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Volt Typhoon is positioning itself to physically disrupt and cripple US critical infrastructure by gaining access to operational technology networks in the energy, water, communications, and transportation sectors, according to CISA.

AnyDesk has emphasized the safety of all its remote monitoring software versions obtained from legitimate sources, as well as noted the lack of any evidence suggesting any customer data compromise following a cyberattack last week, which it said only affected relay servers in Spain and Portugal, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Microsoft Azure HDInsight has been identified to have its third-party Apache Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark services affected by three security flaws, which stem from Apache Ambari and Oozie software and have already been remediated by Microsoft in updates issued in October, The Hacker News reports.

Mozilla has unveiled its new Monitor Plus subscription service that facilitates the automated scanning and removal of personal information from data broker sites, reports TechCrunch.

CyberScoop reports that increasingly prevalent deepfake threats have prompted the White House to strengthen efforts at identifying digitally altered media.

Attacks leveraging fraudulent Facebook job ads have been launched to facilitate the distribution of the new Ov3r_Stealer information-stealing malware that targets credentials, Microsoft Office documents, browser extensions, cryptocurrency wallets, and credit card information, according to The Hacker News.

Potentially significant health data breach hits Viamedis BleepingComputer reports that French healthcare services company Viamedis, which manages payments for 20 million insured individuals across the country, has confirmed having its systems impacted by a cyberattack.