FTC shares ransomware defense tips for small US businesses
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared guidance for small businesses on how to secure their networks from ransomware attacks…
Zero-day bug in all Windows versions gets free unofficial patch
A free and unofficial patch is now available for a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows User Profile…
BotenaGo botnet targets millions of IoT devices with 33 exploits
A new BotenaGo malware botnet has been discovered using over thirty exploits to attack millions of routers and IoT devices. [...]
Magniber ransomware gang now exploits Internet Explorer flaws in attacks
The Magniber ransomware gang is now using two Internet Explorer vulnerabilities and malicious advertisements to infect users and encrypt their…
Hacker-for-Hire Group Spied on More Than 3,500 Targets in 18 Months
Russian-speaking "Void Balaur" group's victims include politicians, dissidents, human rights activists, doctors, and journalists, security vendor discloses at Black Hat…
Lazarus hackers target researchers with trojanized IDA Pro
A North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as Lazarus is again trying to hack security researchers, this time with a…
Dark Reading Video News Desk Comes to Black Hat Europe
While attendees join Black Hat Europe 2021 virtually and live in London, we bring you prerecorded interviews from remote offices…
Microsoft urges Exchange admins to patch bug exploited in the wild
Microsoft warned admins today to immediately patch a high severity Exchange Server vulnerability that may allow authenticated attackers to execute code…
Sitecore XP RCE flaw patched last month now actively exploited
The Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) is alerting web admins of the active exploitation of CVE-2021-42237, a remote code execution…
The Week in Ransomware – November 5th 2021 – Placing bounties
Law enforcement continues to keep up the pressure on ransomware operations with infrastructure hacks and million-dollar rewards, leading to the…