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An infosec firm accidentally published a proof-of-concept exploit for a critical Windows print spooler vulnerability that can be abused by rogue users to compromise Active Directory domain controllers. This security hole could be exploited by a normal user to execute code as an administrator on a system running the print spooler service.
CVE-2021-1675, a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability that Microsoft patched in June 2021, presents a much greater danger than initially thought: researchers have proved that it can be exploited to achieve remote code execution and - what's worse - PoC exploits have since been leaked. The Windows Print Spooler is an application / interface / service that interacts with local or networked printers and manages the printing process.
Leaked screenshots of an internal Microsoft build of Windows 11 have given us a glimpse of the upcoming changes coming to File Explorer and the Settings app. The screenshots of the new features were leaked this morning on Twitter, allowing us to see some of the latest Windows 11 features not present in the early preview build leaked earlier this month.
The city of Tulsa, OK is asking some of its residents to keep a close eye on their personal and financial accounts after the Conti ransomware group leaked some 18,000 city files, mostly police citations, on the dark web. The websites for the city, the Tulsa City Council, the city's police force and Tulsa 311 also were affected in the attack.
An alleged preview build for Windows 11 has been leaked, confirming the new name for Microsoft's next generation of Windows and providing a glimpse of the new features. At first glance, Windows 11 looks a lot like Windows 10 with a design overhaul that includes colorful icons, rounded corners, and new animations.
A list of leaked passwords discovered on a hacker forum may be one of the largest such collections of all time. A 100GB text file leaked by a user on a popular hacker forum contains 8.4 billion passwords, likely gathered from past data breaches, tech news site CyberNews said on Monday.
An astonishing data security blunder saw the personal data of Special Forces soldiers circulating around WhatsApp in a leaked British Army spreadsheet. The document, seen by The Register, contained details of all 1,182 British soldiers recently promoted from corporal to sergeant - including those in sensitive units such as the Special Air Service, Special Boat Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment.
Personal data of an unspecified number of travelers has been compromised after a company that serves India's national carrier was hacked, Air India said. The hackers were able to access 10 years' worth of data including names, passport and credit card details from the Atlanta-based SITA Passenger Service System, Air India said in a statement Friday.
Since 2019, ransomware gangs have leaked the stolen data for 2,103 companies on dark web data leaks sites. A dark web security researcher known as DarkTracer has been keeping track of the data leak sites for thirty-four ransomware gangs and told BleepingComputer that they have now leaked the data for 2,103 organizations.
There are methods of checking whether passwords are on the dark web and consequently at risk of being used in credential stuffing; but this generally requires giving the user details to another company. A new service from HackNotice solves this problem: Dark Hash Collisions.