Why hackers target stolen credentials for initial access
It’s a common story: weak or reused passwords find their way online, with damaging consequences for organization. Criminals increasingly deploy stolen credentials to gain initial…
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Hacker wipes 13,000 devices after breaching classroom management platform
A hacker has breached Mobile Guardian, a digital classroom management platform used worldwide, and remotely wiped data from at least 13,000 student’s iPads and Chromebooks.…
Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in targeted attacks
Image: MidjourneyAndroid security updates this month patch 46 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) exploited in targeted attacks. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-36971,…
Microsoft Azure outage takes down services across North America
Microsoft has mitigated an Azure outage that lasted more than two hours and took down multiple services for customers across North and Latin America. The…
Ransomware gang targets IT workers with new SharpRhino malware
The Hunters International ransomware group is targeting IT workers with a new C# remote access trojan (RAT) called SharpRhino to breach corporate networks. The malware…
Windows Smart App Control, SmartScreen bypass exploited since 2018
A design flaw in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that enables attackers to launch programs without triggering security warnings has been under exploitation since at…
Delta Air Lines refused free help to resolve IT outage
The legal spars between Delta Air Lines and CrowdStrike are heating up, with the cybersecurity firm claiming that Delta’s extended IT outage was caused by…
Keytronic reports losses of over $17 million after ransomware attack
Electronic manufacturing services provider Keytronic has revealed that it suffered losses of over $17 million due to a May ransomware attack. The American technology company started as…
North Korean hackers exploit VPN update flaw to install malware
South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) warns that state-backed DPRK hackers hijacked flaws in a VPN’s software update to deploy malware and breach networks.…
New LianSpy malware hides by blocking Android security feature
A previously undocumented Android malware named ‘LightSpy’ has been discovered targeting Russian users, posing on phones as an Alipay app or a system service to…
Last chance for discount registration at Mandiant’s mWISE 2024
Register today for mWISE™, the unique cybersecurity conference from Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud. Built by practitioners for practitioners, mWISE runs from September 18…
Surge in Magniber ransomware attacks impact home users worldwide
A massive Magniber ransomware campaign is underway, encrypting home users’ devices worldwide and demanding thousand-dollar ransoms to receive a decryptor. Magniber launched in 2017 as…