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Cyber Bits: April 15, 2024

Cyber Bits: April 15, 2024

Another week, another zero day! The big news this week has Palo Alto releasing a an urgent update to address a zero day, reports of Change Healthcare’s ransomware woes being far from over, and Roku warning that 576,000 accounts have been hacked.

Palo Alto Zero Day exploited since March

Links: Bleeping Computer

Palo Alto released a critical update today for some of the Pan OS version affected by this Zero Day which it disclosed earlier this month as being actively exploited.

Change Healthcare facing another ransomware threat

Links: Arstechnica

After reportedly paying a $22m ransomware, an article from Arstechnia suggests that Change Healthcare’s ransomware nightmare is not yet at an end. A second ransomware group now claims to have and is threatening to release Change Healthcare’s data and are demanding payment.

Roku warns of account hacks

Links: Bleeping Computer

Roku has warned that as many as 576,000 user accounts have been compromised following a password spraying attack. If you’re a Roku user, you should consider changing your password today!

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