Microsoft Defender now auto-isolates compromised accounts
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now uses automatic attack disruption to isolate compromised user accounts and block lateral movement in hands-on-keyboard...
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BianLian extortion group claims recent Air Canada breach
The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 210GB of data after breaching the network of Air Canada, the country's...
New ‘HTTP/2 Rapid Reset’ zero-day attack breaks DDoS records
A new DDoS (distributed denial of service) technique named 'HTTP/2 Rapid Reset' has been actively exploited as a zero-day since...
Google makes passkeys the default sign-in for personal accounts
Google announced today that passkeys are now the default sign-in option across all personal Google Accounts across its services and...
A Primer on Cyber Risk Acceptance and What it Means to Your Business
At its core, cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer systems, networks, and data from theft, damage, or unauthorized access....
Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery
Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand...
New critical Citrix NetScaler flaw exposes ‘sensitive’ data
Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway are impacted by a critical severity flaw that allows the disclosure of sensitive information...
Microsoft Exchange gets ‘better’ patch to mitigate critical bug
The Exchange Team asked admins to deploy a new and "better" patch for a critical Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability initially...
Air Europa data breach: Customers warned to cancel credit cards
Spanish airline Air Europa, the country's third-largest airline and a member of the SkyTeam alliance, warned customers on Monday to...
Mirai DDoS malware variant expands targets with 13 router exploits
A Mirai-based DDoS (distributed denial of service) malware botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new payloads to target Linux-based...
HelloKitty ransomware source code leaked on hacking forum
A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking...
Hackers hijack Citrix NetScaler login pages to steal credentials
Hackers are conducting a large-scale campaign to exploit the recent CVE-2023-3519 flaw in Citrix NetScaler Gateways to steal user credentials....
Microsoft 365 admins warned of new Google anti-spam rules
Microsoft 365 email senders were warned by Microsoft this week to authenticate outbound messages, a move prompted by Google's recent announcement...
Third Flagstar Bank data breach since 2021 affects 800,000 customers
Flagstar Bank is warning that over 800,000 US customers had their personal information stolen by cybercriminals due to a breach...
Over 17,000 WordPress sites hacked in Balada Injector attacks last month
Multiple Balada Injector campaigns have compromised and infected over 17,000 WordPress sites using known flaws in premium theme plugins. Balada...
ALPHV ransomware gang claims attack on Florida circuit court
The ALPHV (BlackCat) ransomware gang has claimed an attack that affected state courts across Northwest Florida (part of the First Judicial...
D-Link WiFi range extender vulnerable to command injection attacks
The popular D-Link DAP-X1860 WiFi 6 range extender is susceptible to a vulnerability allowing DoS (denial of service) attacks and...
GNOME Linux systems exposed to RCE attacks via file downloads
A memory corruption vulnerability in the open-source libcue library can let attackers execute arbitrary code on Linux systems running the...
Hackers modify online stores’ 404 pages to steal credit cards
A new Magecart card skimming campaign hijacks the 404 error pages of online retailer's websites, hiding malicious code to steal...
MGM Resorts Reveals Over $100M in Costs After Ransomware Attack
MGM Resorts International has disclosed that costs resulting from a ransomware attack in September have surpassed $100m, including $10m in...
Bounty offered for secret NSA seeds behind NIST elliptic curves algo
A bounty of $12,288 has been announced for the first person to crack the NIST elliptic curves seeds and discover...
D.C. Board of Elections confirms voter data stolen in site hack
Image: Lorie Shaull (CC BY 2.0 DEED) The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) is currently probing a data leak...
Blackbaud agrees to $49.5 million settlement for ransomware data breach
Cloud computing provider Blackbaud reached a $49.5 million agreement with attorneys general from 49 U.S. states to settle a multi-state...
MGM Resorts ransomware attack led to $100 million loss, data theft
MGM Resorts reveals that last month's cyberattack cost the company $100 million and allowed the hackers to steal customers' personal...
