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30+ Chrome extensions disguised as AI chatbots steal users' API keys, emails, other sensitive data

Are you a good bot or a bad bot?

More than 30 malicious Chrome extensions installed by at least 260,000 users purport to be helpful AI assistants, but they steal users' API keys, email messages, and other personal data. Even worse: many of these are still available on the Chrome Web Store as of this writing.…

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Critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug under attack

US agencies told to patch by Friday

Attackers are exploiting a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug - less than a week after the vendor disclosed and fixed the 9.8-rated flaw. That's according to America's lead cyber-defense agency, which set a Friday deadline for federal agencies to patch the security flaw.…

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Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void

Too slow react-ion time

Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.…

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Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor

The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs

Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the update infrastructure to gain a foothold in high-value targets by delivering a newly identified backdoor dubbed Chrysalis.…

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Thousands more Oregon residents learn their health data was stolen in TriZetto breach

Parent company Cognizant hit with multiple lawsuits

Thousands more Oregonians will soon receive data breach letters in the continued fallout from the TriZetto data breach, in which someone hacked the insurance verification provider and gained access to its healthcare provider customers across multiple US states.…

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