Monthly Archives: January 2025

Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution

A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery’s Nuclei, a widely-used open-source vulnerability scanner that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and potentially execute malicious code. Tracked as CVE-2024-43405, it carries a CVSS score of 7.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. It impacts all versions of Nuclei later than […]

PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution. The backdoor, according to Google’s Managed Defense team, shares functional overlaps with a known remote administration tool referred to as Gh0st RAT, which had its source

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Beijing Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated for orchestrating several cyber attacks against U.S. victims. These attacks have been publicly attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor tracked as Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or

Every general-purpose technology creates new opportunity across the economy. But it requires companies and countries to invest in new infrastructure and equip people with the right skills. And that’s what we are doing at Microsoft in this AI era, starting in the US. As Brad Smith outlines, we want to ensure every American benefits from this AI platform shift, whether it is a scientist discovering a new drug or a high school grad launching a career in cyber security, a farmer embracing precision agriculture or a small business owner becoming more competitive.

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4660 (Beta Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4660 (KB5048808) to the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as […]