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EU Privacy Protection: Groups Urge Meta to Abandon ‘Consent or Payment’ Strategy

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Additionally, in a notable step last month, the European Union opened a formal investigation into whether Meta’s tactic breaches obligations that apply to Facebook and Instagram under the competition-focused Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Board’s opinion on “consent or pay” is expected to provide guidance on how the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) should be applied in this area. It’s worth noting the Board’s opinion will look at “consent or pay” generally, rather than specifically investigating Meta’s deployment. Nor is Meta the only service provider pushing “consent or pay” on users. “However, the current ‘Consent or Pay’ model sets in stone a coercive dynamic, leaving users without an actual choice.

“Alleged Hacking Incident Leaves AnyCubic 3D Printer Owners Vulnerable to Security Breach, According to Reports by Users”

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Anycubic users say their 3D printers were hacked to warn of a security flawAnycubic customers are reporting that their 3D printers have been hacked and now display a message warning of an alleged security flaw in the company’s systems. Feel free to disconnect your printer from the internet if you don’t wanna get hacked by a bad actor! You have not been harmed in any way.”The text file described an unspecified vulnerability in Anycubic’s MQTT service, which allegedly allows the ability to “connect and control” customer 3D printers that are connected to the internet. The person who authored the text file claimed they sent the message to 2.9 million Anycubic 3D printers. “Disconnect your printer from the internet until anycubic patches this issue,” the text file reads.

Security Experts Warn: ConnectWise Vulnerabilities Being Exploited by Hackers to Deploy LockBit Ransomware

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Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk flaws in a popular remote access tool are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware — days after authorities announced that they had disrupted the notorious Russia-linked cybercrime gang. In a post on Mastodon on Thursday, Sophos said that it had observed “several LockBit attacks” following exploitation of the ConnectWise vulnerabilities. “Two things of interest here: first, as noted by others, the ScreenConnect vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild. Rogers said that Huntress has seen LockBit ransomware deployed on customer systems spanning a range of industries, but declined to name the customers affected. The company’s website claims that the organization provides its remote access technology to more than a million small to medium-sized businesses.

** Warning: High-Risk Exploit of ConnectWise Vulnerability Poses Harm, Researchers Claim

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Researchers warn high-risk ConnectWise flaw under attack is ’embarrassingly easy’ to exploit “I can’t sugarcoat it — this shit is bad," said Huntress' CEOSecurity experts are warning that a high-risk vulnerability in a widely used remote access tool is “trivial and embarrassingly easy” to exploit, as the software’s developer confirms malicious hackers are actively exploiting the flaw. The maximum severity-rated vulnerability affects ConnectWise ScreenConnect (formerly ConnectWise Control), a popular remote access software that allows managed IT providers and technicians to provide real-time remote technical support on customer systems. Cybersecurity company Huntress on Wednesday published an analysis of the actively exploited ConnectWise vulnerability. ConnectWise also released a fix for a separate vulnerability affecting its remote desktop software. The U.S. agencies also observed hackers abusing remote access software from AnyDesk, which was earlier this month forced to reset passwords and revoke certificates after finding evidence of compromised production systems.

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