How ransomware operators try to stay under the radar
An often heard remark is that when your security solution notices a ransomware attack, it’s already too late. There’s a lot of truth in that,…
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How to recognize AI-generated phishing mails
Phishing is the art of sending an email with the aim of getting users to open a malicious file or click on a link to…
Webinar recap: Ransomware gangs and Living Off The Land attacks (LOTL)
Discover the intersection of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs and Living Off The Land (LOTL) attacks in our latest webinar, now available on-demand, led by cybersecurity experts…
Update Chrome now! Emergency update patches zero-day
Google has released an emergency security update for Chrome that brings the browser’s Stable channel to version 120.0.6099.129 for Mac, Linux and to 120.0.6099.129/130 for…
How does ThreatDown Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management work?
Maintaining updated systems and applications is a challenge for any IT team—especially considering the sheer volume of vulnerabilities organizations must find and prioritize on a…
Comcast’s Xfinity breached by Citrix Bleed; 36 million customer’s data accessed
In a notice for its customers, Xfinity acknowledges it recently fell victim to a data security incident. Xfinity is Comcast’s brand for TV, internet, and…
How Outlook notification sounds can lead to zero-click exploits
An Akamai researcher has found two vulnerabilities in Windows that can be combined to achieve a full, zero-click remote code execution (RCE) in Outlook. Both…
US pharmacy Rite Aid banned from operating facial recognition systems
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has been denied the right to run facial recognition systems in its stores for five years, by a Federal Trade Commission…
Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers
A major mortgage and loan company based in Dallas, working under the name Mr. Cooper Group Inc. has released more information on a recent breach.…
FBI issues advisory over Play ransomware
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have released a…
New MetaStealer malvertising campaigns | Malwarebytes
MetaStealer is a popular piece of malware that came out in 2022, levering previous code base from RedLine. Stealers have become a very hot commodity…
Meet the entirely legal, iPhone-crashing device, the Flipper Zero: Lock and Code S04E25
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… It talks, it squawks, it even blocks! The stocking-stuffer on every hobby hacker’s wish list this year…