The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in social engineering attacks. “Storm-1811 is… Read More »Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks
Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling stolen data, for the second time within a year. The website (“breachforums[.]st”) has been… Read More »FBI Seizes BreachForums Again, Urges Users to Report Criminal Activity
Google is unveiling a set of new features in Android 15 to prevent malicious apps installed on the device from capturing sensitive data. This constitutes an update to the Play Integrity… Read More »Android 15 Rolls Out Advanced Features to Protect Users from Scams and Malicious Apps
Google has announced a slew of privacy and security features in Android, including a suite of advanced protection features to help secure users’ devices and data in the event of… Read More »Google Launches AI-Powered Theft and Data Protection Features for Android Devices
Here’s How to Enhance Your Cyber Resilience with CVSS In late 2023, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 was unveiled, succeeding the eight-year-old CVSS v3.0, with the aim to enhance vulnerability… Read More »(Cyber) Risk = Probability of Occurrence x Damage
An unnamed European Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and its three diplomatic missions in the Middle East were targeted by two previously undocumented backdoors tracked as LunarWeb and LunarMail. ESET,… Read More »Turla Group Deploys LunarWeb and LunarMail Backdoors in Diplomatic Missions
While cloud adoption has been top of mind for many IT professionals for nearly a decade, it’s only in recent months, with industry changes and announcements from key players, that many recognize… Read More »It’s Time to Master the Lift & Shift: Migrating from VMware vSphere to Microsoft Azure
A malware botnet called Ebury is estimated to have compromised 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, out of which more than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023. The findings come from… Read More »Ebury Botnet Malware Compromises 400,000 Linux Servers Over Past 14 Years
Microsoft has addressed a total of 61 new security flaws in its software as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for May 2024, including two zero-days which have been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 61… Read More »Microsoft Patches 61 Flaws, Including Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days
A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5 years and 4 months in prison. While the name of the defendant was redacted in the verdict,… Read More »Dutch Court Sentences Tornado Cash Co-Founder to 5 Years in Prison for Money Laundering