Open Shell, originally known as Classic Shell, is open-source software that allows you to replace the standard Start Menu on Windows 10 and Windows 8. […]
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A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches. […]
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To take advantage of the trick-or-treating festivities, the Emotet malware gang is sending out spam emails that invite you to a Halloween party. […]
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DHS CISA and the FBI today shared more info on how an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group was able to harvest voter registration info from U.S. state websites, including election sites. […]
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This new resources monitor works just like the traditional Task Manager, but it sits on top of running games and allows you to kill background processes without having to leave your game […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shared indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the Iranian state-sponsored threat group behind last week’s Proud Boys voter intimidation emails that targeted Democratic voters. […]
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This week we have seen a concerted attack against the healthcare industry by hacking groups utilizing the Ryuk ransomware. Also, we saw some large well-known companies suffer ransomware attacks that impacted their business operations. […]
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Project Zero, Google’s zero-day vulnerability hunting team, today disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel and actively exploited in targeted attacks. […]
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Singapore’s largest online grocery store Lazada Redmart has suffered a data breach after 1.1 million user accounts were put up for sale on a hacker forum. […]
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Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500 hospital and healthcare services provider, says that it has managed to restore systems after a September Ryuk ransomware attack. […]
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Upcoming changes to how Windows 10 automatically installs driver updates may cause plug-and-play to break for some devices. […]
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Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn and the University of Vermont Health Network are the latest victims of the Ryuk ransomware attack spree covering the healthcare industry across the U.S. […]
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Upcoming changes to how Windows 10 automatically installs driver updates may cause plug-and-play to break for some devices. […]
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Microsoft today warned that threat actors are continuing to actively exploit systems unpatched against the ZeroLogon privilege escalation vulnerability in the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). […]
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US Cyber Command today shared information on malware implants used by Russian hacking groups in attacks targeting multiple ministries of foreign affairs, national parliaments, and embassies. […]
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The DoppelPaymer ransomware gang has released unencrypted data stolen from Hall County, Georgia, during a cyberattack earlier this month. […]
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Microsoft has released the KB4580364 non-security update that fixes bugs causing responsiveness issues on affected Windows 10 2004 devices. […]
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Researchers tracking malicious use of parked domains have spotted the Emotet botnet using such domains to deliver malware payloads as part of a large scale phishing campaign. […]
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In a joint statement, the U.S. government is warning the healthcare industry that a hacking group is actively targeting hospitals and healthcare providers in Ryuk ransomware attacks. […]
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Threat actors have started to hunt for servers running Oracle WebLogic instances vulnerable to a critical flaw that allows taking control of the system with little effort and no authentication. […]
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Threat actors have started to hunt for servers running Oracle WebLogic instances vulnerable to a critical flaw that allows taking control of the system with little effort and no authentication. […]
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REvil ransomware developers say that they made more than $100 million in one year of extorting large businesses across the world from various sectors. […]
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The Maze cybercrime gang is shutting down its operations after rising to become one of the most prominent players performing ransomware attacks. […]
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Multiple reports emerged today from Home Depot customers in Canada stating that the company had accidentally sent them hundreds of emails containing order information of strangers. Multiple users received hundreds of “order ready for pickup” reminder emails, each pertaining to a different order and not associated with their account. […]
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The Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) endpoint security platform now provides users with a new report designed to help them keep track of vulnerable Windows and macOS devices within their organization’s environment. […]
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Russian-speaking hacking group Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization according to a new Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) report. […]
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Microsoft has released a spreadsheet containing the full list of URLs that Microsoft Defender ATP must reach to function correctly. […]
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Microsoft disclosed today that Iranian state-sponsored hackers successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and potential attendees at this year’s Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) summit. […]
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Administrators woke up to a scary surprise today after false positives in Microsoft Defender ATP showed network devices infected with Cobalt Strike. […]
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QNAP today announced two vulnerabilities affecting QTS, the operating system powering its network-attached storage devices, that could allow running arbitrary commands. […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received almost 2 million complaints from Americans regarding illegal robocalls during the first nine months of 2020. […]
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Microsoft says that Office 365 customers can use unlimited disposable recipient email addresses after the Plus Addressing feature rolled out to all Exchange Online users. […]
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Apple macOS X users with HP printers are left unable to print from their computers after Apple revoked a certificate that signed HP’s print drivers. The result is print drivers being mistaken for malware. […]
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Mozilla today started rolling out Firefox 82.0.1, a new version that fixes a known bug where the Windows installer displays unnecessary reboot prompts on some systems after it finishes the installation. […]
