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Hackers Hijack Unsecured Jupyter Notebooks to Stream Illegal Sports Broadcasts

Malicious actors are exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks to conduct stream ripping and enable sports piracy using live streaming capture tools.
The attacks involve the hijack of unauthenticated Jupyter Notebooks to establish initial access, and perform a series of actions designed to facilitate illegal live streaming of sports events, Aqua said in a report shared with The

Threat Actor Turns Thousands of IoT Devices Into Residential Proxies

A threat actor tracked as Water Barghest has compromised over 20,000 IoT devices and monetizes them as residential proxies.

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Microsoft launches Zero Day Quest hacking event with $4 million in rewards

Microsoft announced today at its Ignite annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, that it’s expanding its bug bounty programs with Zero Day Quest, a new hacking event focusing on cloud and AI products and platforms. […]

Microsoft shares more details on Windows 11 admin protection

Microsoft has shared more details about the new Windows 11 administrator protection security feature, which is available in preview and uses Windows Hello authentication prompts to block access to critical system resources. […]

Hackers Redirect $250,000 Payment in iLearningEngines Cyberattack

AI-powered learning automation firm iLearningEngines has been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of $250,000.

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Akira Ransomware Drops 30 Victims on Leak Site in One Day

Cyberint has observed the Akira ransomware group leaking in a single day the information allegedly stolen from 32 victims.

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Cybersecurity Aphorisms: A Humorous and Insightful Look at the Industry’s Truths

The aphorism is a valuable cultural phenomenon for spreading the wisdom of experience — and cybersecurity, with its complexities, nuances, contradictions, and perpetual stress, is a fertile field.

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CISA Releases Venue Guide for Security Considerations

Ford Investigating Potential Breach After Hackers Claim Data Theft

Ford has launched an investigation after hackers claimed to have stolen 44,000 customer data records.

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Privileged Accounts, Hidden Threats: Why Privileged Access Security Must Be a Top Priority

Privileged accounts are well-known gateways for potential security threats. However, many organizations focus solely on managing privileged access—rather than securing the accounts and users entrusted with it. This emphasis is perhaps due to the persistent challenges of Privileged Access Management (PAM) deployments. Yet, as the threat landscape evolves, so must organizational priorities. To

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