November 2022 – Page 10

Couple sentenced to prison for trying to sell nuclear warship secrets

A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife were sentenced to over 19 years and more than 21 years in prison for attempting to sell nuclear warship design secrets to what they believed was a foreign power agent. […]

09 Nov

New hacking group uses custom ‘Symatic’ Cobalt Strike loaders

A previously unknown Chinese APT (advanced persistent threat) hacking group dubbed ‘Earth Longzhi’ targets organizations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Ukraine. […]

09 Nov

15,000 sites hacked for massive Google SEO poisoning campaign

Hackers are conducting a massive black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign by compromising almost 15,000 websites to redirect visitors to fake Q&A discussion forums. […]

09 Nov

Medibank warns customers their data was leaked by ransomware gang

Australian health insurance giant Medibank has warned customers that the ransomware group behind last month’s breach has started to leak data stolen from its systems. […]

09 Nov

Lenovo fixes flaws that can be used to disable UEFI Secure Boot

Lenovo has fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities impacting various ThinkBook, IdeaPad, and Yoga laptop models that could allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot. […]

08 Nov

LockBit affiliate uses Amadey Bot malware to deploy ransomware

A LockBit 3.0 ransomware affiliate is using phishing emails that install the Amadey Bot to take control of a device and encrypt devices. […]

08 Nov

Malicious extension lets attackers control Google Chrome remotely

A new Chrome browser botnet named ‘Cloud9’ has been discovered in the wild using malicious extensions to steal online accounts, log keystrokes, inject ads and malicious JS code, and enlist the victim’s browser in DDoS attacks. […]

08 Nov

VMware fixes three critical auth bypass bugs in remote access tool

VMware has released security updates to address three critical severity vulnerabilities in the Workspace ONE Assist solution that enable remote attackers to bypass authentication and elevate privileges to admin. […]

08 Nov

Microsoft: Windows 10 21H1 reaches end of service next month

Microsoft has reminded customers today that all editions of Windows 10 21H1 (also known as the May 2021 Update) are reaching the end of service (EOS) next month. […]

08 Nov

Windows 11 KB5019980 and KB5019961 cumulative updates released

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5019980 and KB5019961 cumulative updates for versions 22H2 and 21H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and resolve thirty-one bugs and performance issues. […]

Month: November 2022

Couple sentenced to prison for trying to sell nuclear warship secrets

New hacking group uses custom ‘Symatic’ Cobalt Strike loaders

15,000 sites hacked for massive Google SEO poisoning campaign

Medibank warns customers their data was leaked by ransomware gang

Lenovo fixes flaws that can be used to disable UEFI Secure Boot

LockBit affiliate uses Amadey Bot malware to deploy ransomware

Malicious extension lets attackers control Google Chrome remotely

VMware fixes three critical auth bypass bugs in remote access tool

Microsoft: Windows 10 21H1 reaches end of service next month

Windows 11 KB5019980 and KB5019961 cumulative updates released