After we covered that the latest Windows 11 Beta channel will now document changes in two separate categories, the first being Gradual Rollout, where new features and updates will be released gradually to Beta Channel users, and the second being Opt-in for Early Access, where users who want to be among the first to try new features can enable […]
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The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in “developing, operating, and distributing” commercial spyware designed to target government officials, journalists, and policy experts in the country. “The proliferation of commercial spyware poses distinct and growing
VMware has released patches to address four security flaws impacting ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, including two critical flaws that could lead to code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253, the vulnerabilities have been described as use-after-free bugs in the XHCI USB controller. They carry a CVSS score of 9.3 for Workstation and Fusion, and 8.4 for […]
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher Chetan Raghuprasad said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “GhostLocker and
A financial entity in Vietnam was the target of a previously undocumented threat actor called Lotus Bane that was first detected in March 2023. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB described the hacking outfit as an advanced persistent threat group that’s believed to have been active since at least 2022. The exact specifics of the infection chain remain unknown as yet, […]
iPhone users in the European Union can now download apps from alternative app stores for the first time, thanks to the new iOS 17.4 update but mostly thanks to DMA). Digital Markets Act aims to promote fair competition in the digital market. However, there’s a catch: if you’re planning to go on a ‘longer’ vacation, […]
Apple has released security updates to address several security flaws, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcomings are listed below – CVE-2024-23225 – A memory corruption issue in Kernel that an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability can exploit to bypass kernel memory protections CVE-2024-23296 – A […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all organizations, especially federal agencies of countries, to patch a critical vulnerability in the Microsoft Streaming Service (MSKSSRV.SYS) that attackers are actively and extensively exploiting. The vulnerability goes by the ID CVE-2023-29360. What it does is it allows local attackers to gain full control (SYSTEM privileges) […]
Third-party cookies have long been used for targeted advertising, but on the other hand, they also raise privacy concerns. And due to it, users often lack transparency about how their data is collected and shared. To address this, web browsers are moving away from third-party cookies altogether. The announcement of the new Privacy-Preserving Ads API […]
Kaseya, a provider of unified IT management and security software for managed service providers (MSPs) and small to midsize business (SMBs), today released its 2024 MSP Benchmark Report, which surveyed close to 1,000 MSPs from the Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and APAC (Asia Pacific) regions and includes responses from both IT professionals […]