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Today, Microsoft is rolling out the new Vertical Tabs feature to users in the Dev and Canary channels. Once enabled, this feature will move the tab bar from the top to the left side in a vertical layout and you can switch between old and new layout with one click. […]
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Microsoft has released the KB4577586 update to remove Adobe Flash from Windows and prevents it from being installed again. […]
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Networks of giant energy company Enel have been hit by a ransomware attack for the second time this year. This time, it’s Netwalker asking $14 million ransom for the decryption key. […]
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Office furniture giant Steelcase has suffered a ransomware attack that forced them to shut down their network to contain the attack’s spread. […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert warning of hackers stealing data from U.S. government agencies and enterprise organizations via insecure and internet-exposed SonarQube instances. […]
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Amazon has recently dismissed multiple employees for leaking customer data including their email addresses to an unaffiliated third-party. The company has sent out an email announcement to the affected customers following the incident. […]
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A large psychotherapy clinic in Finland is under heavy stress after a threat actor asked a ransom for a client database with confidential information stolen in a data breach that likely happened almost two years ago. […]
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Immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP has disclosed a data breach that exposed current and former Google employees’ personal information. […]
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Users of the extremely popular YouTube-dl YouTube media downloader have flooded GitHub with new repositories containing the tool’s source code after GitHub took down the project’s repositories on Friday. […]
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Microsoft is currently throttling Windows 10, version 20H2 availability to provide all users who want to upgrade with a positive experience while downloading and upgrading the OS. […]
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Microsoft has improved password spray detection in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) by doubling the number of compromised accounts it detects using a new machine learning (ML) system. […]
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A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF service impacts many well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank. […]
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French enterprise IT services company Sopra Steria confirmed today that they were hit with a Ryuk ransomware attack on October 20th, 2020. […]
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In this article, we’re highlighting two group policies that you can try to take control over Windows 10 feature updates. […]
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Microsoft is taking further steps to kill off the antiquated Internet Explorer in favor of its new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. […]
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With the release of Windows 10 20H2, Microsoft is now preventing access to the venerable SYSTEM control panel and is instead redirecting users to the newly updated ‘About’ settings page. […]
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The brand-new Start Menu is now available with Windows 10’s October 2020 Update. […]
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Emotet switched to a new template this week that pretends to be a Microsoft Office message stating that Microsoft Word needs to be updated to add a new feature. […]
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Microsoft has added two Windows 10 20H2 safeguard holds while investigating errors and issues affecting Windows 10 devices with certain versions of Conexant or Synaptics audio device drivers. […]
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Emotet switched to a new template this week that pretends to be a Microsoft Office message stating that Microsoft Word needs to be updated to add a new feature. […]
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has fixed a maximum severity remote authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the company’s HPE StoreServ Management Console (SSMC) data center storage management solution. […]
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The Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) has taken down the popular Youtube-dl GitHub repositories using a DMCA takedown notice. […]
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The Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) has taken down the popular Youtube-dl GitHub repositories using a DMCA takedown notice. […]
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This week has been busy with ransomware related news, including new charges against Russian state-sponsored hackers and numerous attacks against well-known organizations. […]
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US-based ski and golf resort operator Boyne Resorts has suffered a cyberattack by the WastedLocker operation that has impacted company-wide reservation systems. […]
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Microsoft is working on improving Microsoft Defender for Office 365 with priority protection features for accounts of high-profile employees like executive-level managers that threat actors target most often. […]
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The new ‘Abaddon’ remote access trojan may be the first to use Discord as a full-fledged command and control server that instructs the malware on what tasks to perform on an infected PC. Even worse, a ransomware feature is being developed for the malware. […]
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Microsoft has resolved a known issue that was blocking customers from upgrading some devices running Windows 10 1903 and 1909 to newer OS versions. […]
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Mozilla has slowed the rollout of Firefox 82 just two days after its release due to printing bugs and crashes in the new version. […]
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NVIDIA released a security update for the Windows NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) app to address vulnerabilities that could enable attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, gain access to sensitive info, or trigger a denial of service (DoS) state on systems running unpatched software. […]
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French IT services giant Sopra Steria suffered a cyberattack on October 20th, 2020, that reportedly encrypted portions of their network with the Ryuk ransomware. […]
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DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI today warned that a Russian state-sponsored APT threat group known as Energetic Bear has hacked and stolen data from US government networks during the last two months. […]
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Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue affecting some Windows 10 devices and preventing users from using ‘Reset this PC’ to reinstall Windows. […]
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The Council of the European Union today announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers part of the 85th Main Centre for Special Services (GTsSS) for their involvement in a 2015 hack of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag). […]
