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Attackers could launch a new attack dubbed "PACMAN" to compromise devices running on Apple's M1 chip, VentureBeat reports.The PACMAN attack involves successful guessing of the value of the pointer authentication code, which could then be disabled, preventing software vulnerability attack detection, according to a study from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory researchers.

TechRepublic reports that one million Facebook account credentials have been stolen in just four months by a Colombia-based threat actor who had leveraged a fraudulent Facebook login portal used to collect victims' credentials.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has been updated to isolate unmanaged Windows devices within organizations' networks that have been impacted or suspected to be affected by cyberattacks, BleepingComputer reports.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein noted that some federal agencies have been facing challenges that are hampering the implementation of multi-factor authentication by November under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden, reports CyberScoop.

Cybersecurity job postings have exceeded 714,000 during the 12-month period through April 2022, representing a 43% increase over the previous year, compared with only an 18% overall increase in employment demand, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.