IT Burnout may be Putting Your Organization at Risk
The heavy responsibility of securing organizations against cyber-attacks is overwhelming and weighs heavier on security professionals, recent data shows. In fact, fifty-six percent of team…
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Nissan North America data breach caused by vendor-exposed database
Nissan North America has begun sending data breach notifications informing customers of a breach at a third-party service provider that exposed customer information. The security…
Datadog rotates RPM signing key exposed in CircleCI hack
Cloud security firm Datadog says that one of its RPM GPG signing keys and its passphrase have been exposed during a recent CircleCI security breach.…
Researchers to release PoC exploit for critical Zoho RCE bug, patch now
Proof-of-concept exploit code will be released later this week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) without authentication in several VMware products. Tracked…
MSI accidentally breaks Secure Boot for hundreds of motherboards
Over 290 MSI motherboards are reportedly affected by an insecure default UEFI Secure Boot setting settings that allows any operating system image to run regardless…
Vice Society ransomware leaks University of Duisburg-Essen’s data
The Vice Society ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a November 2022 cyberattack on the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) that forced the university to reconstruct…
Malicious ‘Lolip0p’ PyPi packages install info-stealing malware
A threat actor has uploaded to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository three malicious packages that carry code to drop info-stealing malware on developers’ systems. The malicious…
Avast releases free BianLian ransomware decryptor
Security software company Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware strain to help victims of the malware recover locked files without paying the…
TikTok slapped with $5.4 million fine over cookie opt-out feature
France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of the platform to refuse cookies…
Hackers exploit Cacti critical bug to install malware, open reverse shells
More than 1,600 instances of the Cacti device monitoring tool reachable over the internet are vulnerable to a critical security issue that hackers have already…
How to customize the Windows 11 desktop experience
While many people love the new interface in Windows 11, others prefer the old look and feel of Windows 10, or at least some of…
Microsoft script recreates shortcuts deleted by bad Defender ASR rule
Microsoft released advanced hunting queries (AHQs) and a PowerShell script to find and recover some of the Windows application shortcuts deleted Friday morning by a…