Google Patches Yet Another Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability
May 16, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google has rolled out fixes to address a set of nine security issues in its Chrome browser, including a…
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Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks
May 16, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Incident Response The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the…
Google Launches AI-Powered Theft and Data Protection Features for Android Devices
May 15, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Data Protection Google has announced a slew of privacy and security features in Android, including a suite of advanced protection features…
FBI Seizes BreachForums Again, Urges Users to Report Criminal Activity
May 15, 2024NewsroomData Breach / Cyber Crime Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling…
Android 15 Rolls Out Advanced Features to Protect Users from Scams and Malicious Apps
May 15, 2024NewsroomAndroid Security / Malware Google is unveiling a set of new features in Android 15 to prevent malicious apps installed on the device…
Migrating from VMware vSphere to Microsoft Azure
May 15, 2024The Hacker NewsEnterprise Security / Cloud Computing While cloud adoption has been top of mind for many IT professionals for nearly a decade,…
Turla Group Deploys LunarWeb and LunarMail Backdoors in Diplomatic Missions
An unnamed European Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and its three diplomatic missions in the Middle East were targeted by two previously undocumented backdoors tracked…
(Cyber) Risk = Probability of Occurrence x Damage
Here’s How to Enhance Your Cyber Resilience with CVSS In late 2023, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 was unveiled, succeeding the eight-year-old CVSS…
Ebury Botnet Malware Compromises 400,000 Linux Servers Over Past 14 Years
A malware botnet called Ebury is estimated to have compromised 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, out of which more than 100,000 were still compromised as…
Dutch Court Sentences Tornado Cash Co-Founder to 5 Years in Prison for Money Laundering
May 15, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Anonymity A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5…
Microsoft Patches 61 Flaws, Including Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days
May 15, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft has addressed a total of 61 new security flaws in its software as part of its Patch Tuesday…
VMware Patches Severe Security Flaws in Workstation and Fusion Products
May 14, 2024NewsroomBluetooth / Vulnerability Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in VMware Workstation and Fusion products that could be exploited by threat actors to…