Microsoft launches Zero Day Quest hacking event with $4 million in rewards
Microsoft announced today at its Ignite annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, that it’s expanding its bug bounty programs with Zero Day Quest, a new hacking…
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Spotify abused to promote pirated software and game cheats
Spotify playlists and podcasts are being abused to push pirated software, game cheat codes, spam links, and “warez” sites. By injecting targeted keywords and links in…
Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials
Chinese threat actors use a custom post-exploitation toolkit named ‘DeepData’ to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient Windows VPN client that steal credentials. The zero-day…
Brave on iOS adds new “Shred” button to wipe site-specific data
Brave Browser 1.71 for iOS introduces a new privacy-focused feature called “Shred,” which allows users to easily delete site-specific mobile browsing data. Many sites use…
Palo Alto Networks patches two firewall zero-days used in attacks
Palo Alto Networks has finally released security updates for two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW). The first flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-0012, is…
US space tech giant Maxar discloses employee data breach
Hackers breached U.S. satellite maker Maxar Space Systems and accessed personal data belonging to its employees, the company informs in a notification to impacted individuals.…
US charges Phobos ransomware admin after South Korea extradition
Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian national and suspected administrator of the Phobos ransomware operation, was extradited from South Korea and is facing cybercrime charges in the…
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. TZL security…
Fake Bitwarden ads on Facebook push info-stealing Chrome extension
Fake Bitwarden password manager advertisements on Facebook are pushing a malicious Google Chrome extension that collects and steals sensitive user data from the browser. Bitwarden…
Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the messages appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms. Sextortion emails are…
Security plugin flaw in millions of WordPress sites gives admin access
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been discovered impacting the WordPress plugin ‘Really Simple Security’ (formerly ‘Really Simple SSL’), including both free and Pro versions. Really…
Phishing emails increasingly use SVG attachments to evade detection
Threat actors increasingly use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments to display phishing forms or deploy malware while evading detection. Most images on the web are…