Google Chrome Emergency Update Fixes New Zero-day Used in Attacks Google has released Chrome 105.0.5195.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw, the sixth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks patched this year. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-3075 exists in Read more…
BlackCat Ransomware Claims Attack on Italian Energy Agency The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack that hit the systems of Italy’s energy agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA (GSE) over the weekend. GSE is a publicly-owned company that promotes and supports renewable energy sources (RES) across Italy. A GSE spokesperson disclosed that Read more…
Dev Backdoors Own Malware to Steal Data from other Hackers Cybercriminals using Prynt Stealer to collect data from victims are being swindled by the malware developer, who also receives a copy of the info over Telegram messaging service. The malware developer has planted in the builder for the infostealer a backdoor that Read more…
Samsung Discloses Data Breach After July Hack Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach today after some of its U.S. systems were hacked to steal customer data. The company said its systems were compromised in late July 2022. Samsung later discovered on August 4 that customer personal information was Read more…
Hive Ransomware Hits Damart Clothing Store with $2 million Ransom Damart, a French clothing company with over 130 stores across the world, is being extorted for $2 million after a cyberattack from the Hive ransomware gang. Some of the company’s systems have been encrypted and operations have been disrupted since August 15. Read more…
San Francisco 49ers: Blackbyte Ransomware Gang Stole Info of 20K People NFL’s San Francisco 49ers are mailing notification letters confirming a data breach affecting more than 20,000 individuals following a ransomware attack that hit its network earlier this year. The San Francisco Bay Area professional American football team confirmed that personal information (including Read more…
Twitter is Down Showing ‘Something went wrong’ Errors If you’re experiencing issues on Twitter, you are not the only one, as the social network is currently going through an outage that makes it impossible for users to read tweets and tweet replies on the web. Users report seeing “Something went Read more…
Windows 11 Settings Now Lets you Manage Xbox Subscriptions Microsoft says the latest Windows 11 preview build has improved the Accounts Settings page to provide Xbox subscription management capabilities. The new ‘Your Microsoft account’ settings page within Windows 11’s Settings was rolled out by the Windows Insider team starting in October Read more…
New Ransomware Hits Windows, Linux Servers of Chile Govt Agency Chile’s national computer security and incident response team (CSIRT) has announced that a ransomware attack has impacted operations and online services of a government agency in the country. The attack started on Thursday, August 25, targeting Microsoft and VMware ESXi servers operated Read more…
Microsoft will Disable Exchange Online Basic Auth Next Month Microsoft warned customers today that it will finally disable basic authentication in random tenants worldwide to improve Exchange Online security starting October 1, 2022. Today’s announcement follows multiple reminders and warnings the company has issued over the last three years, the first Read more…
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