite for Microsoft 365 .