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 company to shut down IT…
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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 detecting them. The technique exploits…
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 the company explained, this known…
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 and even the taskbar. Windows…
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 Services credentials from unsuspecting developers.…
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 systems. This newly acknowledged issue…
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 powered by AI in a…
Scammers target UK senior citizens with Winter Fuel Payment texts
As the winter season kicks in, scammers are not missing the chance to target senior British residents with bogus “winter heating allowance” and “cost of…
Hands on with AI features in Windows 11 Paint and Notepad
As part of its efforts to add AI everywhere, Microsoft is now bringing AI features to the popular Paint and Notepad apps on Windows 11.…
Google’s mysterious ‘search.app’ links leave Android users concerned
Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be…
Critical Veeam RCE bug now used in Frag ransomware attacks
After being used in Akira and Fog ransomware attacks, a critical Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) security flaw was also recently exploited to deploy Frag…
D-Link won’t fix critical flaw affecting 60,000 older NAS devices
More than 60,000 D-Link network-attached storage devices that have reached end-of-life are vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability with a publicly available exploit. The flaw,…