US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments
The U.S. Department of State today offered up to $10 million for information that could help link the Hive ransomware group (or other threat actors) with…
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Microsoft urges admins to patch on-premises Exchange servers
Microsoft urged customers today to keep their on-premises Exchange servers patched by applying the latest supported Cumulative Update (CU) to have them always ready to…
Windows 11 KB5022360 preview update released with 15 improvements
Microsoft has released the Windows 11 22H2 KB5022360 preview cumulative update with fifteen fixes or improvements. This Windows 11 update is part of Microsoft’s January…
Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 21H2 devices
Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 22H2 to systems running Windows 11 21H2 that are approaching their end-of-support (EOS) date on October…
Bitwarden password vaults targeted in Google ads phishing attack
Bitwarden and other password managers are being targeted in Google ads phishing campaigns to steal users’ password vault credentials. As the enterprise and consumers move…
Google nukes 50,000 accounts pushing Chinese disinformation
Google’s Threat Analysis Group terminated tens of thousands of accounts linked to a group known as “Dragonbridge” or “Spamouflage Dragon” that is disseminating pro-Chinese disinformation…
UK warns of increased attacks from Russian, Iranian hackers
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning of Russian and Iranian state-sponsored hackers increasingly targeting organizations and individuals. More specifically, the country’s…
Hive ransomware dark web sites seized by law enforcement
Today, the Hive ransomware Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation involving the US Department of…
New stealthy Python RAT malware targets Windows in attacks
A new Python-based malware has been spotted in the wild featuring remote access trojan (RAT) capabilities to give its operators control over the breached systems. Named PY#RATION…
Malware exploited critical Realtek SDK bug in millions of attacks
Hackers have leveraged a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Realtek Jungle SDK 134 million attacks trying to infect smart devices in the second half…
Zacks Investment Research data breach affects 820,000 clients
Hackers breached Zacks Investment Research (Zacks) company last year and gained access to personal and sensitive information belonging to 820,000 customers. Founded in 1978, the…
Exploit released for critical Windows CryptoAPI spoofing bug
Proof of concept exploit code has been released by Akamai researchers for a critical Windows CryptoAPI vulnerability discovered by the NSA and U.K.’s NCSC allowing…