Iowa’s largest school district confirms ransomware attack, data theft
Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa’s largest school district, confirmed today that a ransomware attack was behind an incident that forced it to take all networked…
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Malwarebytes issues fix for Chrome broken by Windows 11 KB5027231
Malwarebytes released a fix for a known issue breaking Google Chrome on its customers’ systems after installing the Windows 11 22H2 KB5027231 cumulative update released…
Hackers use fake OnlyFans pics to drop info-stealing malware
A malware campaign is using fake OnlyFans content and adult lures to install a remote access trojan known as ‘DcRAT,’ allowing threat actors to steal…
ASUS urges customers to patch critical router vulnerabilities
ASUS has released new firmware with cumulative security updates that address vulnerabilities in multiple router models, warning customers to immediately update their devices or restrict…
Android spyware camouflaged as VPN, chat apps on Google Play
Three Android apps on Google Play were used by state-sponsored threat actors to collect intelligence from targeted devices, such as location data and contact lists.…
Reddit hackers threaten to leak data stolen in February breach
The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang is behind a February cyberattack on Reddit, where the threat actors claim to have stolen 80GB of data from the…
BlackCat ransomware gang behind Reddit breach from February
The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang is behind a February cyberattack on Reddit, where the threat actors claim to have stolen 80GB of data from the…
New Mystic Stealer malware increasingly used in attacks
A new information-stealing malware named ‘Mystic Stealer,’ has been promoted on hacking forums and darknet markets since April 2023, quickly gaining traction in the cybercrime…
Microsoft confirms Azure, Outlook outages caused by DDoS attacks
Microsoft has confirmed that recent outages to Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive web portals resulted from Layer 7 DDoS attacks against the company’s services. The attacks…
US govt offers $10 million bounty for info on Clop ransomware
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program announced up to a $10 million bounty yesterday for information linking the Clop ransomware attacks to a…
SMS delivery reports can be used to infer recipient’s location
A team of university researchers has devised a new side-channel attack named ‘Freaky Leaky SMS,’ which relies on the timing of SMS delivery reports to…
Windows 11 ‘Win32 app isolation’ security feature now in preview
Microsoft announced the public preview launch of Win32 app isolation, a new Windows 11 security feature designed to sandbox 32-bit desktop applications. Recently announced during…