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Ax Sharma

Security Editor at Bleeping Computer

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Iberia discloses customer data leak after vendor security breach

Spanish flag carrier Iberia has begun notifying customers of a data security incident stemming from a compromise at one of its suppliers. The disclosure comes days after a threat actor claimed on hacker forums to have access to 77 GB of data allegedly stolen from the airline.
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Iberia discloses customer data leak after vendor security breach

Spanish flag carrier Iberia has begun notifying customers of a data security incident stemming from a compromise at one of its suppliers. The disclosure comes days after a threat actor claimed on hacker forums to have access to 77 GB of data allegedly stolen from the airline.
bleepingcomputer.com

DoorDash email spoofing vulnerability sparks messy disclosure dispute

A vulnerability in DoorDash's systems could allow anyone to send "official" DoorDash-themed emails right from company's authorized servers, paving a near-perfect phishing channel. DoorDash has now patched the issue, but a contentious disclosure dispute has erupted, with both sides accusing each other of acting in bad faith.
bleepingcomputer.com

DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information

DoorDash has disclosed a data breach that hit the food delivery platform this October. Beginning yesterday evening, DoorDash, which serves millions of customers across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, started emailing those impacted by the newly disclosed security incident.
bleepingcomputer.com

ParkMobile pays... $1 each for 2021 data breach that hit 22 million

ParkMobile has finally wrapped up a class action lawsuit over the platform's 2021 data breach that hit 22 million users. But there's a catch: victims are receiving compensation in the form of a $1 in-app credit, which they must claim manually. And, it comes with an expiration date.
bleepingcomputer.com

NPM package caught using QR Code to fetch cookie-stealing malware

Newly discovered npm package 'fezbox' employs QR codes to hide a second-stage payload to steal cookies from a user's web browser. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative steganographic technique to harvest sensitive data, such as user credentials, from a compromised machine.
bleepingcomputer.com

Self-propagating supply chain attack hits 187 npm packages

Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack. The coordinated worm-style campaign dubbed 'Shai-Hulud' started yesterday with the compromise of the @ctrl/tinycolor npm package, and has now expanded to CrowdStrike's npm namespace.
bleepingcomputer.com

Booking.com phishing campaign uses sneaky 'ん' character to trick you

Threat actors are leveraging a Unicode character to make phishing links appear like legitimate Booking.com links in a new campaign distributing malware. The attack makes use of the Japanese hiragana character, ん, which can, on some systems, appear as a forward slash and make a phishing URL appear realistic to a person at first.
bleepingcomputer.com

National Bank of Canada online systems down due to 'technical issue'

National Bank of Canada (Banque Nationale du Canada), the sixth largest commercial bank of Canada is currently experiencing a widespread service outage affecting its online banking and mobile app platforms.
bleepingcomputer.com

Popular npm linter packages hijacked via phishing to drop malware

Popular JavaScript libraries eslint-config-prettier and eslint-plugin-prettier were hijacked this week and turned into malware droppers, in a supply chain attack achieved via targeted phishing and credential theft.
bleepingcomputer.com

Instagram ads mimicking BMO, EQ Bank are finance scams

Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ads use AI-powered deepfake videos in an attempt to collect your personal information, while others drive traffic to phishing pages.