Security News > 2024 > November

What 2025 holds for user identity protection
2024-11-14 04:30

In this Help Net Security video, David Cottingham, President of rf IDEAS, discusses what he sees as the most prominent areas for improvement and continued change in the space: As we move into...

How cybersecurity failures are draining business budgets
2024-11-14 04:00

Security leaders feel under increasing pressure to provide assurances around cybersecurity, exposing them to greater personal risk – yet many lack the data and resources to accurately report and...

Reminder: China-backed crews compromised 'multiple' US telcos in 'significant cyber espionage campaign'
2024-11-14 01:54

Feds don't name Salt Typhoon, but describe Beijing band's alleged deeds The US government has confirmed there was "a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign" conducted by China-linked...

ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue
2024-11-14 00:14

Plus: CISA's ScubaGear dives deep to fix M365 misconfigs Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool that can unlock data encrypted by the ShrinkLocker ransomware.…

Hackers use macOS extended file attributes to hide malicious code
2024-11-13 22:53

Hackers are using a novel technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to deliver a new trojan that researchers call RustyAttr. [...]

US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack
2024-11-13 22:34

CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the "private communications" of a "limited number" of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers. [...]

Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it
2024-11-13 21:44

We call this lead degeneration What's claimed to be more than 183 million records of people's contact details and employment info has been stolen or otherwise obtained from a data broker and put...

Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach
2024-11-13 21:41

The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a B2B demand generation platform. [...]

Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine
2024-11-13 21:33

Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. [...]

Patch Tuesday: Four Critical Vulnerabilities Paved Over
2024-11-13 19:55

The November 2024 Microsoft updates let Windows 11 users remap the Copilot button.