Hackers have found a new method to establish persistence on VMware ESXi hypervisors to control vCenter servers and virtual machines for Windows and Linux while avoiding detection. […] …
Russian telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor demanded explanations today from Apple regarding the removal of all VK apps, including the app for the country’s largest social network VKontakte, from its App Store on Monday. […] …
Microsoft has announced this week that Azure Virtual Desktop support for passwordless authentication has now entered public preview. […] …
Security analysts at ASEC have discovered a new wave of attacks targeting vulnerable Microsoft SQL servers, involving the deployment of a ransomware strain named FARGO. […] …
Windows 11 22H2 was just released, and with it comes a new security feature called Enhanced Phishing Protection that warns users when they enter their Windows password in insecure applications or on websites. […] …
This week we saw some embarrassment for the LockBit ransomware operation when their programmer leaked a ransomware builder for the LockBit 3.0 encryptor. […] …
Generating checksums—cryptographic hashes such as MD5 or SHA-256 functions for files is hardly anything new and one of the most efficient means to ascertain the integrity of a file, or to check if two files are identical. But a researcher has generated an image that visibly contains its own MD5 hash. […] …
The BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV) isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, and the latest example of its evolution is a new version of the gang’s data exfiltration tool used for double-extortion attacks. […] …
Internet security company Imperva has announced its DDoS (distributed denial of service) mitigation solution has broken a new record, defending against a single attack that sent over 25.3 billion requests to one of its customers. […] …
American Airlines has notified customers of a recent data breach after attackers compromised an undisclosed number of employee email accounts and gained access to sensitive personal information. […] …
Windows 11 version 22H2 is arriving soon and it won’t be a massive release, but there will be several quality improvements and bug fixes. Microsoft has already confirmed the features coming to Windows 11 with version 22H2 and users can test them by joining the Windows Insider Program. […] …
Enhanced Spellcheck features in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers transmit form data, including personally identifiable information (PII) and in some cases, passwords, to Google and Microsoft respectively. […] …
It has been a fairly quiet week on the ransomware front, with the biggest news being US sanctions on Iranians linked to ransomware attacks. […] …
The number of websites promoting cryptocurrency giveaway scams to lure gullible victims has increased by more than 300% in the first half of this year, targeting mostly English and Spanish speakers using celebrity deepfakes. […] …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about hackers targeting healthcare payment processors to route payments to bank accounts controlled by the attacker. […] …
An Iranian-aligned hacking group uses a new, elaborate phishing technique involving multiple personas and email accounts to lure targets into opening malicious documents. […] …