Sergiu Gatlan
Author Bio
Sergiu is a news reporter who has covered the latest cybersecurity and technology developments for over a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.
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US charges Samourai cryptomixer founders for laundering $100 million
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for laundering more than $100 million from various criminal enterprises through Samourai, a cryptocurrency mixer service they ran for nearly a decade.
- April 24, 2024
- 04:55 PM
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ArcaneDoor hackers exploit Cisco zero-days to breach govt networks
Cisco warned today that a state-backed hacking group has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks worldwide.
- April 24, 2024
- 01:07 PM
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Windows 11 KB5036980 update goes live with Start Menu ads
Microsoft has enabled Start menu ads in the optional KB5036980 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2.
- April 24, 2024
- 11:19 AM
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Microsoft pulls fix for Outlook bug behind ICS security alerts
Microsoft reversed the fix for an Outlook bug causing erroneous security warnings after installing December 2023 security updates
- April 23, 2024
- 05:50 PM
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Microsoft releases Exchange hotfixes for security update issues
Microsoft has released hotfix updates to address multiple known issues impacting Exchange servers after installing the March 2024 security updates.
- April 23, 2024
- 03:50 PM
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US govt sanctions Iranians linked to government cyberattacks
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies.
- April 23, 2024
- 02:40 PM
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US imposes visa bans on 13 spyware makers and their families
The Department of State has started imposing visa restrictions on mercenary spyware makers and peddlers, prohibiting their entry into the United States, as announced earlier in February.
- April 23, 2024
- 11:38 AM
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Microsoft: APT28 hackers exploit Windows flaw reported by NSA
Microsoft warns that the Russian APT28 threat group exploits a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability to escalate privileges and steal credentials and data using a previously unknown hacking tool called GooseEgg.
- April 22, 2024
- 01:22 PM
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CrushFTP warns users to patch exploited zero-day “immediately”
CrushFTP warned customers today in a private memo of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability fixed in new versions released today, urging them to patch their servers immediately.
- April 19, 2024
- 06:33 PM
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MITRE says state hackers breached its network via Ivanti zero-days
The MITRE Corporation says a state-backed hacking group breached its systems in January 2024 by chaining two Ivanti VPN zero-days.
- April 19, 2024
- 03:02 PM
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United Nations agency investigates ransomware attack, data theft
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating a cyberattack after threat actors breached its IT systems to steal human resources data.
- April 19, 2024
- 02:03 PM
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Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack
American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack.
- April 18, 2024
- 05:02 PM
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FBI: Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims
According to a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL), the Akira ransomware operation has breached the networks of over 250 organizations and raked in roughly $42 million in ransom payments.
- April 18, 2024
- 02:11 PM
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Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 preview available for Windows, Mac
A preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024, a volume-licensed and perpetual version of Office for commercial customers, is now available for Windows and macOS users.
- April 18, 2024
- 12:49 PM
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Hackers hijack OpenMetadata apps in Kubernetes cryptomining attacks
In an ongoing Kubernetes cryptomining campaign, attackers target OpenMetadata workloads using critical remote code execution and authentication vulnerabilities.
- April 17, 2024
- 05:01 PM
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