Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets
Project Zero, Google's zero-day bug-hunting team, discovered and reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Exynos chipsets used in mobile devices,...
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BianLian ransomware gang shifts focus to pure data extortion
The BianLian ransomware group has shifted its focus from encrypting its victims' files to only exfiltrating data found on compromised...
FakeCalls Android malware returns with new ways to hide on phones
Android malware 'FakeCalls' is circulating again in South Korea, imitating phone calls for over 20 financial organizations and attempting to...
Microsoft shares script to fix WinRE BitLocker bypass flaw
Microsoft has released a script to make it easier to patch a BitLocker bypass security vulnerability in the Windows Recovery...
CASPER attack steals data using air-gapped computer’s internal speaker
Researchers at the School of Cyber Security at Korea University, Seoul, have presented a new covert channel attack named CASPER...
Staples-owned Essendant facing multi-day “outage,” orders frozen
Essendant, a wholesale distributor of stationary and office supplies, is experiencing a multi-day systems "outage" preventing customers and suppliers from...
Medusa ransomware gang picks up steam as it targets companies worldwide
A ransomware operation known as Medusa has begun to pick up steam in 2023, targeting corporate victims worldwide with million-dollar...
IceFire ransomware now encrypts both Linux and Windows systems
Threat actors linked to the IceFire ransomware operation now actively target Linux systems worldwide with a new dedicated encryptor. SentinelLabs...
AT&T alerts 9 million customers of data breach after vendor hack
AT&T is notifying roughly 9 million customers that some of their information was exposed after a marketing vendor was hacked...
GitHub makes 2FA mandatory next week for active developers
GitHub will start requiring active developers to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on their accounts beginning next week, on March 13....
Protecting collocated servers from DDoS attacks using GRE tunnels
For any company that relies heavily on online sales and transactions, the increasing number of cyberattacks targeting e-commerce websites is...
FBI warns of cryptocurrency theft via “play-to-earn” games
Cybercriminals are now using fake rewards in so-called "play-to-earn" mobile and online games to steal millions worth of cryptocurrency, according...
Akamai mitigates record-breaking 900Gbps DDoS attack in Asia
Akamai reports having mitigated the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack ever launched against a customer based in the...
SonicWall devices infected by malware that survives firmware upgrades
A suspected Chinese hacking campaign has been targeting unpatched SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances to install custom malware that...
Police seize Netwire RAT malware infrastructure, arrest admin
An international law enforcement operation involving the FBI and police agencies worldwide led to the arrest of the suspected administrator...
Microsoft: Business email compromise attacks can take just hours
Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team recently investigated a business email compromise (BEC) attack and found that attackers move rapidly, with some...
CISA warns of critical VMware RCE flaw exploited in attacks
CISA has added a critical severity vulnerability in VMware's Cloud Foundation to its catalog of security flaws exploited in the...
Mental health provider Cerebral alerts 3.1M people of data breach
Healthcare platform Cerebral is sending data breach notices to 3.18 million people who have interacted with its websites, applications, and...
Security researchers targeted with new malware via job offers on LinkedIn
A suspected North Korean hacking group is targeting security researchers and media organizations in the U.S. and Europe with fake job...
Xenomorph Android malware now steals data from 400 banks
The Xenomorph Android malware has released a new version that adds significant capabilities to conduct malicious attacks, including a new...
Blackbaud to pay $3M for misleading ransomware attack disclosure
Cloud software provider Blackbaud has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
CISA warns of actively exploited Plex bug after LastPass breach
CISA has added an almost three-year-old high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server to its catalog...
The Week in Ransomware – March 10th 2023 – Police Take Action
This week's biggest news was the coordinated, international law enforcement operation between Europol, the FBI, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ukraine...
Brazil seizing Flipper Zero shipments to prevent use in crime
The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency is seizing incoming Flipper Zero purchases due to its alleged use in criminal activity, with...
