Security News

Identity-related incidents becoming severe, costing organizations a fortune
2024-05-30 03:00

An astonishing 84% of identity stakeholders said incidents directly impacted their business, up from 68% in 2023. 22% of businesses see managing and securing digital identities as the number one priority of their security program, up from 17% in 2023.

Chinese national cuffed on charges of running 'likely the world's largest botnet ever'
2024-05-29 23:58

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Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware
2024-05-29 23:22

Cybercriminals are abusing Stack Overflow in an interesting approach to spreading malware-answering users' questions by promoting a malicious PyPi package that installs Windows information-stealing malware. Sonatype researcher Ax Sharma discovered this new PyPi package is part of a previously known 'Cool package' campaign, named after a string in the package's metadata, that targeted Windows users last year.

Miscreants claim they've snatched 560M people's info from Ticketmaster
2024-05-29 23:00

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Windows 11 KB5037853 update fixes File Explorer issues, 20 bugs
2024-05-29 22:18

Microsoft has released the May 2024 non-security preview update for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2, which includes 32 fixes and changes. Among this cumulative update's highlights, Microsoft mentions fixing an issue causing the Windows File Explorer to freeze when swiping from the screen edge after turning off edge swiping and a second bug fix that causes it to start with a two-minute delay after pining a folder on a network share to Quick Access.

Windows 10 KB5037849 update released with 9 changes or fixes
2024-05-29 21:29

Microsoft has released the optional KB5037849 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with nine fixes or changes. Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and manually performing a 'Check for Updates.

Cooler Master hit by data breach exposing customer information
2024-05-29 21:09

Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has suffered a data breach after a threat actor breached the company's website and claimed to steal the Fanzone member information of 500,000 customers. Yesterday, a threat actor by the alias 'Ghostr' contacted BleepingComputer and claimed to have stolen 103 GB of data from Cooler Master on May 18th, 2024.

Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive
2024-05-29 20:16

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Check Point VPN zero-day exploited in attacks since April 30
2024-05-29 19:39

Threat actors have been exploiting a high-severity Check Point Remote Access VPN zero-day since at least April 30, stealing Active Directory data needed to move laterally through the victims' networks in successful attacks. Check Point warned customers on Monday that attackers are targeting their security gateways using old VPN local accounts with insecure password-only authentication.

Free Piano phish targets American university students, staff
2024-05-29 18:14

A large-scale phishing campaign is using an unusual lure to earn at least $900,000 by tricking email recipients into believing they're about to receive a baby grand piano for free. The campaign, discovered by email security firm Proofpoint, was launched in January 2024 and has distributed over 125,000 emails, mainly targeting North American university students and faculty.