Google extends security update support for Chromebooks to 10 years
Google has announced the Auto Update Expiration (AUE) date will be extended from 5 years to 10 for all Chromebooks, guaranteeing...
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The Week in Ransomware – September 15th 2023 – Russian Roulette
This week’s big news is the extortion attacks on the Caesars and MGM Las Vegas casino chains, with one having...
ORBCOMM ransomware attack causes trucking fleet management outage
9/15/23 update added below. Trucking and fleet management solutions provider ORBCOMM has confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind recent service...
Caesars Entertainment Reveals Major Ransomware Breach
Yet another Nevadan casino and hotel chain giant has been compromised by ransomware threat actors, after Caesars Entertainment reported a...
Cloud to Blame for Almost all Security Vulnerabilities
Four out of five (80.3%) security vulnerabilities observed in organizations across all sectors come from a cloud environment, Palo Alto...
Fake Cisco Webex Google Ads abuse tracking templates to push malware
Threat actors use Google Ads tracking templates as a loophole to create convincing Webex software search ads that redirect users...
Criminal IP Elevates Payment Security with PCI DSS Level 1 Certification
With payment card information being an enticing target for cyber attackers, the safeguarding of payment card transactions is of utmost...
Manchester Police officers’ data exposed in ransomware attack
United Kingdom's Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said earlier today that some of its employees' personal information was impacted by a...
Iranian hackers breach defense orgs in password spray attacks
Image: Midjourney Microsoft says an Iranian-backed threat group has targeted thousands of organizations in the U.S. and worldwide in password...
Windows 11 ‘ThemeBleed’ RCE bug gets proof-of-concept exploit
Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a Windows Themes vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38146 that allows remote attackers to execute code....
MGM casino’s ESXi servers allegedly encrypted in ransomware attack
An affiliate of the BlackCat ransomware group, also known as APLHV, is behind the attack that disrupted MGM Resorts’ operations, forcing...
Caesars Entertainment confirms ransom payment, customer data theft
Caesars Entertainment, self-described as the largest U.S. casino chain with the most extensive loyalty program in the industry, says it...
Auckland transport authority hit by suspected ransomware attack
The Auckland Transport (AT) transportation authority in New Zealand is dealing with a widespread outage caused by a cyber incident,...
Hackers use new 3AM ransomware to save failed LockBit attack
A new ransomware strain called 3AM has been uncovered after a threat actor used it in an attack that failed...
France demands Apple pull iPhone 12 due to high RF radiation levels
The Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) has asked Apple to withdraw iPhone 12 smartphones from the French market because the...
New Windows 11 feature blocks NTLM-based attacks over SMB
Microsoft added a new security feature to Windows 11 that lets admins block NTLM over SMB to prevent pass-the-hash, NTLM...
Hackers steal $53 million worth of cryptocurrency from CoinEx
Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEX announced that someone hacked its hot wallets and stole large amounts of digital assets that were used...
How end-user phishing training works (and why it doesn’t)
It always takes two for a phishing attack to work – an attacker to send the bait and an insider...
Rollbar discloses data breach after hackers stole access tokens
Software bug-tracking company Rollbar disclosed a data breach after unknown attackers hacked its systems in early August and gained access...
Apple backports BLASTPASS zero-day fix to older iPhones
Apple released security updates for older iPhones to fix a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-41064 that was actively exploited to...
Why Network Visibility Doesn’t Have to be so Complicated
Cybersecurity has become a core priority in the business world and, as Internet of Things (IoT) devices proliferate, home network...
Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years
A reported Free Download Manager supply chain attack redirected Linux users to a malicious Debian package repository that installed information-stealing...
‘Redfly’ hackers infiltrated power supplier’s network for 6 months
An espionage threat group tracked as 'Redfly' hacked a national electricity grid organization in Asia and quietly maintained access to...
CISA offers free security scans for public water utilities
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced it is offering free security scans for critical infrastructure facilities,...
