October 2023 - Page 2 of 13

Windows 11 adds support for 11 file archives, including 7-Zip and RAR

Microsoft says Windows 11 22H2 now natively supports almost a dozen additional archive formats, including RAR, 7-Zip, Tar, and GZ archives. […]

28 Oct

Hackers email stolen student data to parents of Nevada school district

The Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada is dealing with a potentially massive data breach, as hackers email parents their children’s’ data that was allegedly stolen during a recent cyberattack. […]

28 Oct

HackerOne paid ethical hackers over $300 million in bug bounties

HackerOne has announced that its bug bounty programs have awarded over $300 million in rewards to ethical hackers and vulnerability researchers since the platform’s inception. […]

27 Oct

Hackers earn over $1 million for 58 zero-days at Pwn2Own Toronto

The Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 hacking competition has ended with security researchers earning $1,038,500 for 58 zero-day exploits (and multiple bug collisions) targeting consumer products between October 24 and October 27. […]

27 Oct

The Week in Ransomware – October 27th 2023 – Breaking Records

Ransomware attacks are increasing significantly, with reports indicating that last month was a record month for ransomware attacks in 2023. […]

27 Oct

Microsoft 365 users get workaround for ‘Something Went Wrong’ errors

Microsoft shared a workaround for a known Microsoft 365 issue triggering ‘Something Went Wrong [1001]’ sign-in errors and making desktop applications unusable for many customers. […]

27 Oct

Lazarus hackers breached dev repeatedly to deploy SIGNBT malware

The North Korean Lazarus hacking group repeatedly compromised a software vendor using flaws in vulnerable software despite multiple patches and warnings being made available by the developer. […]

27 Oct

F5 fixes BIG-IP auth bypass allowing remote code execution attacks

A critical vulnerability in the F5 BIG-IP configuration utility, tracked as CVE-2023-46747, allows an attacker with remote access to the configuration utility to perform unauthenticated remote code execution. […]

27 Oct

Windows 11 KB5031455 preview update enables Moment 4 features by default

Microsoft has released the optional KB5031455 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2, which enables 72 new Moment 4 features by default and fixes 22 issues. […]

26 Oct

Windows 10 KB5031445 preview update fixes ctfmon.exe memory leak, 9 issues

Microsoft has released the optional KB5031445 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with nine improvements or fixes, including a fix for a memory leak in ctfmon.exe. […]

Month: October 2023

Windows 11 adds support for 11 file archives, including 7-Zip and RAR

Hackers email stolen student data to parents of Nevada school district

HackerOne paid ethical hackers over $300 million in bug bounties

Hackers earn over $1 million for 58 zero-days at Pwn2Own Toronto

The Week in Ransomware – October 27th 2023 – Breaking Records

Microsoft 365 users get workaround for ‘Something Went Wrong’ errors

Lazarus hackers breached dev repeatedly to deploy SIGNBT malware

F5 fixes BIG-IP auth bypass allowing remote code execution attacks

Windows 11 KB5031455 preview update enables Moment 4 features by default

Windows 10 KB5031445 preview update fixes ctfmon.exe memory leak, 9 issues