December 15, 2022 Microsoft has fixed a security vulnerability that permitted malicious hackers to circumvent Windows SmartScreen security and distribute Magniber ransomware and Qbot malware payloads. This comes after Microsoft has been working to fix it since late more...
December 15, 2022 Fortinet Researchers from FortiGuard Labs discovered GoTrim, a novel Go-based botnet that scans and brute-forces WordPress and OpenCart websites in order to facilitate site takeovers and other attacks. Since September 2022, a bot network has more...
December 15, 2022 Six people have been charged by federal prosecutors with operating websites that launched highly effective distributed denial-of-service (DDos) attacks on a variety of victims. It also seized 48 Internet domains that were selling booter or more...
December 14, 2022 An Ottawa-area IT services company says it has completely restored service to its customers after being hit by the Cuba ransomware strain last week. However, they lost a day’s worth of email and data. Marc more...
December 14, 2022 Citrix has issued a critical alert calling for immediate action to install updates to certain models of its Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway products after the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability allowing threat actors more...
December 14, 2022 A botnet tries to brute-force WordPress sites, a warning to Atlassian admins and new ransomware tactics. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, December 14th, 2022. I’ll start with a warning to WordPress and OpenCart more...
December 14, 2022 The California Department of Finance has confirmed that it is looking into a "cybersecurity incident" after the prolific LockBit ransomware group claimed to have stolen confidential data from the agency. On Monday, the LockBit ransomware more...
December 14, 2022 A U.S. National Security Agency update has disclosed the activity of APT5, a presumed Chinese hacking group, which is looking to exploit a vulnerability in networking gear from U.S. technology company Citrix Systems Inc to more...
December 13, 2022 IT administrators with applications from Atlassian — including Jira, Confluence, Trello and BitBucket — are being warned of a vulnerability in their session cookies. The way to close this serious hole is to make sure more...
December 13, 2022 Three hundred and sixty-five days of angst is a good description of the job of an infosec pro. Whether working for a well-funded bank or a fledgling startup, IT security professionals are exhausted every day. more...
