May 2023 – Page 7

Microsoft shares more info on the end of Internet Explorer

Microsoft has decided to allow customers to choose when the last bits of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) will be removed from their devices. […]

18 May

18-year-old charged with hacking 60,000 DraftKings betting accounts

The Department of Justice revealed today that an 18-year-old man named Joseph Garrison from Wisconsin had been charged with hacking into the accounts of around 60,000 users of the DraftKings sports betting website in November 2022. […]

18 May

Hackers target vulnerable WordPress Elementor plugin after PoC released

Hackers are now actively probing for vulnerable Essential Addons for Elementor plugin versions on thousands of WordPress websites in massive Internet scans, attempting to exploit a critical account password reset flaw disclosed earlier in the month. […]

17 May

Cisco warns of critical switch bugs with public exploit code

Cisco warned customers today of four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities with public exploit code affecting multiple Small Business Series Switches. […]

17 May

Microsoft pulls Defender update fixing Windows LSA Protection bug

Microsoft has pulled a recent Microsoft Defender update that was supposed to fix a known issue triggering persistent restart alerts and Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority (LSA) Protection is off. […]

17 May

Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions steal passwords, open remote shells

Cybercriminals are starting to target Microsoft’s VSCode Marketplace, uploading three malicious Visual Studio extensions that Windows developers downloaded 46,600 times. […]

17 May

ScanSource says ransomware attack behind multi-day outages

Technology provider ScanSource has announced it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack impacting some of its systems, business operations, and customer portals. […]

17 May

FBI confirms BianLian ransomware switch to extortion only attacks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have published a joint advisory to inform organizations of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and known indicators of compromise (IOCs) of the BianLian ransomware group. […]

16 May

GitHub reveals reason behind last week’s string of outages

GitHub’s Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering shared more details today on a string of outages that hit the code hosting platform last week. […]

16 May

Apple blocked 1.7 million apps for privacy, security issues in 2022

Apple’s App Store team prevented more than $2 billion in transactions tagged as potentially fraudulent and blocked almost 1.7 million app submissions for privacy, security, and content policy violations in 2022. […]

Month: May 2023

Microsoft shares more info on the end of Internet Explorer

18-year-old charged with hacking 60,000 DraftKings betting accounts

Hackers target vulnerable WordPress Elementor plugin after PoC released

Cisco warns of critical switch bugs with public exploit code

Microsoft pulls Defender update fixing Windows LSA Protection bug

Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions steal passwords, open remote shells

ScanSource says ransomware attack behind multi-day outages

FBI confirms BianLian ransomware switch to extortion only attacks

GitHub reveals reason behind last week’s string of outages

Apple blocked 1.7 million apps for privacy, security issues in 2022