Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse

Microsoft has resolved a security lapse that exposed internal company files and credentials to the open internet. Security researchers Can Yoleri, Murat Özfidan and Egemen Koçhisarlı with SOCRadar, a cybersecurity company that helps organizations find security weaknesses, discovered an open Read More …

NHS board warns patients of further data leak after cyber attack

An NHS board has warned patients that further personal information could be leaked by cyber criminals who stole medical data in a major cyber attack. A large amount of confidential data was taken from NHS Dumfries and Galloway during a Read More …

Phishing Attack Targets Apple Users With Password Resets

If you suddenly receive dozens of password-reset notifications on your iPhone, watch out: You’re probably facing a devious phishing attack targeting Apple users. The malicious tactic is intended to to trick iPhone users into handing over access to their Apple Read More …

New Gmail & M365 Warning As 2FA Security Bypass Hack Confirmed

The developers of a notorious 2FA account security bypass tool have launched an updated version of their ‘as-a-service’ kit that is targeting Microsoft 365 and Gmail account holders. Researchers from the Sekoia Threat Detection and Research team have published an Read More …

New Golang Trojan Installs Certificate for Comms Evasion

This week, the Sonicwall Capture Labs threat research team analyzed a new Golang malware sample. It uses multiple geographic checks and publicly available packages to screenshot the system before installing a root certificate to the Windows registry for HTTPS communications Read More …

Microsoft admits Russian state hack still not contained

Microsoft said Friday it’s still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who broke into the email accounts of senior company executives in November and who it said have been trying to breach customer networks with stolen access data. Read More …

PetSmart warns customers of credential stuffing attack

Pet retail company PetSmart has emailed customers to alert them to a recent credential stuffing attack. Credential stuffing relies on the re-use of passwords. Take this example: User of Site A uses the same email and password to login to Read More …

FCC and crypto firms are being hit in advanced phishing attacks using fake Okta logins

Security researchers have observed a highly sophisticated phishing campaign targeting employees of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as well as popular crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini. First, they would create landing pages for logging into places like Read More …

re: Zyxel VPN Series Pre-auth Remote Command Execution

On January 25, 2024, SSD Secure Disclosure posted a disclosure titled Zyxel VPN Series Pre-auth Remote Command Execution. The writeup describes an unauthenticated remote command injection vulnerability affecting Zyxel VPN firewalls. That caught VulnCheck researchers attention. The Zyxel VPN series Read More …

ConnectWise Releases Critical Security Update for ScreenConnect

ConnectWise has released a security update addressing two vulnerabilities in on-premise ScreenConnect deployments. The update addresses a critical authentication bypass vulnerability with a CVSSv3 score of 10 and a path traversal vulnerability with a CVSSv3 score of 8.4. A remote Read More …