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Microsoft is rolling out Phone Link for iOS to all Windows 11 and iPhone users, with the rollout expected to complete by mid-May. The Phone Link app is designed to enable users to connect from their PC to Android and iOS devices via a Wi-Fi connection. "Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Phone Link for iOS on Windows 11 is beginning to rollout to our global audience in 39 languages across 85 markets," said Ali Akgun, Corporate Vice President of Software Engineering for Microsoft Devices.
The Chinese nation-state group dubbed Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of a backdoor called PingPull as well as a new undocumented tool codenamed Sword2033. Alloy Taurus is the constellation-themed moniker assigned to a threat actor that's known for its attacks targeting telecom companies since at least 2012.
Microsoft has fixed a known issue triggering Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority Protection is off by removing the feature's UI from settings. Microsoft acknowledged a known issue causing persistent alerts asking for Windows restarts following a stream of reports mentioning "Local Security Authority protection is off. Your device may be vulnerable." warnings even though LSA Protection was already enabled.
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An insecure default configuration issue makes most internet-facing Apache Superset servers vulnerable to attackers, Horizon3. Administrators in charge of Apache Superset instances should check whether they are among that lot, upgrade them to a fixed version, and check whether attackers might have exploited the weakness to breach them.
The prolific Iranian nation-state group known as Charming Kitten targeted multiple victims in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and India with a novel malware dubbed BellaCiao, adding to its ever-expanding list of custom tools. Discovered by Bitdefender Labs, BellaCiao is a "Personalized dropper" that's capable of delivering other malware payloads onto a victim machine based on commands received from an actor-controlled server.
The advanced persistent threat group referred to as Evasive Panda has been observed targeting an international non-governmental organization in Mainland China with malware delivered via update channels of legitimate applications like Tencent QQ. The attack chains are designed to distribute a Windows installer for MgBot malware, ESET security researcher Facundo Muñoz said in a new report published today. The group's hallmark is the use of the custom MgBot modular malware framework, which is capable of receiving additional components on the fly to expand on its intelligence-gathering capabilities.
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