2024 State Of Ransomware In Education 92 Spike In K 12 Attacks
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
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Ransomware In 2023 Recap 5 Key Takeaways
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Nitrogen Shelling Malware From Hacked Sites
Nitrogen is the name given to a campaign and associated malware that have been distributed via malicious search ads. Its...
Malicious Ads For Restricted Messaging Applications Target Chinese Users
An ongoing campaign of malicious ads has been targeting Chinese-speaking users with lures for popular messaging applications such as Telegram...
Ransomware Review February 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
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,...
Feb 2024 Monthly Patch
Microsoft has released security patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in their software and products.The vulnerabilities that have been classified as...
Critical Vulnerability in Zoom Products for Windows
Zoom has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-24691) in their products. The vulnerability has a Common Vulnerability...
Ubuntu Command Not Found Tool Can Be Abused To Spread Malware
A logic flaw between Ubuntu's 'command-not-found' package suggestion system and the snap package repository could enable attackers to promote malicious...
German Battery Maker Varta Halts Production After Cyberattack
Battery maker VARTA AG announced yesterday that it was targeted by a cyberattack that forced it to shut down IT...
Zoom Patches Critical Privilege Elevation Flaw In Windows Apps
The Zoom desktop and VDI clients and the Meeting SDK for Windows are vulnerable to an improper input validation flaw...
Hackers Mint 179 Billion Crypto Tokens From Playdapp Gaming Platform
Hackers are believed to have used a stolen private key to mint and steal over 1.79 billion PLA tokens, a...
Duckduckgo Browser Gets End To End Encrypted Sync Feature
The DuckDuckGo browser has unveiled a new end-to-end encrypted Sync & Backup feature that lets users privately and securely synchronize...
Microsoft New Critical Exchange Bug Exploited As Zero Day
Microsoft warned today in an updated security advisory that a critical vulnerability in Exchange Server was exploited as a zero-day before...
Microsoft Exchange Update Enables Extended Protection By Default
Microsoft is automatically enabling Windows Extended Protection on Exchange servers after installing this month's 2024 H1 Cumulative Update (aka CU14)....
Lockbit Claims Ransomware Attack On Fulton County Georgia
The LockBit ransomware gang claims to be behind the recent cyberattack on Fulton County, Georgia, and is threatening to publish...
New Critical Microsoft Outlook Rce Bug Is Trivial To Exploit
Update February 14, 16:50 EST: Article and title revised after Microsoft retracted the "active exploitation" update added to the CVE-2024-21413...
Trans Northern Pipelines Investigating Alphv Ransomware Attack Claims
Trans-Northern Pipelines (TNPI) has confirmed its internal network was breached in November 2023 and that it's now investigating claims of...
Romantic AI Chatbots Fail the Security and Privacy Test
Experts have warned users of AI-powered “relationship” chatbots that their data and privacy are at risk, after failing all 11...
Microsoft Fixes Two Zero-Days in February Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has landed system administrators with a busy February after releasing updates for 73 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day flaws currently...
Water Hydra’s Zero-Day Attack Chain Targets Financial Traders
The Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has recently unearthed a critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-21412, which they’ve dubbed ZDI-CAN-23100. The...
Iranian Hackers Target Israel and US to Sway Public Opinion in Hamas Conflict
Google’s Threat Analyst Group has confirmed that Iran-backed hackers have used their cyber capabilities to undercut public support for the Israel-Hamas...
Cybersecurity Spending Expected to be Slashed in 41% of SMEs
Cybersecurity spending is predicted to be cut by 41% of SMEs over the coming year amid the challenging economic environment,...
PII Input Sparks Cybersecurity Alarm in 55% of DLP Events
A substantial 55% of recent Data Loss Prevention (DLP) events have involved attempts to input personally identifiable information (PII), while...
