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Microsoft Office MSGraph Vulnerability Could Lead to Code Execution Microsoft today will release a patch for a vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Office MSGraph component, responsible for displaying graphics and charts, that could be exploited to execute code on a target machine. Because the component can be embedded in most Office documents, an attacker can use
FBI and AFP Created a Fake Encrypted Chat Platform to Catch Criminals In the “largest and most sophisticated law enforcement operations to date,” a joint international law enforcement created a fake end-to-end encrypted chat platform designed solely to catch criminals. The FBI and the Australian Federal Police started cooperating three years ago in Operation Ironside (aka
Major websites around the world are either completely down or not loading properly in a global outage. As noticed by BleepingComputer, sites currently impacted by this outage include: Amazon Amazon Web Services (AWS) CNN Debian.org repos (https://deb.debian.org/) GOV.UK GitHub Heroku (https://dashboard.heroku.com/) PyPI.org Reddit RubyGems.org Shopify StackOverflow TechRadar The Verge TomsGuide This is not an exhaustive list as
US Recovers Most of Colonial Pipeline’s $4.4M Ransomware Payment The US Department of Justice has recovered the majority of the $4.4 million ransom payment paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware operation. On May 7th, Colonial Pipeline suffered a DarkSide ransomware attack that forced them to shut down their fuel pipeline operation. This shutdown led to