Microsoft 365 search outage affects Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing issue preventing some customers from using the search functionality across multiple Microsoft 365 services. The...
cybersecurity
VirusTotal now has an AI-powered malware analysis feature
VirusTotal announced on Monday the launch of a new artificial intelligence-based code analysis feature named Code Insight. The new feature...
Exploit released for PaperCut flaw abused to hijack servers, patch now
Attackers are exploiting severe vulnerabilities in the widely-used PaperCut MF/NG print management software to install Atera remote management software to...
APC warns of critical unauthenticated RCE flaws in UPS software
APC's Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software is vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary remote code execution, allowing hackers to take over devices...
KuCoin’s Twitter account hacked to promote crypto scam
KuCoin's Twitter account was hacked, allowing attackers to promote a fake giveaway scam that led to the theft of over...
Intel CPUs vulnerable to new transient execution side-channel attack
A new side-channel attack impacting multiple generations of Intel CPUs has been discovered, allowing data to be leaked through the...
Hackers can breach networks using data on resold corporate routers
Enterprise-level network equipment on the secondary market hide sensitive data that hackers could use to breach corporate environments or to...
Decoy Dog malware toolkit found after analyzing 70 billion DNS queries
A new enterprise-targeting malware toolkit called ‘Decoy Dog’ has been discovered after inspecting anomalous DNS traffic that is distinctive from...
GitHub now allows enabling private vulnerability reporting at scale
GitHub announced that private vulnerability reporting is now generally available and can be enabled at scale, on all repositories belonging...
Google ads push BumbleBee malware used by ransomware gangs
The enterprise-targeting Bumblebee malware is distributed through Google Ads and SEO poisoning that promote popular software like Zoom, Cisco AnyConnect,...
EvilExtractor malware activity spikes in Europe and the U.S.
Researchers are seeing a rise in attacks spreading the EvilExtractor data theft tool, used to steal users' sensitive data in...
University websites using MediaWiki, TWiki hacked to serve Fortnite spam
Websites of multiple U.S. universities are serving Fortnite and 'gift card' spam. Researchers observed Wiki and documentation pages being hosted by universities including Stanford, MIT, Berkeley,...
The Week in Ransomware – April 21st 2023 – Macs in the Crosshairs
A lot of news broke this week related to ransomware, with the discovery of LockBit testing macOS encryptors to an...
Kubernetes RBAC abused to create persistent cluster backdoors
Hackers use a novel method involving RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) to create persistent backdoor accounts on Kubernetes clusters and hijack...
American Bar Association data breach hits 1.4 million members
Image: Bing Create The American Bar Association (ABA) has suffered a data breach after hackers compromised its network and gained...
Critical infrastructure also hit by supply chain attack behind 3CX breach
The X_Trader software supply chain attack that led to last month's 3CX breach has also impacted at least several critical...
GhostToken GCP flaw let attackers backdoor Google accounts
Google has addressed a Cloud Platform (GCP) security vulnerability impacting all users and allowing attackers to backdoor their accounts using...
3CX hack caused by trading software supply chain attack
An investigation into last month's 3CX supply chain attack discovered that it was caused by another supply chain compromise where...
Capita confirms hackers stole data in recent cyberattack
London-based professional outsourcing giant Capita has published an update on the cyber-incident that impacted it at the start of the...
Lazarus hackers now push Linux malware via fake job offers
A new Lazarus campaign considered part of "Operation DreamJob" has been discovered targeting Linux users with malware for the first...
Google: Ukraine targeted by 60% of Russian phishing attacks in 2023
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been monitoring and disrupting Russian state-backed cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in 2023. Google...
VMware fixes vRealize bug that let attackers run code as root
VMware addressed a critical vRealize Log Insight security vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain remote execution on vulnerable appliances....
Attackers use abandoned WordPress plugin to backdoor websites
Attackers are using Eval PHP, an outdated legitimate WordPress plugin, to compromise websites by injecting stealthy backdoors. Eval PHP is an...
Google patches another actively exploited Chrome zero-day
Google has released a security update for the Chrome web browser to fix the second zero-day vulnerability found to be...
