Windows February 2024 Updates Fail To Install With 0x800f0922 Errors
Image: Midjourney Microsoft says the February 2024 updates fail to install on Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 systems, with 0x800F0922...
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Black Basta Bl00dy Ransomware Gangs Join Screenconnect Attacks
Image: Midjourney The Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs have joined widespread attacks targeting ScreenConnect servers unpatched against a maximum...
Most Commercial Code Contains High-Risk Open Source Bugs
Three-quarters (74%) of commercial codebases contain open source components featuring “high-risk” vulnerabilities, according to a new study from Synopsys.The chip...
69% of Organizations Infected by Ransomware in 2023
Over two-thirds (69%) of organizations experienced a successful ransomware incident in the past year, according to Proofpoint’s 2024 State of...
Business Logic Abuse Dominates as API Attacks Surge
APIs now comprise nearly three-quarters (71%) of web traffic, posing a significant threat to corporate cybersecurity by expanding the cyber-attack...
Industrial Cyber Espionage France’s Top Threat Ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
France’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) observed a significant rise in cyber espionage campaigns targeting strategic organizations in 2023.These operations are...
Four Million WordPress Sites Vulnerable to LiteSpeed Plugin Flaw
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a significant vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress.The vulnerability affects the LiteSpeed Cache plugin, which...
Half of IT Leaders Identify IoT as Security Weak Point
Half of all IT leaders believe that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the weakest part of their security efforts,...
NIST Releases Final Version of Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of version 2.0 of its popular...
US-CERT Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 19, 2024
The CISA Vulnerability Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and...
Russian Hackers Shift To Cloud Attacks Us And Allies Warn
Image: Midjourney Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers...
Steel Giant Thyssenkrupp Confirms Cyberattack On Automotive Division
Steel giant ThyssenKrupp confirms that hackers breached systems in its Automotive division last week, forcing them to shut down IT systems...
Hijacked Subdomains Of Major Brands Used In Massive Spam Campaign
A massive ad fraud campaign named "SubdoMailing" is using over 8,000 legitimate internet domains and 13,000 subdomains to send up...
Unitedhealth Subsidiary Optum Hack Linked To Blackcat Ransomware
A cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum that led to an ongoing outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform was linked...
Cybersecurity Training Not Sticking How To Fix Risky Password Habits
Organizations recognize the cybersecurity risks posed by their end-users, so they invest in security and awareness training programs to help...
New Idat Loader Version Uses Steganography To Push Remcos Rat
A hacking group tracked as 'UAC-0184' was observed utilizing steganographic image files to deliver the Remcos remote access trojan (RAT)...
Hackers Exploit 14 Year Old Cms Editor On Govt Edu Sites For Seo Poisoning
Threat actors are exploiting a CMS editor discontinued 14 years ago to compromise education and government entities worldwide to poison...
White House Urges Devs To Switch To Memory Safe Programming Languages
Image: Midjourney The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) urged tech companies today to switch to memory-safe...
Active Exploitation of Multiple Vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect Software
ConnectWise has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-1708 and CVE-2024-1709) affecting their ScreenConnect software. The vulnerabilities are reportedly being...
NCSC to Offer Cyber Governance Guidance to Boards
Boardrooms must play a critical role in managing cyber-risk for their organization, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has...
U-Haul Informs Customers of Major Data Breach
U-Haul has been forced to notify tens of thousands of customers that their personal data was compromised in a breach...
Avast Faces $16.5m Fine for Unlawfully Selling User Browsing Data
UK-based cybersecurity firm Avast will be fined $16.5m by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for selling customer web browsing...
Expert Warns of Growing Android Malware Activity
Kaspersky has unveiled its annual analysis of the mobile threat landscape, revealing a striking 52% surge in attacks on mobile...
White House Urges Tech Industry to Eliminate Memory Safety Vulnerabilities
The White House has called on the tech industry to adopt memory safe programming languages, eliminating most memory safety vulnerabilities...
