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Microsoft and Google postpone insecure authentication removal

Microsoft says that Basic Authentication’s removal from Exchange Online is being postponed until the second half of 2021 due to the current situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

07 Apr

NASA under ‘significantly increasing’ hacking, phishing attacks

NASA has seen “significantly increasing” malicious activity from both nation-state hackers and cybercriminals targeting the US space agency’s systems and personnel working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

07 Apr

Drug testing firm sends data breach alerts after ransomware attack

Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD (HMR), a research company on standby to perform live trials of Coronavirus vaccines, has started emailing data breach notifications after having their data stolen and published in a ransomware attack. […]

07 Apr

Microsoft buys corp.com to prevent Windows account hijacking

Microsoft has purchased the Corp.com domain to prevent it from being used by malicious actors to steal Windows credentials, monitor customer traffic, or serve malicious files. […]

06 Apr

80% of all exposed Exchange servers still unpatched for critical flaw

More than 350,000 of all Microsoft Exchange servers currently exposed on the Internet haven’t yet been patched against the CVE-2020-0688 post-auth remote code execution vulnerability affecting all supported Microsoft Exchange Server versions. […]

06 Apr

FBI warns again of BEC scammers exploiting cloud email services

FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued today a public service announcement warning of cybercriminals abusing popular cloud-based email services as part of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. […]

06 Apr

PSA: Fake Zoom installers being used to distribute malware

Attackers are taking advantage of the increased popularity of the Zoom video conferencing service to distribute installers that are bundled with malware and adware applications. […]

06 Apr

Interpol: Ransomware attacks on hospitals are increasing

The INTERPOL (short for International Criminal Police Organisation) warns that cybercriminals are increasingly attempting to lockout hospitals out of critical systems by attempting to deploy ransomware on their networks despite the currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. […]

04 Apr

DOJ Says Zoom-Bombing is Illegal, Could Lead to Jail Time

The Department of Justice and Offices of the United States Attorneys are warning that ‘Zoom-bombing’ is illegal and those who are involved can be charged with federal and state crimes. […]

04 Apr

Windows PCs Exposed to Attacks by Critical HP Support Assistant Bugs

Several critical HP Support Assistant vulnerabilities expose Windows computers to remote code execution attacks and could allow attackers to elevate their privileges or to delete arbitrary files following successful exploitation. […]

Tag: security

Microsoft and Google postpone insecure authentication removal

NASA under ‘significantly increasing’ hacking, phishing attacks

Drug testing firm sends data breach alerts after ransomware attack

Microsoft buys corp.com to prevent Windows account hijacking

80% of all exposed Exchange servers still unpatched for critical flaw

FBI warns again of BEC scammers exploiting cloud email services

PSA: Fake Zoom installers being used to distribute malware

Interpol: Ransomware attacks on hospitals are increasing

DOJ Says Zoom-Bombing is Illegal, Could Lead to Jail Time

Windows PCs Exposed to Attacks by Critical HP Support Assistant Bugs