Prudential Financial
14
Feb
2024

Prudential Financial breached in data theft cyberattack

Prudential Financial has disclosed that its network was breached last week, with the attackers stealing employee and contractor data before being blocked…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
14
Feb
2024

Fat Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Edition – Krebs on Security

Microsoft Corp. today pushed software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related…

ASD sees
14
Feb
2024

ASD sees “frequency, richness” of cyber info sharing fall away – Security

The Australian Signals Directorate has lamented a decline in the “frequency and richness” of cyber incident data shared with it…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
14
Feb
2024

Hackers used new Windows Defender zero-day to drop DarkMe malware

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to…

Duo Jailed for Hacking JFK Taxi Dispatch System
13
Feb
2024

Duo Jailed for Hacking JFK Taxi Dispatch System

The two Americans reportedly received assistance from two Russian hackers in the highly sophisticated hacking scheme, resulting in profits exceeding…

Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2024-21412, CVE-2024-21351)
13
Feb
2024

Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2024-21412, CVE-2024-21351)

On February 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered fixes for 72 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including two zero-days (CVE-2024-21412, CVE-2024-21351) that are…

Remote Monitoring & Management software used in phishing attacks
13
Feb
2024

Remote Monitoring & Management software used in phishing attacks

Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) software, including popular tools like AnyDesk, Atera, and Splashtop, are invaluable for IT administrators today,…

Ducktail social media marketing malware rears its head again
13
Feb
2024

New variants of Qakbot malware under development

Despite its infrastructure being seized and dismantled in a multinational law enforcement sting in the summer of 2023, the Qakbot…

Four areas of common ground emerge in Australian governments' evaluations of GenAI
13
Feb
2024

Four areas of common ground emerge in Australian governments’ evaluations of GenAI – Strategy – Software

Governments across Australia are nearing consensus on “core areas of consistency” for how they approach generative AI and fold it…

Bank of America customer data compromised after a third-party services provider data breach
13
Feb
2024

Bank of America customer data compromised after a third-party services provider data breach

Bank of America customer data compromised after a third-party services provider data breach Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2024 Bank of…

Microsoft May 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 38 flaws
13
Feb
2024

Microsoft February 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 74 flaws

Tag CVE ID CVE Title Severity .NET CVE-2024-21386 .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability Important .NET CVE-2024-21404 .NET Denial of Service…

Evolution and Escalation of Cybersecurity Threats
13
Feb
2024

Evolution and Escalation of Cybersecurity Threats

The Darwinian Effect in the Threat Community By Augusto Barros, Vice President Cyber Security Evangelist at Securonix Among the typical…