Security News

New Windows 10 22H2 beta fixes memory leaks and crashes
2024-08-23 16:51

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 22H2 beta (KB5041582) with memory leak and crash fixes for Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels. [...]

Styx Stealer Creator's OPSEC Fail Leaks Client List and Profit Details
2024-08-21 11:10

In what's a case of an operational security lapse, the operator behind a new information stealer called Styx Stealer leaked data from their own computer, including details related to the clients, profit information, nicknames, phone numbers, and email addresses. Styx Stealer, a derivative of the Phemedrone Stealer, is capable of stealing browser data, instant messenger sessions from Telegram and Discord, and cryptocurrency wallet information, cybersecurity company Check Point said in an analysis.

Iran named as source of Trump campaign phish, leaks
2024-08-20 06:29

US authorities have named Iran as the likely source of a recent attack on the campaign of the US Republican Party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump. One of those efforts, the statement asserts, resulted in compromise of the Trump campaign and subsequent leaking of documents.

Toyota confirms breach after stolen data leaks on hacking forum
2024-08-19 20:51

Toyota confirmed that its network was breached after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from the company's systems on a hacking forum. [...]

Week in review: MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes, malicious Chrome, Edge browser extensions
2024-08-18 08:00

Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackersA new MS Office zero-day vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to grab users' NTLM hashes, Microsoft has shared late last week. Key metrics for monitoring and improving ZTNA implementationsIn this Help Net Security interview, Dean Hamilton, CTO at Wilson Perumal & Company, discusses the complexities of zero trust network access implementation, focusing on balancing security with operational efficiency.

After nearly 3B personal records leak online, Florida data broker confirms it was ransacked by cyber-thieves
2024-08-16 20:45

According to USDoD, the stolen data was collected by NPD between 2019 and 2024. After weeks of silence, and countless people starting to get alerts from privacy and anti-fraud services that their personal info has been leaked, NPD has, in cagey language, confirmed it was compromised and that its data was stolen and shared.

Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackers (CVE-2024-38200)
2024-08-12 10:23

A new MS Office zero-day vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to grab users' NTLM hashes, Microsoft has shared late last week. Once attackers get a victim's NTLM hash, they can relay it another service and authenticate as the victim.

Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
2024-08-11 14:17

Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and...

Fortune 50 biz coughed up record-breaking $75M ransom to halt leak of stolen data
2024-08-02 12:03

An unnamed Fortune 50 corporation paid a stonking $75 million to a ransomware gang to stop it leaking terabytes of stolen data. In September 2023, Dark Angels used a RagnarLocker variant to encrypt international conglomerate Johnson Controls' data, and demanded a $51 million ransom.

Secure Boot useless on hundreds of PCs from major vendors after key leak
2024-07-29 01:58

Infosec in brief Protecting computers' BIOS and the boot process is essential for modern security - but knowing it's important isn't the same as actually taking steps to do it. Take the research published last week by security boffins at firmware security vendor Binarily.