CISA emergency directive: Mitigate Ivanti zero-days immediately
CISA issued this year's first emergency directive ordering Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to immediately mitigate two Ivanti Connect…
iPhone, Android Ambient Light Sensors Allow Stealthy Spying
Ambient light sensors on smart-device screens can effectively be turned into a camera, opening up yet another path to snooping…
Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days now under mass exploitation
Two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti's Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure network access control (NAC) appliances are now under mass…
Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days exploited to deploy custom malware
Hackers have been exploiting the two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure disclosed this week since early December to deploy multiple…
Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices
The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups.…
Stealthy AsyncRAT malware attacks targets US infrastructure for 11 months
A campaign delivering the AsyncRAT malware to select targets has been active for at least the past 11 months, using…
Google: Malware abusing API is standard token theft, not an API issue
Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen…
‘Armageddon’: Why you should pray for Ricky Gervais
For anyone who failed to notice that Ricky Gervais released his new special on Christmas day, he was happy to…
Nigerian hacker arrested for stealing $7.5M from charities
A Nigerian national was arrested in Ghana and is facing charges related to business email compromise (BEC) attacks that caused…
Police finally begin to make arrests in connection with ‘smash and grab’ ring that has allegedly stolen almost $500k from Ulta
After more than a year and a half of "smash and grab" style robberies in which almost half a million…