Microsoft Issues Patches for 90 Flaws, Including 10 Critical Zero-Day Exploits
Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 90 security flaws, including 10 zero-days, of which six have...
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Microsoft Monthly Security Update (August 2024)
Microsoft has released monthly security update for their products: Vulnerable ProductRisk LevelImpactsNotesMariner Medium RiskSecurity Restriction Bypass Remote Code Execution Windows Extremely High...
Ubuntu Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in Ubuntu Linux Kernel. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to trigger denial...
South Korea Warns Pyongyang Has Stolen Spy Plane Details
South Korea’s People Power Party (PPP) has demanded that a new cybersecurity law be enacted after several recent breaches of...
FBI Leads Effort to Dismantle Radar/Dispossessor Ransomware
The FBI has teamed up with law enforcers in the UK and Germany to dismantle IT infrastructure associated with a...
Prolific Belarusian Cybercriminal Arrested in Spain
A 38-year-old Belarusian accused of being one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercriminals has been arrested and extradited by...
Phishing Campaign Compromises 100+ Ukrainian Government Computers
More than 100 Ukrainian government computers have been compromised following a mass phishing campaign, the Computer Emergency Response Team of...
East Valley Institute of Technology Data Breach Exposes Over 200,000 Records
The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a career training school, has experienced a cybersecurity incident that exposed the personal...
NIST Formalizes World’s First Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
The world’s first post-quantum cryptography standards have been formalized by the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST).The standards...
Gold Mining Firm in Australia Reports Ransomware Breach
Australian gold mining firm Evolution Mining recently reported a ransomware attack on its IT systems, identified on August 8, 2024. In...
Researchers Uncover Vulnerabilities in AI-Powered Azure Health Bot Service
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two security flaws in Microsoft's Azure Health Bot Service that, if exploited, could permit a malicious...
GhostWrite: New T-Head CPU Bugs Expose Devices to Unrestricted Attacks
A team of researchers from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany has disclosed an architectural bug impacting...
Why Hardsec Matters: From Protecting Critical Services to Enhancing Resilience
Traditionally, the focus has been on defending against digital threats such as malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks by detecting them...
FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group’s Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware...
Ukraine Warns of New Phishing Campaign Targeting Government Computers
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign that masquerades as the Security...
Ubuntu Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in Ubuntu Linux Kernel. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to trigger denial...
Microsoft Reveals Iranian US Election Interference Ops
Microsoft has claimed Iran is gearing up for a major effort to interfere in this year’s US presidential election.The tech...
Man in Dock Accused of Breaking Hi-Tech Export Controls
A dual Russian and German national has made his first appearance in a US court, after being accused of bypassing...
High-Risk Cloud Exposures Surge Due to Rapid Service Growth
Organizations are introducing over 300 new services each month, contributing to nearly 32% of high or critical cloud exposures, according to...
DARPA Awards $14m to Seven Teams in AI Cyber Challenge
Read more about DARPA’s AIxCC: DARPA Challenges AI Pros to Safeguard US Infrastructure DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge Heats Up as...
Vulnerability in Windows Driver Leads to System Crashes
A newly discovered vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-6768, has surfaced in the Common Log File System (CLFS.sys) driver of Windows. This issue,...
UN Adopts Controversial Cybercrime Treaty
United Nations member states have adopted the Convention Against Cybercrime, ending almost three years of negotiations.However, many stakeholders, including NGOs...
US-CERT Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 5, 2024
The CISA Vulnerability Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and...
How Phishing Attacks Adapt Quickly to Capitalize on Current Events
In 2023, no fewer than 94 percent of businesses were impacted by phishing attacks, a 40 percent increase compared to...