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Microsoft has added a new Windows 10 group policy that allows users to bypass safeguard holds placed on devices due to conflicts with hardware or software. […]
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The US govt has stated that Iran is behind threatening emails sent to Democratic voters and claiming to be from the Proud Boys, the Washington Post reports. […]
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Starting with Chrome 86, Google is automatically hiding website notification spam on sites showing a pattern of sending abusive notification content to visitors. […]
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Microsoft has improved the defrag experience and introduced theme-aware app splash screens with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241, the latest Windows build available for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. […]
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Network-attached storage device maker QNAP warns customers that some NAS storage devices running vulnerable versions of the QTS operating system are exposed to attacks attempting to exploit the critical Windows ZeroLogon vulnerability. […]
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Microsoft announced the security baseline draft release for Windows 10 and Windows Server, version 20H2, as well as the intention to include the Microsoft Defender Antivirus ‘Block At First Sight’ (BAFS) feature within the new baseline. […]
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LockBit ransomware takes as little as five minutes to deploy the encryption routine on target systems once it lands on the victim network. […]
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The team behind Lightning Network have disclosed full details on multiple vulnerabilities that had been partially disclosed on October 9th, 2020. Attackers could have exploited these vulnerabilities to cause DoS and to disrupt crypto transactions by intercepting “smart contracts” made between two parties. […]
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Montreal’s Société de transport de Montréal (STM) public transport system was hit with a RansomExx ransomware attack that has impacted services and online systems. […]
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The Trickbot malware operation is on the brink of going down completely following efforts from an alliance of cybersecurity and hosting providers targeting the botnet’s command and control servers. […]
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Cisco today warned of attacks actively targeting the CVE-2020-3118 high severity vulnerability found to affect multiple carrier-grade routers that run the company’s Cisco IOS XR Software. […]
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Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge was first released in January to Windows consumers and enterprises, and it was later released to macOS users. Edge is already available on Android and iOS, and now Linux users can finally get a taste of Microsoft’s new browser. […]
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Google has released Chrome 86.0.4240.111 today, October 20th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel to address five security vulnerabilities, one of them an actively exploited zero-day. […]
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Microsoft has released the Windows 10 1909 KB4580386 monthly “C” release preview cumulative update with quality improvements and fixes for Microsoft Xbox Game Pass, USB printer, and screen flashing issues. […]
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Now that Windows 10 20H2 is released, otherwise known as the October 2020 Update, Microsoft has made new ISO disk images for the operating system available. […]
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U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble was hit by the Egregor ransomware gang on October 10th, 2020, that led to a disruption of services and the theft of unencrypted files. […]
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Today’s release of Windows 10 20H2 is the first release to automatically replace Microsoft Edge Legacy with the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge regardless of any policies you have in place. […]
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Adobe has released security updates to address critical vulnerabilities affecting ten of its Windows and macOS products that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on devices running vulnerable software versions. […]
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The operators of Darkside ransomware have donated some of the money they made extorting victims to non-profits Children International and The Water Project. […]
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Windows 10 users face numerous issues installing the latest KB4579311 cumulative update, and for those who can install, they are reporting various bugs, including performance issues. […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six Russian intelligence operatives for hacking operations related to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 2017 French elections, and the notorious NotPetya ransomware attack. […]
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The US Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the first-ever penalty against a Helix and Coin Ninja cryptocurrency mixing services. […]
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A new phishing campaign uses a Coinbase-themed email to install an Office 365 consent app that gives attackers access to a victim’s email. […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert to warn of the potential use of spoofed US Census Bureau domains in future malicious campaigns including phishing and credential theft attacks. […]
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Hackers with access to the Signaling System 7 (SS7) used for connecting mobile networks across the world were able to gain access to Telegram messenger and email data of high-profile individuals in the cryptocurrency business. […]
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GravityRAT, a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers to detect virtual machines or sandboxes, is now multi-platform spyware as it can now also be used to infect Android and macOS devices. […]
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Microsoft removed a Windows 10, version 2004 compatibility hold blocking devices with certain WWAN LTE modems from upgrading to the latest Windows version. […]
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The Emotet botnet has begun to use a new malicious attachment that pretends to be a message from Windows Update telling you to upgrade Microsoft Word. […]
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In some cases, some folks have noticed that the Windows Update fails with an uninformative error message almost every month. Even those who have successfully downloaded the update have hit trouble during the installation process. In this article, we’ll highlight steps to use in-place upgrades to resolve update issues. […]
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A bug in the latest release of Chrome, and other Chromium-based browsers, is causing random debug.log files to be created on user’s desktops and other folders. […]
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If your PC games are lagging or running slow, you can free up resources in Windows 10 using a new XBOX Game Bar task manager that overlays on top of running games. […]
