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Paypal scam, Microsoft outage, Google removes SMS, 12k API key breach, 2025 top breach

GenAI Safety & Security | Feb 24 - March 3, 2025

Notice: FY2024 is coming in early March. We apologies for this late delivery.

Highlights

⚠️ 1. PayPal Email Scam.

📱 2. Google SMS Gone.

📉 3. Microsoft Outage.

🔑 4. 12K Keys Leaked.

🚨 5. 2025 Data Breaches.

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Deep Dive:

⚠️ 1. PayPal Email Scam Bleeping Computer Forbes

  • Sent from service@paypal.com

  • To CALL a number to correct info.

  • Claim new address with a fake purchase.

  • Convinced that you were hacked.

  • To download a software (spyware or malware),

  • Hard to detect by spam and protection.

Head ups: Educate employees. Verify account changes directly on the PayPal website.

📱2. Google: SMS Gone Forbes

  • Ditching SMS authentication codes.

  • Replacing with QR code verification.

  • Reduces phishing code sharing.

  • Less reliance phone carrier's security.

  • Cut global SMS abuse.

Heads up: Shift to QR code authentication.

📉 3. Microsoft Outage CNBC

  • Outlook, Exchange, Teams, 365, Azure etc.

  • Tens of thousands impacted globally.

  • Services were down ~ 3:30 p.m. ET.

  • Issue was resolved Saturday evening.

  • Users reported recovered their access.

  • Most reported: NYC, Chicago, LA.

Heads up: Review backup system for email/critical services.

🔑 4. 12,000 API Keys and Passwords Breach BleepingComputer

  • Data used by OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google, Meta, Anthropic, and Stability.

  • Exposed AWS root keys and Mailchimp API keys.

  • 11,908 valid secrets in Common Crawl dataset.

  • 2024 December archive was checked with 2.67B web pages.

  • Developers hardcoded in the source code.

  • 63% Secrets reused by others.

Heads up: Enforce code review and secrets management policy.

🚨 5. Top breaches 2025 TechCrunch

  • PowerSchool breach: Millions of students affected.

  • Musk's DOGE Access: Huge US Gov Compromise.

  • 1 Million Patient Records: CHC Data Breach.

  • DISA screening: Over 3 million affected.

  • Stalkerware apps: Millions phone data exposed.

Heads up: Bad actors are also learners. They will repeat.

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