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...
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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...
Acer confirms breach after 160GB of data for sale on hacking forum
Taiwanese computer giant Acer confirmed that it suffered a data breach after threat actors hacked a server hosting private documents...
Android March 2023 update fixes two critical code execution flaws
Google has released March 2023 security updates for Android, fixing a total of 60 flaws, and among them, two critical-severity...
DuckDuckGo launches AI-powered search query answering tool
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has launched the first beta version of DuckAssist, an AI-assisted feature that writes accurate summaries to...
Emotet malware attacks return after three-month break
The Emotet malware operation is again spamming malicious emails as of Tuesday morning after a three-month break, rebuilding its network...
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona severely impacted by ransomware attack
The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona suffered a ransomware attack on Sunday morning, severely disrupting its healthcare services after the institution's...
Pen Testers using Vulnerability Scanners – Closing the Gap
Vulnerability scanning is a common practice for businesses to verify and harden their security controls, and because of its popularity,...
New malware variant has “radio silence” mode to evade detection
The Sharp Panda cyber-espionage hacking group is targeting high-profile government entities in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia with a new version of...
Fortinet warns of new critical unauthenticated RCE vulnerability
Fortinet has disclosed a "Critical" vulnerability impacting FortiOS and FortiProxy, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or...
Veeam fixes bug that lets hackers breach backup infrastructure
Veeam urged customers to patch a high-severity Backup Service security vulnerability impacting its Backup & Replication software. The flaw (tracked...
Ransomware gang posts video of data stolen from Minneapolis schools
The Medusa ransomware gang is demanding a $1,000,000 ransom from the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) district to delete data allegedly...
Bitwarden flaw can let hackers steal passwords using iframes
Bitwarden's credentials autofill feature contains a risky behavior that could allow malicious iframes embedded in trusted websites to steal people's...
FBI investigates data breach impacting U.S. House members and staff
The FBI is investigating a data breach affecting U.S. House of Representatives members and staff after their account and sensitive...
FTC to ban BetterHelp from sharing mental health data with advertisers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to ban the online counseling service BetterHelp from sharing its customers’ sensitive mental...
How to prevent Microsoft OneNote files from infecting Windows with malware
The seemingly innocuous Microsoft OneNote file has become a popular file format used by hackers to spread malware and breach...
Core DoppelPaymer ransomware gang members targeted in Europol operation
Europol has announced that law enforcement in Germany and Ukraine targeted two individuals believed to be core members of the...
Sandbox blockchain game breached to send emails linking to malware
The Sandbox blockchain game is warnings its community that a security incident caused some users to receive fraudulent emails impersonating...
New malware infects business routers for data theft, surveillance
An ongoing hacking campaign called 'Hiatus' targets DrayTek Vigor router models 2960 and 3900 to steal data from victims and...
Proof-of-Concept released for critical Microsoft Word RCE bug
A proof-of-concept for CVE-2023-21716, a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word that allows remote code execution, has been published over the...
Securing cloud workloads with Wazuh – an open source, SIEM and XDR platform
Organizations rapidly adopt the cloud as they rely heavily on data and technology to drive their businesses. These organizations utilize...
Old Windows ‘Mock Folders’ UAC bypass used to drop malware
A new phishing campaign targets organizations in Eastern European countries with the Remcos RAT malware with aid from an old...
New TPM 2.0 flaws could let hackers steal cryptographic keys
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 specification is affected by two buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to access...
Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from City of Oakland
The Play ransomware gang has begun to leak data from the City of Oakland, California, that was stolen in a...
