20 Oct Microsoft 365 will get enhanced insider risk management tools Microsoft is updating Microsoft 365 to allow admins to better manage insider security threats in their environments with improvements to risky activity detection and visibility. […]
20 Oct New PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for C2 communication The PurpleFox botnet has refreshed its arsenal with new vulnerability exploits and dropped payloads, now also leveraging WebSockets for C2 bidirectional communication. […]
19 Oct Zerodium wants zero-day exploits for Windows VPN clients In a short tweet today, exploit broker Zerodium said that it is looking to acquire zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities in three popular virtual private network (VPN) service providers on the market. […]
19 Oct Brave ditches Google for its own privacy-centric search engine Brave Browser has replaced Google with its own no-tracking privacy-centric Brave Search as the default search engine for new users in five regions. […]
19 Oct BlackByte ransomware decryptor released to recover files for free A free decryptor for the BlackByte ransomware has been released, allowing past victims to recover their files for free. […]
19 Oct LightBasin hacking group breaches 13 global telecoms in two years A group of hackers that security researchers call LightBasin has been compromising mobile telecommunication systems across the world for the past five years. […]
19 Oct Man gets 7 years in prison for hacking 65K health care employees Justin Sean Johnson, also known as TheDearthStar and Dearthy Star, was sentenced this week to seen years in prison for the 2014 hack of the health care provider and insurer University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). […]
19 Oct FBI warns of fake govt sites used to steal financial, personal data The FBI warned the US public that threat actors actively use fake and spoofed unemployment benefit websites to harvest sensitive financial and personal information from unsuspecting victims. […]
18 Oct Microsoft: Windows 11 bug may only allow admins to print Microsoft is working on a fix for a known issue impacting Windows 11 customers and causing a prompt for admin credentials before every attempt to print. […]