Facebook Links Massive Disinformation Operation to China
Source: Data Breach Today
Facebook parent Meta unearthed a Chinese propaganda campaign active across dozens of social media sites in what the company calls the largest known cross-platform influence operation in the world.
High-Severity Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities Patched in Firefox, Chrome
Source: OODA Loop
Mozilla and Google have released stable updates for Firefox and Chrome to address high-severity vulnerabilities, including memory corruption issues. Mozilla’s Firefox 117 includes patches for 13 vulnerabilities, with seven rated as high severity.
Crypto Investor Data Stolen From KROLL in SIM Swap
Source: Data Breach Today
Kroll is warning claimants in three major cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases that hackers obtained their personal data after attackers convinced a mobile carrier to redirect an employee's phone number to their own device.
Operation 'Duck Hunt' Dismantles Qakbot
Source: Info Risk Today
U.S. authorities Tuesday said they permanently dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet in an international operation that seized 52 servers and nearly $9 million worth of cryptocurrency.
Ransomware Attack Cleanup Costs: $11M So Far for Rackspace
Source: Data Breach Today
After the attack comes the bill: Ransomware and data exfiltration attacks continue to stick victims with serious cleanup, legal and other costs. Cloud computing giant Rackspace has so far spent $10.8 million responding to an attack against its hosted Exchange environment by the Play ransomware group that began late last November.