Use This One-Click Mitigation Tool from Microsoft to Prevent Exchange Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Microsoft on Monday released a one-click mitigation software that applies all the necessary countermeasures to secure vulnerable environments against the ongoing widespread ProxyLogon Exchange Server cyberattacks.
Called Exchange...
18-Year-Old Hacker Gets 3 Years in Prison for Massive Twitter ‘Bitcoin Scam’ Hack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A Florida teen accused of masterminding the hacks of several high-profile Twitter accounts last summer as part of a widespread cryptocurrency scam pled guilty to fraud charges...
Mimecast Finds SolarWinds Hackers Stole Some of Its Source Code
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Email security firm Mimecast on Tuesday revealed that the state-sponsored SolarWinds hackers who broke into its internal network also downloaded source code out of a limited number...
Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the...
WARNING: A New Android Zero-Day Vulnerability Is Under Active Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Google has disclosed that a now-patched vulnerability affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets is being weaponized by adversaries to launch targeted attacks.
Tracked as CVE-2020-11261 (CVSS score...
Purple Fox Rootkit Can Now Spread Itself to Other Windows Computers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Purple Fox, a Windows malware previously known for infecting machines by using exploit kits and phishing emails, has now added a new technique to its arsenal that...
Black Kingdom Ransomware Hunting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
More than a week after Microsoft released a one-click mitigation tool to mitigate cyberattacks targeting on-premises Exchange servers, the company disclosed that patches have been applied to...
Hackers Set Up a Fake Cybersecurity Firm to Target Security Experts
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A North Korean government-backed campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers with malware has re-emerged with new tactics in their arsenal as part of a fresh social engineering attack.
In an...
22-Year-Old Charged With Hacking Water System and Endangering Lives
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Kansas has been indicted on charges that he unauthorizedly accessed a public water facility's computer system, jeopardizing the residents'...
Hackers From China Target Vietnamese Military and Government
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A hacking group related to a Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam.
The attacks have been...
