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Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes actively exploited zero‑day and 85 other flaws
The most recent Patch Tuesday includes a fix for the previously disclosed and actively exploited remote code execution flaw in MSHTML. The post Microsoft Patch Tuesday...
thehackernews – New Stealthier ZLoader Variant Spreading Via Fake TeamViewer Download Ads
Users searching for TeamViewer remote desktop software on search engines like Google are being redirected to malicious links that drop ZLoader malware onto their systems while simultaneously embracing...
thehackernews – 3 Former U.S. Intelligence Officers Admit to Hacking for UAE Company
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed it fined three intelligence community and military personnel $1.68 million in penalties for their role as cyber-mercenaries...
nakedsecurity – Windows zero-day MSHTML attack – how not to get booby trapped!
Details are scarce so far, but Microsoft is warning Office users about a bug that’s dubbed CVE-2021-40444, and described as Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. The bug doesn’t have...
thehackernews – Microsoft Warns of Cross-Account Takeover Bug in Azure Container Instances
Microsoft on Wednesday said it remediated a vulnerability in its Azure Container Instances (ACI) services that could have been weaponized by a malicious actor “to access...
thehackernews – WhatsApp to Finally Let Users Encrypt Their Chat Backups in the Cloud
WhatsApp on Friday announced it will roll out support for end-to-end encrypted chat backups on the cloud for Android and iOS users, paving the way for storing information...
welivesecurity – BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group
ESET researchers have investigated a targeted mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic group, and that has been active since at least March 2020. ESET researchers...
welivesecurity – ProtonMail forced to log user’s IP address after an order from Swiss authorities
ProtonMail a Swiss-based secure email provider has been at the center of some controversy after it was forced to share the IP address of one of...
thehackernews – Mēris Botnet Hit Russia’s Yandex With Massive 22 Million RPS DDoS Attack
Russian internet giant Yandex has been the target of a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a new botnet called Mēris. The botnet is believed to...
thehackernews – Russian Ransomware Group REvil Back Online After 2-Month Hiatus
The operators behind the REvil ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) staged a surprise return after a two-month hiatus following the widely publicized attack on technology services provider Kaseya on July 4....
thehackernews – Hackers Leak VPN Account Passwords From 87,000 Fortinet FortiGate Devices
Network security solutions provider Fortinet confirmed that a malicious actor had unauthorizedly disclosed VPN login names and passwords associated with 87,000 FortiGate SSL-VPN devices. “These credentials...
DARKreading – FragAttacks Foil 2 Decades of Wireless Security
Wireless security protocols have improved, but product vendors continue to make implementation errors that allow a variety of attacks. The evolution of wireless security could at...
thehackernews – Latest Atlassian Confluence Flaw Exploited to Breach Jenkins Project Server
The maintainers of Jenkins—a popular open-source automation server software—have disclosed a security breach after unidentified threat actors gained access to one of their servers by exploiting...
thehackernews – Experts Uncover Mobile Spyware Attacks Targeting Kurdish Ethnic Group
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday released new findings that reveal a year-long mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic group to deploy two Android backdoors that masquerade...
nakedsecurity – Poisoned proxy PACs! The NPM package with a network-wide security hole…
Not long ago, independent software developer Tim Perry, creator of the HTTP Toolkit for intercepting and debugging web traffic… …decided to add proxy support to his product, which,...
threatpost – Ragnar Locker Gang Warns Victims Not to Call the FBI
Investigators/the FBI/ransomware negotiators just screw everything up, the ransomware gang said, threatening to publish files if victims look for help. All that the FBI/ransomware negotiators/investigators do...
thehackernews – New 0-Day Attack Targeting Windows Users With Microsoft Office Documents
Microsoft on Tuesday warned of an actively exploited zero-day flaw impacting Internet Explorer that’s being used to hijack vulnerable Windows systems by leveraging weaponized Office documents....
thehackernews – Critical Auth Bypass Bug Affect NETGEAR Smart Switches — Patch and PoC Released
Networking, storage and security solutions provider Netgear on Friday issued patches to address three security vulnerabilities affecting its smart switches that could be abused by an adversary to...
thehackernews – Apple Delays Plans to Scan Devices for Child Abuse Images After Privacy Backlash
Apple is temporarily hitting the pause button on its controversial plans to screen users’ devices for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) after receiving sustained blowback over worries that...
thehackernews – What is AS-REP Roasting attack, really?
Microsoft’s Active Directory is said to be used by 95% of Fortune 500. As a result, it is a prime target for attackers as they look to gain...
thehackernews – ProtonMail Shares Activist’s IP Address With Authorities Despite Its “No Log” Claims
End-to-end encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has drawn criticism after it ceded to a legal request and shared the IP address of anti-gentrification activists with law enforcement authorities, leading...
CSOonline – China’s PIPL privacy law imposes new data handling requirements
The Personal Information Protection Law will force global companies doing business in China to be more careful with cross-border flow of personal information. As part of...
CSOonline – Critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence actively exploited
The remote code execution vulnerability was recently patched for affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center; users are advised to apply the patch or...
CSOonline – The T-Mobile data breach: A timeline
Telecommunications giant T-Mobile warns data belonging to some 50 million individuals has been exposed. Here is a timeline of the data breach and its ramifications. Telecommunications...
welivesecurity – A parent’s guide to smartphone security
Smartphones are kids’ trusty companions both in- and outside the classroom, and as they return to their desks, we’ve prepared some handy tips on how to...
DARKreading – DDoS Attacks Hitting Victims in High-Bandwidth ‘Bursts’
The volume of traffic harnessed by attackers has grown steadily over the years, with distributed denial-of-service attacks regularly topping hundreds of gigabytes per second. Imperva, “Global...