US Govt Warns Orgs to Patch Massively Exploited Confluence Bug US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has issued a rare alert today urging US organizations to patch a massively exploited Atlassian Confluence critical vulnerability immediately. “Mass exploitation of Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 is ongoing and expected to accelerate,” said Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF). This Read more…
Babuk Ransomware’s Full Source Code Leaked on Hacker Forum A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the Babuk ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum. Babuk Locker, also known internally as Babyk, is a ransomware operation launched at the beginning of 2021 when it began targeting businesses to steal and Read more…
Conti Ransomware Now Hacking Exchange servers with ProxyShell Exploits The Conti ransomware gang is hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers and breaching corporate networks using recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerability exploits. ProxyShell is the name of an exploit utilizing three chained Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2021-31207) that allow unauthenticated, remote code execution on Read more…
Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Feature Update for Enterprise Testing Microsoft has released Windows 11 and Windows 10, version 21H2 feature updates for enterprise testing before their general release later this year. “Organizations enrolled in the Windows Insider Program for Business can access these builds through all standard channels, including Windows Read more…
FBI: Spike in Sextortion Attacks Cost Victims $8 Million This Year FBI: Spike in Sextortion Attacks Cost Victims $8 Million This Year The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned of a massive increase in sextortion complaints since the start of 2021, resulting in total financial losses of more Read more…
Over 60,000 Parked Domains Were Vulnerable to AWS Hijacking Domain registrar MarkMonitor had left more than 60,000 parked domains vulnerable to domain hijacking. MarkMonitor, now part of Clarivate, is a domain management company that “helps establish and protect the online presence of the world’s leading brands – and the billions who use them.” Read more…
Microsoft Releases First Windows 11 “Nickel” Build to Insiders Microsoft has released the first Windows 11 “Nickel” preview build 22449 to Windows Insiders in the ‘Dev’ channel, allowing them to test out new unstable features that are still being developed. Since Windows 11 was officially announced, Microsoft has been testing Read more…
WhatsApp to Appeal $266 Million Fine for Violating EU Privacy Laws Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) has hit Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp with a €225 million ($266 million) administrative fine for violating the EU’s GDPR privacy regulation after failing to inform users and non-users on what it does with their Read more…
Bluetooth BrakTooth Bugs Could Affect Billions of Devices Vulnerabilities collectively referred to as BrakTooth are affecting Bluetooth stacks implemented on system-on-a-chip (SoC) circuits from over a dozen vendors. The set of issues impact a wide variety of devices, from consumer electronics to industrial equipment. The associated risk ranges from denial-of-service, Read more…
Translated Conti Ransomware Playbook Gives Insight Into Attacks Almost a month after a disgruntled Conti affiliate leaked the gang’s attack playbook, security researchers shared a translated variant that clarifies any misinterpretation caused by automated translation. Apart from providing information about the gang’s attack methods and the thoroughness of the instructions, which allow Read more…
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