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Microsoft to force install new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February
2025-01-10 14:12

Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month's security update. [...]

Job-seeking devs targeted with fake CrowdStrike offer via email
2025-01-10 12:20

Cryptojackers are impersonating Crowdstrike via email to get developers to unwittingly install the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on their Windows PC, the company has warned. The email Crowdstrike has...

Taking the Pain Out of Cybersecurity Reporting: A Practical Guide for MSPs
2025-01-10 11:59

Cybersecurity reporting is a critical yet often overlooked opportunity for service providers managing cybersecurity for their clients, and specifically for virtual Chief Information Security...

AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics
2025-01-10 11:58

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims...

Hands-On Walkthrough: Microsegmentation For all Users, Workloads and Devices by Elisity
2025-01-10 10:22

Network segmentation remains a critical security requirement, yet organizations struggle with traditional approaches that demand extensive hardware investments, complex policy management, and...

RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns
2025-01-10 09:31

Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December...

CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer
2025-01-10 09:09

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that's disguised as an employee CRM application as part of...

Devs sent into security panic by 'feature that was helpful … until it wasn't'
2025-01-10 08:30

Screenshot showed it wasn't a possible attack – unless you qualify everything Google does as a threat On Call Velkomin, Vælkomin, Hoş geldin, and welcome to Friday, and therefore to another...

January 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Changes coming in cybersecurity guidance
2025-01-10 07:38

Welcome to 2025 and a new year of patch excitement! In my December article, I talked about Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and how it manifested in many of the Microsoft products...

The SBI fake banking app shows that SMS authentication has had its day
2025-01-10 05:00

As a company fortunate enough to have and maintain our own pentesting team, we often do outreach with other organizations to assist with or provide our expertise in offensive security. In...