FBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11

In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “USDoD” had infiltrated the FBI’s vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying all InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. But on Sept. 11, 2023, USDoD resurfaced after a lengthy absence to leak sensitive employee data stolen from the aerospace giant Airbus, while promising to visit the same treatment on top U.S. defense contractors.

September 14, 2023
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes Word, Streaming Service Zero-Days

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for September 2023 includes 59 vulnerabilities, five of them rated critical and two currently being exploited in the wild. The two vulnerabilities currently being exploited are CVE-2023-36761, an information disclosure flaw in Microsoft Word with a CVSS score of 6.2; and CVE-2023-36802, an elevation of privilege flaw in Microsoft Streaming Service with […]

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September 13, 2023
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Serial cybersecurity founders get back in the game

“I didn’t really have a choice,” says Ben Bernstein, the former CEO and co-founder of Twistlock (acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2019) and the CEO and co-founder of a new cybersecurity startup that is still in stealth. “Building a start-up from the g…

September 13, 2023
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Adobe, Apple, Google & Microsoft Patch 0-Day Bugs

Microsoft today issued software updates to fix at least five dozen security holes in Windows and supported software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited. Also, Adobe, Google Chrome and Apple iOS users may have their own zero-day patching to do.

September 13, 2023
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