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Linux version of LockBit ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

LockBit is the latest ransomware gang whose Linux encryptor has been discovered to be focusing on the encryption of VMware ESXi virtual machines. […]

26 Jan

Major Discord outage caused by API and database issues

Discord suffered what they classified as a ‘massive outage’ that prevented users from logging into the service or using voice chats. […]

26 Jan

Apple fixes new zero-day exploited to hack macOS, iOS devices

Apple has released security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities, with one publicly disclosed and the other exploited in the wild by attackers to hack into iPhones and Macs. […]

26 Jan

Chaes banking trojan hijacks Chrome with malicious extensions

A large-scale campaign involving over 800 compromised WordPress websites is spreading banking trojans that target the credentials of Brazilian e-banking users. […]

26 Jan

White House wants US govt to use a Zero Trust security model

A newly released Federal strategy wants the US government to adopt a “zero trust” security model within the next two years to defend against current threats and boost cybersecurity defenses across federal agencies. […]

25 Jan

VMware: Patch Horizon servers against ongoing Log4j attacks!

VMware is urging customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. […]

25 Jan

Linux system service bug gives root on all major distros, exploit released

A vulnerability in Polkit’s pkexec component identified as CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit) is present in the default configuration of all major Linux distributions and can be exploited to gain full root privileges on the system, researchers warn today. […]

25 Jan

TrickBot now crashes researchers’ browsers to block malware analysis

The notorious TrickBot malware has received new features that make it more challenging to research, analyze, and detect in the latest variants, including crashing browser tabs when it detects beautified scripts. […]

25 Jan

UK govt releasing Nmap scripts to find unpatched vulnerabilities

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads UK’s cyber security mission, is releasing NMAP Scripting Engine scripts to help defenders scan for and remediate vulnerable systems on their networks. […]

25 Jan

New DazzleSpy malware targets macOS users in watering hole attack

A new watering hole attack has been discovered targeting macOS users and visitors of a pro-democracy radio station website in Hong Kong and infecting them with the DazzleSpy malware […]