Monthly Archives: January 2025

BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposes 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key

BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key. The company said the breach involved 17 Remote Support SaaS customers and that the API key was used to enable unauthorized access by resetting local […]

Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members, involved the use of spyware from an Israeli company known as Paragon Solutions. The attackers were neutralized in December 2024. In a statement to The Guardian, […]

Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that’s targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of harvesting their credentials. “These malicious ads, appearing on Google Search, are designed to steal the login information of users trying to access Microsoft’s advertising platform,” Jérôme Segura, senior

FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized dozens of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan. The proprietors of the service, who use the collective nickname “The Manipulaters,” have been the subject of three stories published here since 2015. The FBI said the […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3073 (Dev and Beta Channels)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3073 (KB5050090) to the Dev Channel. With this update, we are previewing the ability to use improved Windows Search to find files saved in your OneDrive with Windows Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. We also have a small Paint update rolling out (see […]

Citizen Sleeper 2: Sequel introduces new characters, stories and mechanics

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, a sequel to 2022’s Citizen Sleeper, is now available. “You don’t necessarily need to have played the first game, but it does help in understanding the nuance and complexities of the unforgiving, dystopian world that Citizen Sleeper is set in,” writes Xbox Wire’s Danielle Partis. “While the first game often […]

Seize the ‘Zero Moment of Trust’

Data loops at the center of ZTA and CTEM can boost your cyber programWritten by Chris Jablonski, Director, CXO Revolutionaries & Community. In 2011, Google released a groundbreaking report called ZMOT: Winning the Zero Moment of Truth, sending shockwaves across the marketing world. ZMOT refers to the moment when a consumer researches a product before […]