New Ymir ransomware partners with RustyStealer in attacks
A new ransomware family called ‘Ymir’ has been spotted in the wild, encrypting systems that were previously compromised by the...
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VMware makes Workstation and Fusion free for everyone
VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for commercial, educational,...
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HIBP notifies 57 million people of Hot Topic data breach
Have I Been Pwned warns that an alleged data breach exposed the personal information of 56,904,909 accounts for Hot Topic,...
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Amazon confirms employee data breach after vendor hack
Amazon confirmed an employee data breach after a threat actor leaked on a hacking forum what they claimed was data...
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Microsoft blames Windows Server 2025 automatic upgrades on 3rd-party tools
Microsoft has finally confirmed that some Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems were “unexpectedly” upgraded to Windows Server 2025 on...
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Halliburton reports $35 million loss after ransomware attack
Halliburton has revealed that an August ransomware attack has led to $35 million in losses after the breach caused the...
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Hackers now use ZIP file concatenation to evade detection
Hackers are targeting Windows machines using the ZIP file concatenation technique to deliver malicious payloads in compressed archives without security solutions...
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Microsoft investigates OneDrive issue causing macOS app freezes
Microsoft is investigating a newly acknowledged issue causing macOS applications to hang when opening or saving files in OneDrive. As...
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Windows 11 is adding a ‘Share’ button to the Start menu and Taskbar
Microsoft wants you to share content/items more frequently, so it’s now adding the “Share” button everywhere, including the Start menu...
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Malicious PyPI package with 37,000 downloads steals AWS keys
A malicious Python package named ‘fabrice’ has been present in the Python Package Index (PyPI) since 2021, stealing Amazon Web...
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Microsoft says recent Windows 11 updates break SSH connections
Microsoft has confirmed that last month’s Windows security updates are breaking SSH connections on some Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2...
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Google says “Enhanced protection” feature in Chrome now uses AI
Google has quietly updated the description of one of Chrome’s security features, “Enchaned protection,” to confirm that it will be...
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