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Hackers threaten to leak a copy of the World-Check database used to assess potential risks associated with entities

Security Affairs

World-Check is a global database utilized by various organizations, including financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies, for assessing potential risks associated with individuals and entities. World-Check had different owners across the years, it was originally founded as an independent 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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Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn

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“This overview is intended to help the cybersecurity community reduce the risk presented by these threats.” “This overview is intended to help the cybersecurity community reduce the risk presented by these threats.” Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018.

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Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

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New problems to Facebook , phone numbers associated with more than 400 million accounts of the social network giant were exposed online. A new privacy incident involved Facebook, according to TechCruch, phone numbers associated with 419 million accounts of the social network giant were exposed online.

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Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Security Affairs

The vulnerability left the company at risk from cyberattacks over an extended period of time. Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website.

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NUVOLA: the new Cloud Security tool

Security Affairs

They may start with a low-level account, but they exploit permissions and pathways to work themselves up to an intimidating level of privilege where they’re poised to cause irreparable damage and also gain persistence or lockdown the account. Forrester estimated that 80% of security breaches involve privileged credentials.

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Iran-linked Phosphorus group hit a 2020 presidential campaign

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Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.