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Microsoft OneNote will block 120 dangerous file extensions

Microsoft has shared more information on what types of malicious embedded files OneNote will soon block to defend users against ongoing phishing attacks pushing malware. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 31 Mar 2023 940 Views

Winter Vivern hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to steal NATO emails

A Russian hacking group tracked as TA473, aka 'Winter Vivern,' has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched Zimbra endpoints since February 2023 to steal the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 31 Mar 2023 763 Views

QNAP warns customers to patch Linux Sudo flaw in NAS devices

Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP warns customers to secure their Linux-powered network-attached storage (NAS) devices against a high-severity Sudo privilege escalation vulnerability. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 30 Mar 2023 876 Views

MacStealer Malware Plucks Bushels of Data From Apple Users

A novel cyber threat against macOS users is being sold for $100 a pop on the Dark Web, and activity is ramping up.
Dark Reading 29 Mar 2023 788 Views

Microsoft Defender mistakenly tagging URLs as malicious

Microsoft Defender is mistakenly flagging legitimate links as malicious, with some customers having already received dozens of alert emails since the issues began over five hours ago. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 29 Mar 2023 720 Views

Trojanized Tor browsers target Russians with crypto-stealing malware

A surge of trojanized Tor Browser installers targets Russians and Eastern Europeans with clipboard-hijacking malware that steals infected users' cryptocurrency transactions. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 29 Mar 2023 497 Views

WiFi protocol flaw allows attackers to hijack network traffic

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fundamental security flaw in the design of the IEEE 802.11 WiFi protocol standard, allowing attackers to trick access points into leaking network frames in plaintext form. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 29 Mar 2023 453 Views

Apple fixes recently disclosed WebKit zero-day on older iPhones

Apple has released security updates to backport patches released last month, addressing an actively exploited zero-day bug for older iPhones and iPads. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 28 Mar 2023 568 Views

Exchange Online to block emails from vulnerable on-prem servers

Microsoft is introducing a new Exchange Online security feature that will automatically start throttling and eventually block all emails sent from "persistently vulnerable Exchange servers" 90 days after the admins are pinged to secure them.  [...]
Bleepingcomputer 28 Mar 2023 410 Views

Lawyers cough up $200k after health data stolen in Microsoft Exchange pillaging

In addition to $100k given to LockBit New York law firm Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy and Bach (HPMB) has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a data-breach lawsuit related to the now-notorious Hafnium Microsoft Exchange attacks that siphoned...
The Register 28 Mar 2023 6402 Views