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
Monthly Archives: January 2025
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
Tenable says customers must manually upgrade their software to revive Nessus vulnerability scanner agents taken offline on December 31st due to buggy differential plugin updates. […]
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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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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 […]
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27766 to the Canary Channel. We are also not planning to release SDKs for 27xxx series builds for the time being. Changes and Improvements [General] This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders […]
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech (also known as Yongxin Zhicheng) for its involvement in cyberattacks attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored Flax Typhoon hacking group. […]
Twenty malicious packages impersonating the Hardhat development environment used by Ethereum developers are targeting private keys and other sensitive data. […]
Several Xbox games, including WWE 2K23, will close their servers in January and February 2025, impacting achievements. The post Servers of these Xbox games are facing closures in February 2025 appeared first on MSPoweruser.
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. alleging that its Siri assistant recorded private conversations and shared them with third parties. […]