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God Mode lets you access all management features in one location and it’s still better than the modern Windows 10 Settings. Here’s how to enable it and extend its capabilities. […]
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Phishing campaigns have started to use Basecamp as part of malicious phishing campaigns that distribute malware or steal your login credentials. […]
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The Windows 10 Calculator has been ported to Linux and can be installed from the Canonical Snap Store. […]
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Ransomware continues to target government entities and the enterprise, while victims quietly pay ransoms that power this cycle of attacks. […]
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Google delivered over 33,000 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of state-sponsored phishing attacks targeting their accounts. […]
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In an overview of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) trends targeting its network links, Google revealed that in 2017 a nation-state actor used massive firepower that amounted to more than 2.7 terabits per second. […]
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ThunderX has changed its name to Ranzy Locker and launched a data leak site where they shame victims who do not pay the ransom. […]
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Microsoft has released two out-of-band security updates designed to address remote code execution (RCE) bugs found to affect Visual Studio Code and the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. […]
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The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today issued an alert highlighting the risks behind the recently addressed CVE2020-16952 remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server. […]
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Microsoft announced today that Azure Defender for IoT, its agentless security solution for networked IoT and Operational Technology (OT) devices, has entered public preview. […]
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NPM has removed multiple packages hosted on its repository this week that established connection to remote servers and exfiltrated user data.
These 4 packages had collected over 1,000 total downloads over the course of the last few months up until being removed by NPM yesterday. […]
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A critical stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability has been discovered in SonicWall VPNs.
When exploited, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the impacted devices. […]
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Microsoft is working on adding SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online to ensure Office 365 customers’ email communication security and integrity. […]
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Twitter is experiencing a worldwide service disruption preventing users from both sending tweets using the social network’s apps and website, or from seeing their notifications. […]
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Microsoft says that customers can now disable JScript (JScript.dll) execution in Internet Explorer 11 after installing the Windows October 2020 monthly security updates. […]
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Microsoft is continuing its push to move all Windows 10 configuration options into their modern Settings feature. […]
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The Egregor ransomware gang has hit game developer Crytek in a confirmed ransomware attack and leaked what they claim are files stolen from Ubisoft’s network. […]
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Multiple members of QQAAZZ, a multinational cybercriminal group, were charged today in the US, Portugal, Spain, and the UK for providing money-laundering services to several high-profile malware operations including Dridex, Trickbot, and GozNym. […]
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U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […]
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Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were a victim of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […]
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The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled access to their service after its parent company was hacked. […]
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Microsoft says that Windows 10 and Windows Server users will be blocked from installing incorrectly formatted third-party drivers after deploying this month’s cumulative updates. […]
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Today is Microsoft’s October 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be pulling their hair out as they install new updates and try to fix bugs that pop up. […]
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Microsoft has recently added a new automated alert in the latest Windows 10 builds to let users know when an app registers itself to automatically launch after system startup. […]
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Today is Microsoft’s October 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be pulling their hair out as they install new updates and try to fix bugs that pop up. […]
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The Qbot botnet uses a new template for the distribution of their malware that uses a fake Windows Defender Antivirus theme to trick you into enabling Excel macros. […]
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Government-backed hackers have compromised and gained access to US elections support systems by chaining together VPN vulnerabilities and the recent Windows CVE-2020-1472 security flaw. […]
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Microsoft says that customers who install the optional KB4577062 update for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 will encounter issues upgrading to newer Windows 10 versions on some devices. […]
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TrickBot, one of the most active botnets on the planet, recently has suffered some strong blows from actors in the cybersecurity industry aiming at disrupting its operations. […]
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TrickBot, one of the most active botnets on the planet, recently has suffered some strong blows from actors in the cybersecurity industry aiming at disrupting its operations. […]
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Windows 10 PowerToys currently comes with utilities for optimizing app windows for big monitors, previewing new image types in File Explorer, resizing images, and more. In this article, we’re highlighting the new key features of PowerToys that you should try to supercharge your Windows 10 experience. […]
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To stay safe online, everyone needs to recognize malicious attachments that are commonly used in phishing emails to distribute malware. […]
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Tyler Technologies has paid a ransom for a decryption key to recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. […]
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Microsoft and hardware partners are bringing hardware-accelerated AV1 video support to Windows 10 this fall. […]
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Ransomware continues to run rampant this week, with well-known organizations getting hit with massive ransomware attacks. […]
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Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed that the personal information of customers, employees, and ship crews was stolen during an August ransomware attack. […]
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The Clop ransomware gang hit the network of German enterprise software giant Software AG last Saturday, asking for a ransom of $23 million after stealing employee information and company documents. […]
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The US Department of Homeland Security said that unknown threat actors have targeted the U.S. Census network during the last year in its first-ever Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA) report released earlier this week. […]
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Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 update that forcibly enables the Battery Health Manager UEFI option in HP business laptops to prevent battery swelling. […]
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With this new feature, Microsoft aims to help consumers relying on video conferencing to get in touch with coworkers, friends, and relatives without creating a Skype or Microsoft account. […]
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Walmart-owned Sam’s Club has been emailing customers that may have been victims of credential stuffing and phishing attacks. […]
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The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts has become the victim of a ransomware attack that has caused the closure of schools while they investigate the cyberattack. […]
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Adobe is suffering a ‘major’ outage that prevents users from logging in to Creative Cloud or accessing their subscribed applications or stored data. […]
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Microsoft has released an update for all supported versions of Windows 10 that forcefully enable the Battery Health Manager option in the BIOS of supported HP business laptops. […]
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A massive fraudulent advertising business disrupted recently perpetrated through more than 240 apps in Google Play generated profits that could amount to more than $150,000 per day. […]
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Microsoft will soon offer different installation experiences when setting up Windows 10 based on how you plan on using the computer. […]
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A phishing campaign pushing a network-compromising backdoor pretends to have the inside scoop on President Trump’s health after being infected with COVID-19. […]
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Microsoft announced that consent phishing protections including OAuth app publisher verification and app consent policies are now generally available in Office 365. […]
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Microsoft 365 is currently experiencing an outage affecting users on both coasts of the United States and preventing them from accessing multiple Office 365 services. […]
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QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that could enable potential attackers to take over unpatched QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. […]
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The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a notice warning member brokerage firms of widespread phishing attacks using surveys to harvest information. […]
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Security researchers analyzing Comcast’s XR11 Xfinity Voice Remote found a way to turn it into a listening device without needing physical access or user interaction. […]
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In Microsoft Edge preview builds, Microsoft has introduced a new tool called “Web Capture” that will allow you to capture screenshots of the webpages and create web notes. […]
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Cloudflare now allows paid customers to create notifications that warn them when their sites are under a DDoS attack. […]
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Mozilla published a support document with a quick fix for a widely reported known issue causing Twitter not to load on the Firefox web browser. […]
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Emotet attacks have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. as part of potentially targeted campaigns that have been ramping up since August, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in an alert published today. […]
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Microsoft awarded over $370,000 in bounties to security researchers for 16 bounty eligible reports of vulnerabilities submitted through the Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge (ASSRC) IoT-focused research program. […]
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Google has released Chrome 86 today, October 6th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes numerous security enhancements, features, and APIs for developers. […]
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Multiple malware campaigns have been spotted using Pastebin-style services to facilitate their nefarious activities. Instead of delivering payload from a dedicated Command-and-Control (C&C) server, paste sites enable attackers to hide their malicious code in plain sight. […]
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An unknown hacking group injected malicious code within the legitimate Windows Error Reporting (WER) service to evade detection as part of a fileless malware attack as discovered by Malwarebytes researchers last month. […]
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A threat actor has hacked into the Chowbus food delivery service and emailed links to the stolen data to all customers. […]
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Experienced fraudsters made off with $15 million from a U.S. company after carefully running an email compromise that took about two months to complete. […]
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Malware researchers monitoring ransomware threats noticed a sharp increase for these attacks over the past months compared to the first six months of 2020. […]
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Microsoft today warned that the Iranian-backed MuddyWater cyber-espionage group was observed using ZeroLogon exploits in multiple attacks during the last two weeks. […]
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Credit card skimming group Fullz House has compromised and injected the website of US mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Boom! Mobile with a credit card stealer script. […]
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Winget currently works from the command line only, but if you’re not familiar with Command Prompt or PowerShell, third-party developers have released tools to help you find apps and install them. One of those apps is ‘Winstall’ and it’s getting better in the latest update. […]
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Google has released a temporary fix for a ChromeOS bug that causes 100% CPU utilization in Chromebooks. […]
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The TeamTNT cybercrime group has recently updated its crypto-mining worm with password-stealing capabilities and with an additional network scanner to make it easier to spread to other vulnerable devices. […]
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The second-ever UEFI rootkit used in the wild was found by security researchers during investigations surrounding attacks from 2019 against two non-governmental organizations (NGOs). […]
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